You might be able to embed newlines in the string value if you can guarantee no =[] chars in the value, but I don't know first hand. Try it and see what happens. There is also the following warning in the docs for GetPrivateProfileString:

lpReturnedString
[out] Pointer to the buffer that receives the retrieved string.
Windows Me/98/95: The string cannot contain control characters (character code less than 32). Strings containing control characters may be truncated.

-- [link|http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/getprivateprofilestring.asp|http://msdn.microsof...profilestring.asp]

Perhaps you could do something like the following:

NUM_DATA_FILES=10
DATA_FILE_0001=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0001.txt
DATA_FILE_0002=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0002.txt
DATA_FILE_0003=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0003.txt
DATA_FILE_0004=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0004.txt
DATA_FILE_0005=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0005.txt
DATA_FILE_0006=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0006.txt
DATA_FILE_0007=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0007.txt
DATA_FILE_0008=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0008.txt
DATA_FILE_0009=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0009.txt
DATA_FILE_0010=ccip_p9250_t09_a09_seg_zp2_k01_s0010.txt

or omit the count and just loop through the keynames till there are none left.

Or you could write and read/parse the file yourself, which I imagine you are trying to avoid :)

If I had VB Classic here I'd give you actual tested code, but I only have VB.Net which will be different, so I'll have to refer to TFM:

[link|http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vb98/html/vbpromultiselectx.asp|http://msdn.microsof...omultiselectx.asp]

and modify the example thusly:

\nPrivate Sub Command1_Click ()\n   Dim I\n\n   For I = 0 To List1.ListCount - 1\n      If List1.Selected(I) Then\n         List1.RemoveItem I\n      End If\n   Next I\nEnd Sub\n

A ComboBox can't have multiple select so I assume you misworded that and meant ListBox.

Also, here is an info on getting multiple filenames back from the File Open common dialog:
[link|http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/faq/cdlgmultiselect.htm|http://vbnet.mvps.or...lgmultiselect.htm]

I remembered a recent post by you (it was you wasn't it?) where you decided not to go with the latest greatest .Net and stick with the tried and true classic VB.

My code probably wouldn't work to well in VB.net.

I'll get you something more appropriate in a sec.

Try this:

\n   Private Sub filenameBrowseButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles filenameBrowseButton.Click\n        If filenameDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then\n            filenameTextBox.Text = filenameDialog.FileName\n        End If\n    End Sub\n\n    Private Sub addFilesButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles addFilesButton.Click\n        Dim fileName As String\n\n        If addFilesDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then\n            For Each fileName In addFilesDialog.FileNames\n                filesListbox.Items.Add(fileName)\n            Next\n        End If\n    End Sub\n\n    Private Sub removeFilesButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles removeFilesButton.Click\n        While filesListbox.SelectedIndices.Count > 0\n            filesListbox.Items.RemoveAt(filesListbox.SelectedIndex)\n        End While\n    End Sub\n