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Oct 16, 1998, 4:02pm

Heres an idea :)
can someone tell me how to make my bot read an ini? :)

Oct 16, 1998, 7:24pm

i worked on that a while ago. i created a simple ini file reader which
may be useful:

source:
#include <time.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdargs.h>

main()
{
char *file_loc = "E:\\BORLANDC\\OUTPUT\\test.ini";
char line1[81], line1_default[] = "user=";
char line2[81], line2_default[] = "install dir=";
FILE *fp;
size_t change_loc;
int count = 0, count_to = 0;

fp = fopen(file_loc, "r"); /* this */
fgets(line1, 80, fp); /* code */
fgets(line2, 80, fp); /* area */
/* checks */
change_loc = strspn(line1, line1_default); /* the */
if(change_loc < 5) /* ini */
{ /* file */
printf("Corrupt ini file. Please reinstall."); /* for */
exit(1); /* changes */
} /* to */
/* the */
change_loc = strspn(line2, line2_default);/* setup */
if(change_loc < 12) /* of */
{ /* the */
printf("Corrupt ini file. Please reinstall."); /* ini */
exit(1); /* prog */
} /* file */


//start ini file line 1
fseek(fp, 5, 0);

count_to = (strlen(line1) - 5);

line1_count_start:;
if(line1[count] != '\n' && line1[count] != '\0' && line1[count] !=
'\r')
line1[count++] = fgetc(fp);
if(count < count_to)
goto line1_count_start;

line1[--count] = '\0';
//end ini file line 1


//start ini file line 2
fseek(fp, (strlen(line1) + 19), 0);

count_to = (strlen(line2) - 12);
count = 0;

line2_count_start:;
if(line2[count] != '\n' && line2[count] != '\0' && line2[count] !=
'\r')
line2[count++] = fgetc(fp);
if(count < count_to)
goto line2_count_start;

line2[count] = '\0';
//end ini file line 2





printf("Hello %s. This program is installed to %s", line1, line2);
}

Oct 16, 1998, 9:04pm

Keep an eye on the windows api functions

GetPrivateProfileString
GetPrivateProfileInt
WritePrivateProfileString

for own .ini files the best you can get :)


e.g.

WritePrivateProfileString("section","tag","value","myfile.ini");

creates or changes an "myfile.ini" that reads

[section]
tag=value


and GetPrivateProfileString would be able to read that into a buffer or
CString

Walter

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