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static extern int SQLGetPrivateProfileString(string lpszSection, string lpszEntry, string lpszDefault, [Out] char[] retBuffer, int cbRetBuffer, string lpszFileName);

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Declare Function SQLGetPrivateProfileString Lib "odbccp32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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    SQLGetPrivateProfileString(dataSourceName, "Driver", "", value, value.Length, "odbc.ini");

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Documentation

[SQLGetPrivateProfileString] on MSDN

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    SQLGetPrivateProfileString(dataSourceName, "Driver", "", value, value.Length, "odbc.ini");

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Summary

The GetPrivateProfileString API

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static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(

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static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(

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    Private Shared Function GetPrivateProfileString(ByVal lpAppName As String, _

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[DllImport("KERNEL32.DLL", CharSet=CharSet::Auto, EntryPoint="GetPrivateProfileString")]

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static UInt32 GetPrivateProfileString(

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       uint res = GetPrivateProfileString("AppName", "KeyName", "", sb, (uint)sb.Capacity, @"c:\test.ini");

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       static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(

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    Private Declare Auto Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpAppName As String, _

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    res = GetPrivateProfileString("AppName", "KeyName", "", sb, sb.Capacity, "c:\test.ini")

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Documentation

[GetPrivateProfileString] on MSDN

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   Private Declare Ansi Function GetPrivateProfileString _

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      Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" _

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    intCharCount = GetPrivateProfileString(Section, Key, [Default], objResult, objResult.Capacity, ConfigFile)