Peter,
Thank you for your enquiry.
The means to manipulate INI files with Formativ depends on which version you’re using.
With Formativ 1.6x, you will need to use the StringList object, which is documented under Utilities in the Language Guide. Here is a simple example:
Dim iIsConnectOn
Dim oStrings
Set oStrings = Utilities.StringList
If oStrings.LoadFromFile("C:WindowsMyConfig.INI") Then
iIsConnectOn = (oStrings.Values("Connect") = "1")
Else
iIsConnectOn = False
End If
Set oStrings = Nothing
To distinguish items which are in different INI sections but have the same name, you may need to use a secondary StringList. Use
iIndex = oStrings.IndexOf("[My Section]")
to find a specific INI section by name.
Formativ 2.0 and later provides access to the TIniFile object. Here is a simple usage example:
dim iIsConnectOn
dim oIniFile
set oIniFile = TIniFile.Create("C:WindowsMyConfig.INI")
iIsConnectOn = oIniFile.ReadBool("HTTP Connection", "Connect", false)
set oIniFile = nothing
You can find documentation on TIniFile (along with the components on the Standard, Additional, Win32, System and Dialogs tabs of the Forms Designer component palette) in the Borland Delphi VCL help file. This can be downloaded from here.
Note that you can use the FileSystemUtils object (Utilities.FileSystem) to help build the components of a filename path.
I hope this information is helpful.
Advansys Support
[This message was edited by Support 3 on March 15, 2005 at 02:37 PM.]
