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You can as well get rid of the individual variables names.

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Local $m1k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 1")
$m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
MsgBox(0, 0, $m1k[0] & " " & $m1k[1] & " " & $m1k[2] & " " & $m1k[3]  & " " & $m1k[4] & @CRLF & _
             $m1k[5]  & " " & $m1k[6] & " " & $m1k[7] & " " & $m1k[8] & " " & $m1k[9])

 

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@nine oh, okay i get the hang slowly now. that is the kind of automation i am talking about. let me look at that a while and then i will come back with results or more questions. but: thanks a lot. that looks great, now i must find out how to use it. 

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Don't forget Enum that way you can call the element by a name if you so desire

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Enum #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Enum m1k_00 = 0, m1k_01, m1k_02, m1k_03, m1k_04, m1k_05, m1k_06, m1k_07, m1k_08, m1k_09

Local $m1k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 1")
$m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
MsgBox(0, 0, $m1k[0] & " " & $m1k[1] & " " & $m1k[2] & " " & $m1k[3]  & " " & $m1k[4] & @CRLF & _
             $m1k[5]  & " " & $m1k[6] & " " & $m1k[7] & " " & $m1k[8] & " " & $m1k[9])
;Equivalent
MsgBox(0, 0, $m1k[m1k_00] & " " & $m1k[m1k_01] & " " & $m1k[m1k_02] & " " & $m1k[m1k_03]  & " " & $m1k[m1k_04] & @CRLF & _
             $m1k[m1k_05]  & " " & $m1k[m1k_06] & " " & $m1k[m1k_07] & " " & $m1k[m1k_08] & " " & $m1k[m1k_09])

 

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You forgot the $ everywhere in your Enum. Also how $m1k[$m1k_00] is simpler or clearer than $m1k[0]?

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@jchd good point on the $, as far as being clearer in this case perhaps not but it is clearer when you start fleshing out the code for the actual use

I can't imagine m1k00 = 0 is much more than* a test

 

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hello,

after testing and going through all of the codes, i think i am going to go with the one from jchd because it is only two lines of code to achieve what i want it to do. i can now get the ini data into the script and use it in different places.

thanks a million times for that. the thanks does however go out to all the people who tried to help me here. it is greatly apreciated.

 

i have one question now concerning a loop or lets just call it a check. if the script can check how many modes (categories) there are and act accordingly to that. in other words, i did this manually:

 

Local $m1k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 1")
$m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
;_ArrayDisplay($m1k)
MsgBox(0, 0, $m1k[0] & " " & $m1k[1] & " " & $m1k[2] & " " & $m1k[3]  & " " & $m1k[4] & @CRLF & _
             $m1k[5]  & " " & $m1k[6] & " " & $m1k[7] & " " & $m1k[8] & " " & $m1k[9])

Local $m2k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 2")
$m2k = _ArrayExtract($m2k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
;_ArrayDisplay($m2k)
MsgBox(0, 0, $m2k[0] & " " & $m2k[1] & " " & $m2k[2] & " " & $m2k[3]  & " " & $m2k[4] & @CRLF & _
             $m2k[5]  & " " & $m2k[6] & " " & $m2k[7] & " " & $m2k[8] & " " & $m2k[9])

i know there are two ore three or how ever many modes, but the script does not. my best guess would now be something like this:

For $i = 1 To 10 Step 1
                    $a = "mode 1"
                    If $a = "mode 1" Then 
                    Local $m1k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 1")
                    $m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
                    If $a = "mode 2" Then 
                    Local $m2k = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 2")
                    $m2k = _ArrayExtract($m2k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
                    If $a = "mode n" Then 
                    Local $mnk = IniReadSection("illogic3.ini", "mode 2")
                    $mnk = _ArrayExtract($mnk, 1, -1, 1, 1)
                Next
                EndIf

so can i do something like that? check to see how many categories there are and read the values into an array from all of them?

even if that should not be possible, it would not really matter. the solution is fine the way it is and i am more than happy with it. 

 

kind regards

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IniReadSectionNames() will tell you which are the sections in your .INI

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Just an FYI, don't forget that INI functions are not guaranteed to be created in any particular order, so if things get changed in the INI file, your values may end up  in the wrong place in the array.

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Just an FYI, don't forget that INI functions are not guaranteed to be created in any particular order, so if things get changed in the INI file, your values may end up  in the wrong place in the array.

but as long as the order in the ini file does not change, it should be okay or not? meaning if i just change the values in the ini file then everything should reamain in place, right?

of course i can understand that if other features are additionally placed in the ini, then the whole system would collapse but if i just change the values then it should be good. (i hope).

 

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IniReadSectionNames() will tell you which are the sections in your .INI

thanks. that will get me well on my way.

 

okay, i guess that concludes my questions. thank you all very much for your help. it is much appreciated.

