Mapped INI Files

Keywords: 	  Mapped INI Files

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Question:

(Using Winbatch 99D)

I have a script which is using INIItemizePvt to read an INI file and present the contents as a menu to the user. The syntax I'm using to read the sections of the file is as follows:

INIFILE=strcat(DirWindows(0),"PRINTERS.INI")
floors=iniitemizepvt("",INIFILE)

The second line above produces the error "Null section name not valid for mapped INI files". What's a mapped INI file? This script worked fine in Winbatch 97x.

Answer:

1. Try...

   INIFILE=strcat(DirWindows(0),"PRINTERS.INI")
   if !FileExist(INIFILE)
   Message("Eeeop","might be a mapped file")
   endif
   floors=iniitemizepvt("",INIFILE)
   

2. A mapped ini file is one that is not in a real ini file, but rather exists in the registry. When Inicommands are issued, instead of going to the file on disk, the ini settings in the registry are consulted instead.

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Article ID:   W13341

Filename:   Mapped INI Files.txt