Private Declare Ansi Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Int32, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Int32
    Private Declare Ansi Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Int32

    Public Function INI_ReadValueFromFile(ByVal strSection As String, ByVal strKey As String, ByVal strDefault As String, ByVal strFile As String) As String
        Dim strTemp As String = Space(1024), lLength As Integer
        lLength = GetPrivateProfileString(strSection, strKey, strDefault, strTemp, strTemp.Length, strFile)
        Return (strTemp.Substring(0, lLength))
    End Function

    Public Function INI_WriteValueToFile(ByVal strSection As String, ByVal strKey As String, ByVal strValue As String, ByVal strFile As String) As Boolean
        Return (Not (WritePrivateProfileString(strSection, strKey, strValue, strFile) = 0))
    End Function