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#145040 - 2005-08-08 02:54 PM ini files
cbf305 cbf305 Fresh Scripter Registered: 2004-11-02 Posts: 7	Are the ini files that KiXtart reads allowed to have comments? If they are, is there a special character that denotes a comment (i.e. ; # rem)? Thanks John
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#145041 - 2005-08-08 02:57 PM Re: ini files
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	The semi-colon ";" denotes a commented line in an INI file.
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#145042 - 2005-08-08 04:56 PM Re: ini files
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	For example... kix can only read an INI line that has a "item =" on it. Code: [section1] thing1 = some stuff thing2 = some more stuff and a return thing3 = even more stuff thing4=line1 line2 kix cant read "and a return", the blank line, or the "line2" Edited by Bryce (2005-08-08 04:59 PM)
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#145043 - 2005-08-14 03:59 AM Re: ini files
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	I've used "#" to denote comments in INI files for, well - how old is MS-DOS? Basically, pretty much anything that doesn't have an "=" sign in it or isn't enclosed in [square brackets] will be ignored. Comments are a matter of convention - since the files are human readable, WE more than the computer need the sameness that the ";" or "#" denotes. Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#145044 - 2005-08-14 05:03 AM Re: ini files
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	but, what if your comment has equal sign in it? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#145045 - 2005-08-14 02:48 PM Re: ini files
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Have you tried to encapsulate .INI values that contain a CRLF, thus wrap onto a second line, into double quotes? This might be a limitation of the underlying API. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#145046 - 2005-08-14 08:48 PM Re: ini files
Glenn Barnas Glenn Barnas KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-01-28 Posts: 4402 Loc: New Jersey	I know that lines beginning with "#" are ignored per the specification. I regularly include samples of definitions in my INI files that begin with "#", and they are happily ignored by the EnumINI UDFs. Blank lines are ignored as well. Other than Enumeration processes, an INI file will return only what it is asked for, so other things can go unnoticed. Glenn _________________________ Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! $\:D$
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#145047 - 2005-08-14 09:20 PM Re: ini files
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	ja, I always viewed commenting an INI file as just another term for "mangling" it - make the line "not normally readable" hence, a comment is born.
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#145048 - 2005-08-15 09:31 AM Re: ini files
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	It's a standards thing. The standard MS definition of of the INI file format states that the comment line starts with a semi-colon - you can find the definition in various resource kits. As MS regularly break their own standard I wouldn't worry overmuch about it, but if you want to use the correct comment character it is a semi-colon.
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#145049 - 2005-08-15 12:56 PM Re: ini files
Lee Wilmott Lee Wilmott Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-09-17 Posts: 106 Loc: Bristol, UK	You are also able to comment entire sections in .INI files by placing a star before the section name... Code: *[section1] thing1 = some stuff thing2 = some more stuffand a return thing3 = even more stuff thing4=line1line2 Lee
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#145050 - 2005-08-15 01:13 PM Re: ini files
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Quote: You are also able to comment entire sections in .INI files by placing a star before the section name... Code: [section1] thing1 = some stuff thing2 = some more stuffand a return thing3 = even more stuff thing4=line1line2 Lee That's not actually true. What you are doing is making the section name invalid. If there is a section earlier on in the file then the values will belong to that section. For example: Code: [AAA] Foo="Section 1" [BBB] Bar="Section 2" If you ReadProfileString("myini.ini","AAA","Bar") you will get "Section2" returned. Also enumerating section "AAA" will return the values from both sections. There is no way to comment out a section other than commenting out every line. You can make it invalid by prefixing it with any character including an asterisk, but whether it will work as you expect will depend upon the application.
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#145051 - 2005-08-15 02:49 PM Re: ini files
Lee Wilmott Lee Wilmott Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-09-17 Posts: 106 Loc: Bristol, UK	Richard, OK, if I'm honest, I've never actually tested it. I just remember reading it 'many' years ago very soon after Windows 3.1 was released! Lee
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