INI formatting

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I'm switching from Registry to INI file to store program settings (Vista
made me to do that).
I'm trying to use this approach to write to INI file:

Public Sub WriteKeyValue(sSection As String, sKey As String, sKeyValue As
String)
Dim lngResult As Long
lngResult = WritePrivateProfileString(sSection, sKey, sKeyValue,
m_FileName)
End Sub

I'm getting not separated entries in the INI file like this:
[Section1]
MyKeyValue1=Value1
MyKeyValue2=Value2
MyKeyValue3=Value3
[Section2]
MyKeyValue21=Value21
MyKeyValue22=Value22
MyKeyValue23=Value23
[Section2]
MyKeyValue31=Value31
MyKeyValue32=Value32
MyKeyValue33=Value33

I checked the format of several existing on my PC INI files and noticed that
they have separation between sections, like this:
[Section1]
MyKeyValue1=Value1
MyKeyValue2=Value2
MyKeyValue3=Value3

[Section2]
MyKeyValue21=Value21
MyKeyValue22=Value22
MyKeyValue23=Value23

[Section2]
MyKeyValue31=Value31
MyKeyValue32=Value32
MyKeyValue33=Value33

A can add vbNewLine when I'm adding the last Key to the Section.
But because I have a lot of Registry entries I need to move to INI file I'm
afraid that I will lose control which line is the last one.
I would prefer to add a blank line BEFORE any section. I think it would
simplify the writing to the file when a new Key is added or the value of the
existing one is changed.
I used Google but found nothing.

Thank you
vovan


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