EditIniFile> Tip

melb.robmac · Post by **melb.robmac** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:27 am

A tip that I learned today ...
When you are writing a variable to an INI file using the EditIniFile> command -
DO NOT make the variable in the script the same as the Entry Name in the INI File.

jpuziano · Post by **jpuziano** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:14 pm

Hi melb.robmac,

Thanks for the tip... but what happens if you do?

Can you provide an example?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:58 pm

jpuziano wrote:Hi melb.robmac,

Thanks for the tip... but what happens if you do?

Can you provide an example?

If the entry name is NAME and you have a variable called NAME and you set that variable to FRED and use NAME in the EditIniFile for the entry name you will actually be looking for an entry name called FRED which is not what you are looking for.

Using VAREXPLICIT will prevent issues like this. Read the section VAREXPLICIT in the help file.