replace values of an ini file with a loop

[ea9000]

want to ask if there is a way to use a loop that can read from one ini file segment ( new values maybe added later) and do a general replace in a file?

an example:

[Environment_Variables]

value_1=a

value_2=b

value_3=c

value_3=d

.

.

value_n=xxx (maybe added later)

file to be replaced is like this

Aa=$value_1

Bb=$value_2

Cc=$value_3

Dd=$value_4

.

.

Nn=value_n

currently i am using this to do the replace line by line which make it hard to maintain within time

FileCopy("config.ini", "temp_config.ini")

FileSetAttrib("temp_config.ini", "-R+A")

$szFile = "temp_config.ini"

$value_1 = IniRead("temp_config.ini", "Environment_Variables", "value_1", "NotFound")

$value_2 = IniRead("temp_config.ini", "Environment_Variables", "$value_2", "NotFound")

$szText = FileRead($szFile, FileGetSize($szFile))

$szText = StringReplace($szText, "$value_1", $value_1)

$szText = StringReplace($szText, "$value_2", $value_2)

thanx in advance for any replay

[Werty]

I'm using _FileWriteToLine for something similar...

_FileWriteToLine(@ScriptDir & "/config.ini", 9, $value_1, 1)

You tell it Dir/file

Which line to write to, in this case line 9

Then the value

Then whether to overwrite the line, or append at end, 1 in this case overwrites.

Check out _FileWriteToLine in the help file.

Edited August 5, 2010 by Werty

[ea9000]

but this does not detect new lines added to the ini segment ,I don't want to change the code by adding new "updateline" if I add a new value to ini segment. want to have the code once compiled never changed , only the ini file and the file to be update can be maintained later.

[Xenobiologist]

If you do know all values of the ini why not delete and recreate the ini at all?

Edited August 5, 2010 by Xenobiologist

[ea9000]

I am using one config.ini file which contains ,in segment where I put the whole environment variables , in the other segments I put string values of the first segment like this as an example

config.ini

[environment]

plant_code=1234

[create_dir]

dir_1=c:\$plant_code

then I copy this config.ini file into a temp.ini and replace "dir_1=c:\$plant_code" with "dir_1=c:\1234" ,but as I explained ,the replace code does not need to be changed ,only config.ini is updated ,and code still does the job by looking all values [environment] and replace then in temp.ini

had a good example of using loop to create a set of directories by reading the ini file.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=118081

[Xenobiologist]

So,

you got an ini file which is neutralized (filled with variables) and then you deneutralize the file by doing some

replace $a with xyz

replace $b with 123

and so on?

That's all?

Mega

Edited August 5, 2010 by Xenobiologist

[ea9000]

yes the variables are fetched form on segment to replace variables in other segments ,I am trying to build a deployment tool ,each new deployment has some variables changed

cheers

[Xenobiologist]

Hi,

something easy like this?

$s = "This is your ini file read by FileRead $c is $b + $a"

$before = StringSplit('$a,$b,$c', ',', 2)
$after = StringSplit('1,2,3', ',', 2)

For $i = 0 To UBound($after) -1
    $s = StringReplace($s, $before[$i], $after[$i])
Next
ConsoleWrite($s & @CRLF)

Besides ANT is great for deployment.

Mega