 

kind regards 

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hello, 

hold on, there still is a bug. i can read and display the ini values in a message box, but i can not use all of them. it only always uses the first value. 

when used then it transforms the editbox text from:

Quote

This is a Test entry!

only always to the first possibility of each mode:

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b0bTb0bhb0bib0bsb0b_b0bib0bsb0b_b0bab0b_b0bTb0beb0bsb0btb0b_b0beb0bnb0btb0brb0byb0b!b0b

it should however look something like this:

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b0bTb1bhb2bib3bsb0b_b1bib2bsb3b_b0bab1b_b2bTb3beb0bsb1btb2b_b3beb0bnb1btb2brb3byb0b!b1b

because there are 4 values in each ini-mode but it always only uses the first. strange. 

 

i have made a smaller version without much design, just as demontration:

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
Global $Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 259, 216, -1, -1)
Global $Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 16, 80, 225, 113, $ES_WANTRETURN + $ES_AUTOVSCROLL + $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_MULTILINE)
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "This is a Test entry!")
Global $Radio1 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("ini-file", 16, 8, 113, 17)
Global $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 168, 8, 75, 17)
Global $Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("mode selection", 16, 32, 225, 41)
Global $Radio2 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("mode 1", 24, 48, 60, 17)
Global $Radio3 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("mode 2", 88, 48, 60, 17)
Global $Radio4 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("mode 3", 168, 48, 60, 17)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

        Case $Radio1
            $file1 = "test.ini"

        Case $Radio2
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio1) = 1 Then
            $m1k = IniReadSection($file1, "mode 1")
            $m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
            $m1k00 = $m1k[0]
            $m1k01 = $m1k[1]
            $m1k02 = $m1k[2]
            $m1k03 = $m1k[3]
            Global $Mode1Array = [$m1k[0], $m1k[1], $m1k[2], $m1k[3]] ; Mode 1
            ;Global $Mode1Array = [$m1k00, $m1k01, $m1k02, $m1k03] ; Mode 1
            MsgBox(0, 0, $m1k[0] & " " & $m1k[1] & " " & $m1k[2] & " " & $m1k[3])
            EndIf

        Case $Radio3
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio1) = 1 Then
            $m2k = IniReadSection($file1, "mode 2")
            $m2k = _ArrayExtract($m2k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
            $m2k00 = $m2k[0]
            $m2k01 = $m2k[1]
            $m2k02 = $m2k[2]
            $m2k03 = $m2k[3]
            Global $Mode2Array = [$m2k[0], $m2k[1], $m2k[2], $m2k[3]] ; Mode 2
            ;Global $Mode2Array = [$m2k00, $m2k01, $m2k02, $m2k03] ; Mode 2
            MsgBox(0, 0, $m2k[0] & " " & $m2k[1] & " " & $m2k[2] & " " & $m2k[3])
            EndIf

        Case $Radio4
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio1) = 1 Then
            $m3k = IniReadSection($file1, "mode 3")
            $m3k = _ArrayExtract($m3k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
            $m3k00 = $m3k[0]
            $m3k01 = $m3k[1]
            $m3k02 = $m3k[2]
            $m3k03 = $m3k[3]
            Global $Mode3Array = [$m3k[0], $m3k[1], $m3k[2], $m3k[3]] ; Mode 3
            ;Global $Mode3Array = [$m3k00, $m3k01, $m3k02, $m3k03] ; Mode 3
            MsgBox(0, 0, $m3k[0] & " " & $m3k[1] & " " & $m3k[2] & " " & $m3k[3])
            EndIf

        Case $Button1
            $text = GUICtrlRead($Edit1)
            ConsoleWrite($text)

            $gaps = StringReplace($text, " ", "_")
            ConsoleWrite($gaps)
            GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $gaps)

            $text = GUICtrlRead($Edit1)
            ConsoleWrite($text)
            $Str = $text

            $Arr = StringSplit($Str, "")
            _ArrayDisplay($Arr)
            $Arr[0] = ""

            ; ============================================================ Mode 1:
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio2) = 1 Then
                $FirstIndex = $Mode1Array
                Global $NewString = ""
                Global $a = $FirstIndex
                $Raws = UBound($Arr)
                For $i = 1 To $Raws Step 1
                    $a -= 1
                    If $a = 0 Then $a = $FirstIndex
                    $NewString = $NewString & $Arr[$i - 1] & $Mode1Array[$a - 1]
                Next
            ; ============================================================ Mode 2:
            ElseIf GUICtrlRead($Radio3) = 1 Then
                $SecondIndex = $Mode2Array
                Global $NewString = ""
                Global $b = $SecondIndex
                $Raws = UBound($Arr)
                For $i = 1 To $Raws Step 1
                    $b -= 1
                    If $b = 0 Then $b = $SecondIndex
                    $NewString = $NewString & $Arr[$i - 1] & $Mode2Array[$b - 1]
                Next
            ; ============================================================ Mode 3:
            ElseIf GUICtrlRead($Radio4) = 1 Then
                $ThirdIndex = $Mode3Array
                Global $NewString = ""
                Global $c = $ThirdIndex
                $Raws = UBound($Arr)
                For $i = 1 To $Raws Step 1
                    $c -= 1
                    If $c = 0 Then $c = $ThirdIndex
                    $NewString = $NewString & $Arr[$i - 1] & $Mode3Array[$c - 1]
                Next
            EndIf

