diff --git a/API_General.cpp b/API_General.cpp
index 923e3de..608cb49 100644
--- a/API_General.cpp
+++ b/API_General.cpp
@@ -306,3 +306,22 @@ __stdcall EgtSetMainWindowHandle( HWND hMainWnd)
 {
    return ( ExeSetMainWindowHandle( hMainWnd) ? TRUE : FALSE) ;
 }
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BOOL
+__stdcall EgtGetStringUtf8FromIni( const wchar_t* wsSec, const wchar_t* wsKey, const wchar_t* wsDef,
+                                   wchar_t*& wsVal, const wchar_t* wsIniFile)
+{
+   string sVal ;
+   if ( ! ExeGetStringUtf8FromIni( wstrztoA( wsSec), wstrztoA( wsKey), wstrztoA( wsDef), sVal, wstrztoA( wsIniFile)))
+      return FALSE ;
+   wsVal = _wcsdup( stringtoW( sVal)) ;
+   return  (( wsVal == nullptr) ? FALSE : TRUE) ;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BOOL
+__stdcall EgtWriteStringUtf8ToIni( const wchar_t* wsSec, const wchar_t* wsKey, const wchar_t* wsVal, const wchar_t* wsIniFile)
+{
+   return ( ExeWriteStringUtf8ToIni( wstrztoA( wsSec), wstrztoA( wsKey), wstrztoA( wsVal), wstrztoA( wsIniFile)) ? TRUE : FALSE) ;
+}
diff --git a/EgtInterface.rc b/EgtInterface.rc
index 3b68a44..9cdff69 100644
Binary files a/EgtInterface.rc and b/EgtInterface.rc differ