Public Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias _
  "GetPrivateProfileStringA" _
                    (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, _
                    ByVal lpDefault As String, _
                     ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal Size As Long, _
                     ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

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