            If GUICtrlRead($Radio2) = 1 Then GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $NewString)
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio3) = 1 Then GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $NewString)
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio4) = 1 Then GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $NewString)


    EndSwitch
WEnd

as far as i can tell from testing a whole lot, the problem lies here in this part:

 

If GUICtrlRead($Radio2) = 1 Then
                $FirstIndex = $Mode1Array
                Global $NewString = ""
                Global $a = $FirstIndex
                $Raws = UBound($Arr)
                For $i = 1 To $Raws Step 1
                    $a -= 1
                    If $a = 0 Then $a = $FirstIndex
                    $NewString = $NewString & $Arr[$i - 1] & $Mode1Array[$a - 1]
                Next

 whatever the problem is there, it is for all modes the same. somehow it only takes the first value and not the other values. has anybody got an idea where the error might be and would take the time to show me where (and possibly: why) the error is and give me an idea on how to correct it.

it does not matter to me if it works in a chronological/numericle or randomized manner. the only thing that is important, is that it uses all values from the mode that is active.

help me please.

kind regards

test.ini test.au3

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made one minor error. corrected it.
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the problem does not lie where i thought it does, it seems to be this line:

Global $Mode1Array = [$m1k[0], $m1k[1], $m1k[2], $m1k[3]] ; Mode 1
;Global $Mode1Array = [$m1k00, $m1k01, $m1k02, $m1k03] ; Mode 1

because a second msgbox i tested:

MsgBox(0, 0, $Mode1Array)

did not result in anything at all.

now i have to figure out how to get the extracted data from the ini into the replace (mode) array. 

any ideas?

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hi, okay i have done a lot of changes and am one or two steps further now: i have narrowed the problem down to one for-loop which does not cycle through the ini values more than once and that is the problem. i have edited the script to make it very short and marked the error in the comment section very near to the end of the script:

any help on fixing the for-loop would be much apreciated:

#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>
#include <ComboConstants.au3>

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
Global $Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 259, 216, -1, -1)
Global $Edit1 = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 16, 80, 225, 113, $ES_WANTRETURN + $ES_AUTOVSCROLL + $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_MULTILINE)
GUICtrlSetData(-1, "This is a Test entry!")
Global $Radio1 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("ini-file", 16, 8, 113, 17)
Global $Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Button1", 168, 8, 75, 17)
Global $Group1 = GUICtrlCreateGroup("mode selection", 16, 32, 225, 41)
Global $Radio2 = GUICtrlCreateRadio("mode 1", 24, 48, 60, 17)
GUICtrlCreateGroup("", -99, -99, 1, 1)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

        Case $Radio1
            $file1 = "test.ini"

        Case $Radio2
            If GUICtrlRead($Radio1) = 1 Then
                $m1k = IniReadSection($file1, "mode 1")
                $m1k = _ArrayExtract($m1k, 1, -1, 1, 1)
                $m1k00 = $m1k[0]
                $m1k01 = $m1k[1]
                $m1k02 = $m1k[2]
                $m1k03 = $m1k[3]
                Global $Mode1Array[4] = [$m1k00, $m1k01, $m1k02, $m1k03]
            EndIf

        Case $Button1
            $text = GUICtrlRead($Edit1)
            $gaps = StringReplace($text, " ", "_")
            GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $gaps)
            $text = GUICtrlRead($Edit1)
            $Str = $text
            $Arr = StringSplit($Str, "")
            $Arr[0] = ""


            If GUICtrlRead($Radio2) = 1 Then
                $FirstIndex = $Mode1Array
                Global $NewString = ""
                Global $a = $FirstIndex

                For $Raws = 1 To (UBound($Arr) - 1)
                    ;ConsoleWrite($Raws & @CRLF)
                Next

                For $a = 0 To (UBound($FirstIndex) - 1)
                    ;ConsoleWrite($FirstIndex[$a] & @CRLF)
                Next



#comments-start
                in the next part below is where the fault is: at the moment it outputs the data like this:

                a2aTa1aha0aia0asa0a_a0aia0asa0a_a0aaa0a_a0aTa0aea0asa0ata0a_a0aea0ana0ata0ara0aya0a!a0a

                for some reason it starts with a2a, then goes to a1a and then to a0a and then it just
                stays on a0a all the rest of the time. it should however cycle through all the time:
                a0a -> a1a -> a2a -> a3a -> a0a -> a1a -> etc.

                the code below has the error, but i do not understand where the error is? help please.
#comments-end





                For $i = 1 To $Raws Step 1
                    $a -= 1
                    If $a = 1 Then $a = $FirstIndex
                    $NewString = $NewString & $Arr[$i - 1] & $Mode1Array[$a - 1]
                Next





            EndIf

            If GUICtrlRead($Radio2) = 1 Then GUICtrlSetData($Edit1, $NewString)

    EndSwitch
WEnd

kind regards

 

PS: ini-file:

[mode 1]
m1k00=a0a
m1k01=a1a
m1k02=a2a
m1k03=a3a

it is a very light version.  i only need it to work once and then can adapt it to my needs later.

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