ini problem????

[andycharger]

My ini is returning a string value to my VB application but it is bringing it back with a square block on the end of the string.
It is an db path like this "C:\irs\irs1.mdb"
trouble is it has the square symbol at th eend of it.
Anyone know a way to stop the square coming back with the string?

Andy

 

[Volte]

That depends.. how are you reading from your INI file? Post code please.

 

[andycharger]

Dim strCon As String
Dim sString As String
Dim lSize As Long
Dim lReturn As Long

Dim sNull As String
sString = String$(16, "*")
lSize = Len(sString)


lReturn = GetPrivateProfileString("irsconnection", "irsconn", "", sString, lSize, sFile)
strCon = sString
Connect.ConStr = strCon

 

[Volte]

Well, I suppose its possible that your buffer is a bit too large. Try
doing it like this:

Dim lSize As Long
Dim sString As String = New String(" ", 300) create the buffer; this is a better way than String$

lSize = GetPrivateProfileString("irsconnection", "irsconn", "", sString, 300, sFile)
sString = sString.SubString(0, lSize)

That dynamically gets the required size, rather than fixing it in one
spot.

Also, you should not use String$, as it is a VB6 compatability function
and is not CLR compliant.

 

[Volte]

Also, instead of using INI files, I would recommend using XML files
instead, as .NET has native support for them. Read in the MSDN about the System.Xml namespace.