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#153210 - 2005-12-09 02:27 PM ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
tylan tylan Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2005-11-17 Posts: 115 Loc: Johnstown, PA	Can I use ReadProfileSttring in a loop? INI File is formatted as so: [ComputerName] User=USERNAME IP=IPADDRESS Mac=MACADDRESS How would I read each computername? The file has about 65 entries formatted as the example. I've done loops with the readline command, but I'm not exactly sure how to make the readprofile string work in a similar fashion. I want to have a variable extracted that is only one computername. Then the next time I read the file, I want the next computername, and so on..... Thanks in advance.
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#153211 - 2005-12-09 02:41 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Gargoyle Gargoyle MM club member Registered: 2004-03-09 Posts: 1597 Loc: Valley of the Sun (Arizona, US...	$ = Split(ReadProfileString("Filename","",""),CHR(10)) This will give you an array with all of the "Sections" included within that array _________________________ Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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#153212 - 2005-12-09 02:42 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	if you use readprofile without the extra arguments, you get back the full list of sections. Code: $listOfSections = readprofilestring("myIniFile.ini","","") $splittedList = split($listOfSections,chr(10)) for each $section in $splittedList $section ? next _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#153213 - 2005-12-09 02:44 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	getini() UDF _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#153214 - 2005-12-09 02:46 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	Code: $sections = split(readprofilestring($SoftFile,'',''),chr(10)) for each $section in $sections if $section > " " $SoftInv = Getini($SoftFile,$section,chr(9)) for each $entry in $SoftInv ... next endif next _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#153215 - 2005-12-09 02:53 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	eh, what's the usage for getini in this picture? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#153216 - 2005-12-09 03:45 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
tylan tylan Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2005-11-17 Posts: 115 Loc: Johnstown, PA	You guys amaze me. I've never seen a message board with such quick responses! Thanks. I'll take a look at each suggestion!
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#153217 - 2005-12-09 04:41 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
tylan tylan Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2005-11-17 Posts: 115 Loc: Johnstown, PA	I don't quite understand the usage of the CHR command. I know it's a chracter code, but I don't see why it's in the examples.
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#153218 - 2005-12-09 06:20 PM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	the list returned by readprofilestring is separated newline character. guess, in the old days, the only use for it was to display the contents of ini and thus, chr(10) seems nice. actually, the reverse engineering of the output came around just a couple years ago on this board. anyway, you can test this by not splitting the output and showing it in the console window directly: Code: readprofilestring("myIniFile.ini","","") ? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#153219 - 2005-12-30 07:05 PM

Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?

tylan

Starting to like KiXtart

Registered: 2005-11-17
Posts: 115
Loc: Johnstown, PA

What's wrong with this code?

Code:

  
BREAK ON
$file1 = Open(1,"activeusers.csv",5)
$inifile = "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.SOMEHOSP\Desktop\Admin Tools\KIX-Work\active-users.ini"
$listOfSections = readprofilestring($inifile,"","")
$splittedList = split($listOfSections,chr(10))

for each $section in $splittedList
  $user=readprofilestring($inifile,$section,"user")
  $os=readprofilestring($inifile,$section,"os")
  $ip=readprofilestring($inifile,$section,"ip")
  $date=readprofilestring($inifile,$section,"lastbootdate")
  $x = Writeline(1, $section + ","+ $user + "," + $os + "," + $ip +","+ $date + @crlf)
  $section + ","+ $user + "," + $os + "," + $ip +","+ $date + @crlf
  ;sleep 1
next

The CSV file has the first 48 or so lines correct, then it duplictes the INI file section names over again. It seems to do it as many times as I have the $section in the for..next loop.

Thanks in advance.

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#153220 - 2005-12-31 12:13 AM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	yep. you got the empty thingie. when you split the section names, the last one is empty as after each value is linefeed. that results in readprofilestring($inifile,"","user") all over again. change: $splittedList = split($listOfSections,chr(10)) to: $splittedList = split(left($listOfSections, -1),chr(10)) _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#153221 - 2005-12-31 03:45 AM Re: ReadProfileString Used In a Loop?
tylan tylan Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2005-11-17 Posts: 115 Loc: Johnstown, PA	Thanks. I will check it out.
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