.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetProfileString_Policy

.. _getprofilestring_policy:

GetProfileString_Policy
=======================

.. us.tag  GetProfileString_Policy NOTREADYENGLISH New340 uniplot-registry

:ref:`GetProfileString_Policy` retrieves a string from the specified section in
the Windows registry.

.. function::  ssString = GetProfileString_Policy(ssSection, ssKey, ssDefault)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssString* is a scalar string to be read from the specified file. The string
length is limited to 4095 characters.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssSection

   *ssSection* specifies the section containing the key name. The name of the
   section is case-independent;

.. uparam:: ssKey

   *ssKey* is the key name of the associated string that is to be retrieved.

.. uparam:: ssDefault

   *ssDefault* is a default string. If the key cannot be found in the Windows
   registry, :ref:`GetProfileString_Policy` returns the default string.

.. us.comment

**Comment**

The function reads the key ``HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\RSB\UniPlot5``.
If this fails it reads the key ``HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RSB\UniPlot5``.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`GetProfileInt_Policy`,
   :ref:`GetProfileString`

:sub:`id-54310`