write to INI file

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Sender

(Posted 2005) [#1]

I am trying to wirte a value to settings.ini
I have kernel32.dll and a kernel32.decls in my userlibs folder.

my code looks like this

Include "imports/INI_functions.bb"
ini_write("Display","test","1","settings.ini")

INI_functions.bb:
; writes a value to an INI file
Function ini_write(Section$,Key$,Value$,File$)
IniWrite(Section$, Key$, Value$, File$)
Print"write value"
End Function

settings.ini:
[Display]
test=3

kernel32.decls:

.lib "kernel32.dll"

IniRead%(AppName$, KeyName$, Default$, String*, size%, FileName$):"GetPrivateProfileStringA"
IniEnumValues%(AppName$, KeyNull%, Default$, String*, size%, FileName$):"GetPrivateProfileStringA"
IniEnumSections%(KeyNull1%, KeyNull2%, Default$, String*, size%, FileName$):"GetPrivateProfileStringA"
IniWrite%(AppName$, KeyName$, Value$, FileName$):"WritePrivateProfileStringA"

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I am not getting any kind of error just the value in my ini dont seem to change. Anyone have any idea what i am doing wrong??

Rook Zimbabwe

(Posted 2005) [#2]

Look here:

http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=776

That is what I used to get myself started...

Rook

Snarkbait

(Posted 2005) [#3]

Include the full path to the INI file, see if that works.

INIpath$ = CurrentDir() + "settings.ini"
ini_write("Display","test","1",INIPath$)

Sender

(Posted 2005) [#4]

Thanks Snarkbait thats exactly what it was.

You would not beleave how much hair I've lost trying to figure out whats wrong :P

Snarkbait

(Posted 2005) [#5]

np, sender.

I also remade the ini_read function, and called it 'StringFromINI'

Function StringFromINI$(section$,key$,INIpath$,defSize = 100)
	thisbank = CreateBank(defSize)
	success = IniRead(section$,key$,"",thisbank,defSize,INIPath$)
	If success
		For a = 1 To success
			this$ = this$ + Chr$(PeekByte(thisbank,a-1))
		Next
	Else 
		RuntimeError "INI file error"
	EndIf
	Return this$
End Function