need help with ini files

esuohlluf · Post by **esuohlluf** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:29 am

I have never worked with an ini file and do not know how to create one so I tired a test script.
I recall reading on the forum that if the ini file doesn't exist Macro Scheduler will create it.
I created a empty file under program files and called it initest.
Then ran this test script.

EditIniFile>C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini,usernames,user1,anyname
ReadIniFile>C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini,usernames,user1,name
message>name

I ran this script several times.
When I run the script I get a message that the ini file does not exist.
Oddly on one occassion it displayed the name 'anyname'.

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:05 pm

I don't know where you read that editIniFile> will create a file for you but I just tested it and it did not create one for me. However, you can easily create a new file using WriteLn>. The following line will create a new file that contains one blank line.

WriteLn>C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini,result,

follow that with EditIniFile>

EditIniFile>C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini,usernames,user1,anyname

and you should find a file C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini that looks like this if viewed with notepad.

[usernames]
user1=anyname

The rest of your test script should produce a value of "anyname" for the variable "name"

ReadIniFile>C:\Program Files\initest\myini.ini,usernames,user1,name
message>%name%

Hope this is helpful,
Dick

esuohlluf · Post by **esuohlluf** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:53 pm

Thank you for your help.