Hemos incluido dichas funciones en una clase, de forma que copiando

esta clase y agregndola a un proyecto Visual Basic .Net podremos

usarlas desde cualquier parte de nuestra aplicacin.
Para la lectura y escritura en ficheros INI con VB.Net usamos el API
de Windows, las funciones: GetPrivateProfileString,
WritePrivateProfileString, GetPrivateProfileInt,
FlushPrivateProfileString.

Public Class FicherosINI

' Funciones del API de Windows para ficheros INI
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 System.Text.StringBuilder, _
ByVal nSize As Integer, ByVal lpFileName As String) _
As Integer
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 Integer
Private Declare Ansi Function GetPrivateProfileInt _
Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetPrivateProfileIntA" _
(ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal nDefault As Integer, _
ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer
Private Declare Ansi Function FlushPrivateProfileString _
Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" _
(ByVal lpApplicationName As Integer, _
ByVal lpKeyName As Integer, ByVal lpString As Integer, _
ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer
Dim strFilename As String
' Constructor, para aceptar el fichero INI
Public Sub New(ByVal Filename As String)
strFilename = Filename
End Sub
'Propiedad slo lectura con nombre de fichero
ReadOnly Property FileName() As String
Get
Return strFilename
End Get
End Property
'Funcin para leer cadena de texto (string) de fichero INI
Public Function GetString(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal [Default] As String) As String
Dim intCharCount As Integer

Dim objResult As New System.Text.StringBuilder(256)

intCharCount = GetPrivateProfileString(Section, Key, _
[Default], objResult, objResult.Capacity, strFilename)
If intCharCount > 0 Then
GetString = Left(objResult.ToString, intCharCount)
Else
GetString = ""
End If
End Function
'Funcin para leer un valor numrico del fichero INI
Public Function GetInteger(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal [Default] As Integer) As Integer
Return GetPrivateProfileInt(Section, Key, _
[Default], strFilename)
End Function
'Funcin para leer un valor booleano de fichero INI
Public Function GetBoolean(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal [Default] As Boolean) As Boolean
Return (GetPrivateProfileInt(Section, Key, _
CInt([Default]), strFilename) = 1)
End Function
'Funcin para escribir valor de cadena (string) en fichero INI
Public Sub WriteString(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal Value As String)
WritePrivateProfileString(Section, Key, Value, strFilename)
Flush()
End Sub
'Funcin para escribir valor numrico en fichero INI
Public Sub WriteInteger(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal Value As Integer)
' Writes an integer to your INI file
WriteString(Section, Key, CStr(Value))
Flush()
End Sub
'Funcin para escribir valor booleano en fichero INI
Public Sub WriteBoolean(ByVal Section As String, _
ByVal Key As String, ByVal Value As Boolean)
' Writes a boolean to your INI file
WriteString(Section, Key, CStr(Math.Abs(CInt(Value))))
Flush()
End Sub
'Guarda los cambios de la cach en fichero INI
Private Sub Flush()
FlushPrivateProfileString(0, 0, 0, strFilename)
End Sub
End Class