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I made 2 ini files. one is only 1 page long, the other is 50 pages long. When I try to read data with the GETPRIVATEPROFILESTRING-api, it returns the correct value from the 1 page long file, but from the 50 pages long file, he returns the default("").

Code:

tmpReturn = String$(100,0)
Default = ""
'The file with 1 page
File1 = "C:\myMap\inifile1.ini"
'The file with 50 pages
File50 = "C:\myMap\inifile50.ini"

'The strTemp variable will contain the value of "Key"
strTemp = GetPrivateProfileString("Heading","Key",Default,_
tmpReturn,Len(tmpReturn),File1)

'The strTemp variable will contain ""
strTemp = GetPrivateProfileString("Heading","Key",Default,_
tmpReturn,Len(tmpReturn),File50)

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