I have read many articles about how to use an INI file within my VB6 project. I don't have a problem with the methods, my problem is how to make the EXE file find the INI file. I don't want to hard code the path in the program. I simply want the EXE to expect the INI file to be present in the same folder the EXE is executed from.

When I run the program from inside VB6 IDE, the INI is found and processed. When I compile the program and run the EXE, nothing is found.

My code looks like:

gServer = sGetINI(sINIFile, "TOOLBOM", "ServerName", "?")

where TOOLBOM is the [Section] and "ServerName" is the key for the value.

I obtained the following code for the API:

Rem API DECLARATIONS
Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
                 "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName _
                 As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault _
                 As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal _
                 nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
                 "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName _
                 As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, _
                 ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Public Function sGetINI(sINIFile As String, sSection As String, sKey _
                As String, sDefault As String) As String
    Dim sTemp As String * 256
    Dim nLength As Integer
    sTemp = Space$(256)
    nLength = GetPrivateProfileString(sSection, sKey, sDefault, sTemp, _
              255, sINIFile)
    sGetINI = Left$(sTemp, nLength)
End Function
Public Sub writeINI(sINIFile As String, sSection As String, sKey _
           As String, sValue As String)
    Dim n As Integer
    Dim sTemp As String
    sTemp = sValue
    Rem Replace any CR/LF characters with spaces
    For n = 1 To Len(sValue)
        If Mid$(sValue, n, 1) = vbCr Or Mid$(sValue, n, 1) = vbLf _
        Then Mid$(sValue, n) = " "
    Next n
    n = WritePrivateProfileString(sSection, sKey, sTemp, sINIFile)
End Sub