It would be good to have a working example of this working
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| Variables aren't case sensitive. Entry example: variable$=value$ |
Const ConfigFile$ = "config.cfg" Type file Field txt$ End Type Function ConfigValue$(variable$) rf = ReadFile(ConfigFile$) If rf While Not Eof(rf) txt$ = ReadLine$(rf) If Left$(Lower(txt$), Instr(txt$, "=")) = Lower(variable$ + "=") Return Right$(txt$, Len(txt$) - Instr(txt$, "=")) EndIf Wend CloseFile rf EndIf Return False End Function Function ChangeConfigValue(variable$, value$) rf = ReadFile(ConfigFile$) If rf For this.file = Each file Delete this Next While Not Eof(rf) this.file = New file this\txt$ = ReadLine$(rf) Wend CloseFile rf EndIf wf = WriteFile("config.cfg") If wf For this.file = Each file If Left$(Lower(this\txt$), Instr(this\txt$, "=")) = Lower(variable$ + "=") WriteLine wf, Left$(this\txt$, Instr(this\txt$, "=")) + value$ Else WriteLine wf, this\txt$ EndIf Next CloseFile wf EndIf End Function |
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For the purposes of getting it working:
Create a file called config.cfg and place it in the same directory as your code.
Inside the .cfg file, as a test, put:
"Entry1=Hello!"
Then within your code, to get it working, do:
DebugLog ConfigValue$( "Entry1" )
Your debuglog output should say 'Hello!'
Create a file called config.cfg and place it in the same directory as your code.
Inside the .cfg file, as a test, put:
"Entry1=Hello!"
Then within your code, to get it working, do:
DebugLog ConfigValue$( "Entry1" )
Your debuglog output should say 'Hello!'