compile vs execution INI file

[Frederic Luc]

Hello,

With GetIniString, i can well read the value contain in an INI file.

BUT

i have define this at the beginning my programm

#define w_name_of_server ReadIni("c:\temp\myinifile.ini",'SERVER', 'name', 'DEFAULT')

and it works only at the compilation not during the execution

if i change the value contain in myinifile.ini it work no more

an idea ?

same problem with SourceDir

i need to recover the value contain in myinifile.ini

how to do it ?

Thanks forward

[José Gonçalves]

You're using ISSP which runs at compile time.

You have to use Pascal Scripting, and especially this function GetIniString : https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=isxfunc_getinistring 

[Martijn Laan]

Op 10-7-2021 om 20:31 schreef Frederic Luc:

i have define this at the beginning my programm

#define w_name_of_server ReadIni("c:\temp\myinifile.ini",'SERVER', 'name', 'DEFAULT')

and it works only at the compilation not during the execution

See https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=consts&anchor=ini

To make it work with SourceDir the entry also needs to have the external flag set.

Greetings,
Martijn

[Frederic Luc]

Hi,  To make it work with SourceDir the entry also needs to have the external flag set.

What you mean ?

Thanks forward

i have still the problem.

best regards

[Frederic Luc]

how to do something like that ?
SourceDir="#GetIniString('SERVEUR', 'nam'e, 'DEFAULT', 'c:\temp\myinitfile.ini')"

Le Monday, July 12, 2021 à 12:22:52 PM UTC+2, Martijn Laan a écrit :

[Eivind Bakkestuen]

Did you read the docs in Martijn's link?

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[José Gonçalves]

Have you tried this?

SourceDir={ini:c:\temp\MyProg.ini,SERVEUR,name|DEFAULT}

Then see : https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=filessection&anchor=external

[Frederic Luc]

Hi if i try this, i receive the following:

Compiler Error

Unknown filename prefix " {ini:"

What's wrong ?

thanks forward

[José Gonçalves]

Correct, I get the same :

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Compiler Error

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Line 39:

Unknown filename prefix "{ini:"

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OK   

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Then, there's no other choice than using the Preprocessor now. 

[Gavin Lambert]

On 4/10/2021 5:27 am, Frederic Luc wrote:
> Hi if i try this, i receive the following:
>
> Compiler Error
> Unknown filename prefix " {ini:"
>
> What's wrong ?

Of course that can't possibly work. As the documentation clearly
indicates, {ini:...} is read at runtime and SourceDir is required at
compile time.

As Martijn pointed out, for *individual specific [Files] entries* you
can use {ini:...} in their Source provided that you also use the
'external' flag, which will copy a file from one place on the user's
machine to another at runtime. This is only rarely useful.


The main problem here is that you keep asking questions about specific
bits of code and never explain what you're actually trying to do. This
makes it very hard to give you any kind of actually useful answer.

Where is the ini file, is it on your development machine or is it on the
user's machine? Why are you trying to read a path from it to choose
where to find files to be installed? What purpose does it serve? Where
are these files located?