SRL Archive - OSR Intermediate Scripting Tutorials

This is my first tutorial, on a handy little procedure.

WriteINI() is a very nice, and easy way to save peoples settings from a DeclarePlayers Procedure.

The format is:

WriteINI(Section, Key, Value, FilePath);

Value := ReadINI(Section, Key, FilePath);

A section can be used for different players.
the key would be like 'user', and the value would be the username.

this is best inplimented in forms, for a save and load button.

A working example:

  program SaveAndLoad;

  const
    Info = 'Information_goes_here';
  
  var
    filename:string;
    Value:string;

  procedure Save;
  begin
    WriteINI('TestSection', 'TestKey', Info, FileName);
  end;

  procedure Load;
  begin
    Value := ReadINI('TestSection', 'TestKey', Filename);
  end;
 
  begin
    FileName := AppPath + 'Scripts\settings.ini';
    Save;
    Load;
    WriteLn(Value);
  end.

So this saves the Info into 'Scripts/settings.ini' in the format of

[TestSection]
TestKey=Information_goes_here

and loads it to write it out.

this could be put behind a "Save" button on a form to save it all, so next time you would only have to load it, by pressing "Load"…

  DeleteINI(Section, Key, FilePath);

This deletes the Key passed to it and the Value associated with it.



Anyways, this is my first tutorial…

Please leave me any comments

Thanks for making this tutorial, I'll probably redirect people who want to find out more about INIs to this tutorial in a project I'm working on as we speak. It would be really great if you could add more info into it.
Take a look at Wikipedia, for instance - there's a great article about INI files there.

Oh, and from looking at your signature, it seems as you want rep.
Enjoy 3 new reputation points from me.

Enjoy 4 new reputation points from me even though I already have my own :D.

I use Ini files all the time, but I am going to switch to register since I am able to acces that and scar isn't, but scar is very good for ini files!
Do you have a question, you can also ask me.
Note: Ini files aren't that complicated ;)

change them to scar tags
and change

WriteINI(Section, Key, Value, FilePath);

Value := Read(Section, Key, FilePath);

to

WriteINI(Section, Key, Value, FilePath);

Value := ReadINI(Section, Key, FilePath);

very good

now add a bit of info about DeleteINI and how its used and what it does etc.

~shut