Ini

Reads value(s) from an ini file located in a relative or absolute path.

Forms

string Ini[filename,section,key,default]

The section, key, and default do not need to be given. If section or key are not given, multiple values are read.

Section and key may be set to -1 to skip them and give a new value.

If the ini is located in a directory other than the root Macros directory is located, you can use a DOS-style filepath (relative or absolute) to locate the ini. If the macro accessing the ini is in the same non-root directory, you will still to provide the (relative or absolute) filepath.

ini Ini

When passed with no parameters to Ini[] the more robust form of the Ini TLO is used. See below and the reference to the Key datatype for further usage.

Examples

If sample.ini contains:

[SectionOne]
key1=foo
key2=bar
[SectionTwo]
key3=foobar

/echo ${Ini[sample.ini,SectionOne,key1]}

foo

/echo ${Ini[sample.ini,SectionOne]}

key1|key2||

/echo ${Ini[..\sample.ini]}

SectionOne|SectionTwo||

If sample.ini is in \Macros\iniTest folder:

/echo ${Ini[sample.ini]}

NULL

/echo ${Ini[iniTest\sample.ini]}

SectionOne|SectionTwo||

Ini (Robust Usage)

The above form of Ini usage is usable or most tasks, but a more robust usage exists. In the more robust form ${Ini} returns an IniType instead of a string. This allows for dealing with duplicate keys as well as looping through a section by index.

Examples

If sample.ini contains:

[SectionOne]
key1=foo
key=bar
key=foobar

> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section.Count}
1
> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section[SectionOne].Key.Count}
3
> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section[SectionOne].Key[key].Count}
2
> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section[SectionOne].Key[key1].Value}
foo
> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section[SectionOne].Key[key].ValueAtIndex[2]}
foobar
> /echo ${Ini.File[sample].Section[SectionOne].Key.ValueAtIndex[2]}
bar