GetSetting Function

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Returns a key setting value from an application's entry in the Windows registry or (on the Macintosh) information in the application’s initialization file.

Syntax

GetSetting(appname, section, key[, default])

The GetSetting function syntax has these named arguments:

Part	Description
appname	Required. String expression containing the name of the application or project whose key setting is requested. On the Macintosh, this is the filename of the initialization file in the Preferences folder in the System folder.
section	Required. String expression containing the name of the section where the key setting is found.
key	Required. String expression containing the name of the key setting to return.
default	Optional. Expression containing the value to return if no value is set in the key setting. If omitted, default is assumed to be a zero-length string ("").

Remarks

If any of the items named in the GetSetting arguments do not exist, GetSetting returns the value of default.