[Request] INI object

[Sphax]

This object is very powerful because it's a simple and fast format and it can be edited with a simple text editor.

Is it possible to update it to let us :
- Count the number of groups
- Count the number of items in a group
- Load an INI from a string
- Save the INI string loaded (and potentially modified) in a file

The 3rd is the most important.

[maVado]

- Load an INI from a string

Set current file -->

Apppath$ + "mydirectory\" + "myini.ini"

or

Apppath$ + string$( "String" )

This should work? Or do you mean something else?

[James]

He means loading an INI file from an INI formatted string in memory.

[Corlen]

I was able to load an INI from an INI formatted string with no problem for my game with the level editor where it checks the main quest file to determine which area INI file to load for the starting area. As far as I know you just load the INI string in to a global string or whatever you need and then reference that as well as fill in any path information that may be missing so you have something like this:
Set current file to <ENTER FILEPATH HERE>+GroupItemString$( "Your Ini", "Your Group", "Your File to Load")

You might need two INI objects to pull it off, I've never tried one.

[Sphax]

Jam has understood what I mean.
When I say "Load an INI from a string" I mean loading a string as an INI file without having it writed on the hard-drive.

For example you have this string in a string object :

[myGroup]
myItem=0
[anotherGroup]
anotherItem=2

Then, with the action "Load a string as an INI file", you'll be able to get the value of "myItem" of the group "[myGroup]" without having any file on your hard-drive.

I was maybe not clear about my request but, please, think a little more before answering.

[DavidN]

You might be able to do what you're after at the moment by converting to the Named Variable Object. I've recently done this to my game (which was pretty far ahead, so conversion was quite a large task) and it allows you to manipulate data in memory without writing it out to the hard drive all the time.

It also supports the "count number of groups" and "number of items in a group" functions that you need by way of the Get Number of Items Starting With Substring expressions.

[Sphax]

I've search in Named Variable object and I can't found any function to initialize its content with the content of a string (without any file)... Which function I should use ?

[DavidN]

There isn't a way to read in from a string directly (that I've found) - I parse the string through the String Parser object and add the content in a fastloop.

[Sphax]

Ho yes, I know we can do that but it's annoying... It's why I ask for this feature to be included in the INI object.