i use an ini for a config i have on one of my projects. one of the things i have to save/load is a multiline textbox (obviously with multiline text). on writing the ini, it writes the multiline

"Code=lineblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
lineblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
lineblahblahblah"

which is wat i want its just on getting the ini to load, it only loads the first line

"Code=lineblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah"

instead of all of the lines into the textbox

i would like it to load all of the lines into the multiline textbox (txtCode.Text) which i have created

can anyone help me on this?

When writing your multiline text to the INI, replace the CRLFs with a relatively non-typable character, like chr(1). Then when reading the INI entries, replace the Chr(1)'s with CRLFs again.

In this way, your multiline text will show in INI file as a single-line entry. This is required for ReadPrivateProfileString() to work correctly.

Hope this helps.

Here's what I used to use on my bot:

[code]Function GS(ByVal Section As String, ByVal Name As String, Optional Default As String, Optional File As String = "Users.INI") As String
Name = Replace(Name, "=", Chr(1))
Section = Replace(Section, "[", "!")
Section = Replace(Section, "]", "!")

GS = Space(MaxValLength)
GS = Left(GS, GetPrivateProfileString(Section, Name, Default, GS, Len(GS), App.Path & "\" & File))

GS = Replace(GS, Chr(1), vbCr)
GS = Replace(GS, Chr(2), """")
End Function

Sub SS(ByVal Section As String, ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String, Optional File As String = "Users.INI")
Name = Replace(Name, "=", Chr(1))
Section = Replace(Section, "[", "!")
Section = Replace(Section, "]", "!")

If Not IsNumeric(Value) Then
Value = Replace(Value, vbCrLf, vbCr)
Value = Replace(Value, vbCr, Chr(1))
Value = Replace(Value, """", Chr(2))
Value = """" & Value & """"
End If

WritePrivateProfileString Section, Name, Value, App.Path & "\" & File
End Sub[/code]