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Copyright (C) 2005 Matteo Lucarelli 

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// this functions emulates the windows ini file reading
// retriving values from a text (initialization) file:
//
// [group1]
// key1=value1
// key2=value2
// .
// .
// [group2]
// .
// .
//
// characters after ';' are ignored (comments)
// key and app strings are case insensitive
// spaces between [] and before = should be avoided

#if !defined(GETPRIVATEPROFILE_H_INCLUDED)
#define GETPRIVATEPROFILE_H_INCLUDED

// return: the lenght of found string 
long GetPrivateProfileString(char* lpAppName,		// the group name
                             char* lpKeyName,           // the key name
                             char* lpDefault,           // default value
                             char* lpReturnedString,    // the string where return value
                             long nSize,                // max size of returned string
                             char* lpFileName           // ini file path
                             );
	             
// return: the found value  (unsigned integer)                 
unsigned int GetPrivateProfileInt(char* lpAppName,      // the group name
                                  char* lpKeyName,      // the key name
                                  int nDefault,         // default value
                                  char* lpFileName      // ini file path
                                  );


#endif // !defined(GETPRIVATEPROFILE_H_INCLUDED)