Function Reference


IniRenameSection

Renames a section in a standard format .ini file.

IniRenameSection ( "filename", "section", "new section" [, flag = 0] )

Parameters

filename The filename of the .ini file.
section The section name in the .ini file.
new section The new section name.
flag [optional]
    $FC_NOOVERWRITE(0) = (default) Fail if "new section" already exists.
    $FC_OVERWRITE(1) = Overwrite "new section". This will erase any existing keys in "new section".

Constants are defined in FileConstants.au3.

Return Value

Success: Non-zero.
Failure: 0 and may sets the @error flag to non-zero, if renaming failed because the section already exists (only when flag = 0).

Remarks

A standard ini file looks like:
[SectionName]
Key=Value

Related

IniDelete, IniRead, IniReadSection, IniReadSectionNames, IniWrite, IniWriteSection

Example

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Create a constant variable in Local scope of the filepath that will be read/written to.
        Local Const $sFilePath = _WinAPI_GetTempFileName(@TempDir)

        ; Create an INI section structure as a string.
        Local $sSection = "Title=AutoIt" & @LF & "Version=" & @AutoItVersion & @LF & "OS=" & @OSVersion

        ; Write the string to the sections labelled 'General', 'Version' and 'Other'.
        IniWriteSection($sFilePath, "General", $sSection)
        IniWriteSection($sFilePath, "Version", $sSection)
        IniWriteSection($sFilePath, "Other", $sSection)

        ; Rename the section labelled 'General' to 'System'.
        IniRenameSection($sFilePath, "General", "System")

        ; Read the INI section names. This will return a 1 dimensional array.
        Local $aArray = IniReadSectionNames($sFilePath)

        ; Check if an error occurred.
        If Not @error Then
                ; Enumerate through the array displaying the section names.
                For $i = 1 To $aArray[0]
                        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Section: " & $aArray[$i])
                Next
        EndIf

        ; Delete the INI file.
        FileDelete($sFilePath)
EndFunc   ;==>Example