Get-PrivateProfileString.ps1

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## Get-PrivateProfileString.ps1 
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## http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2007/10/02/managing-ini-files-with-powershell/
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## Get an entry from an INI file. 
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## ie: 
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##  PS >Get-PrivateProfileString.ps1 C:\winnt\system32\ntfrsrep.ini text DEV_CTR_24_009_HELP 
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param( 
    $file, 
    $category, 
    $key) 

## Prepare the parameter types and parameter values for the Invoke-WindowsApi script 
$returnValue = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder 500 
$parameterTypes = [string], [string], [string], [System.Text.StringBuilder], [int], [string] 
$parameters = [string] $category, [string] $key, [string] “”, 

   [System.Text.StringBuilder] $returnValue, [int] $returnValue.Capacity, [string] $file 

## Invoke the API 
[void] (Invoke-WindowsApi “kernel32.dll” ([UInt32]) “GetPrivateProfileString” `

   $parameterTypes $parameters) 

## And return the results 
$returnValue.ToString()