INI check before guicreate

[gcue]

my gui builds out icons based on whats in an INI. if the INI is badly formatted, the app gets an error which isnt clear that the INI is the problem and the user isnt able to load the program.

heres an example of a good INI:

[LOCATIONS]
TEST_LOCATION=TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS

[TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS]
INITIALS=D0000000

each location is listed under locations section along with a pointer to its PCs (assets)

if theres a mismatch (misspelling or lack of) between location list and corresponding location_asset list then id like to inform the user

hope im making sense..........

heres what i have so far (not working obviously):

$LOCS=IniReadSectionNames($ini)
$loc_assts=IniReadSection($ini, "Locations")
For $LOC in $LOCS
If $loc_assts<>$LOC Then
$answer = MsgBox(16, "Dashboard", "Badly formatted assets.ini." & @CRLF & _
                                  "Application will now exit.")
Exit
EndIf
Next

Edited June 6, 2008 by gcue

[PsaltyDS]

my gui builds out icons based on whats in an INI. if the INI is badly formatted, the app gets an error which isnt clear that the INI is the problem and the user isnt able to load the program.

heres an example of a good INI:

[LOCATIONS]
TEST_LOCATION=TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS

[TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS]
INITIALS=D0000000

each location is listed under locations section along with a pointer to its PCs (assets)

if theres a mismatch (misspelling or lack of) between location list and corresponding location_asset list then id like to inform the user

hope im making sense..........

heres what i have so far (not working obviously):

$LOCS=IniReadSectionNames($ini)
$loc_assts=IniReadSection($ini, "Locations")
For $LOC in $LOCS
If $loc_assts<>$LOC Then
$answer = MsgBox(16, "Dashboard", "Badly formatted assets.ini." & @CRLF & _
                                  "Application will now exit.")
Exit
EndIf
Next

You are treating $LOCS as an array, which is correct, but you are not treating $loc_assts as the 2D array that it is.

[martin]

my gui builds out icons based on whats in an INI. if the INI is badly formatted, the app gets an error which isnt clear that the INI is the problem and the user isnt able to load the program.

heres an example of a good INI:

[LOCATIONS]
TEST_LOCATION=TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS

[TEST_LOCATION_ASSETS]
INITIALS=D0000000

each location is listed under locations section along with a pointer to its PCs (assets)

if theres a mismatch (misspelling or lack of) between location list and corresponding location_asset list then id like to inform the user

hope im making sense..........

heres what i have so far (not working obviously):

$ini = "settings.ini"
$LOCS = IniReadSection($ini,"LOCATIONS");read all the loactions
If @error Or Not IsArray($LOCS) Then
    MsgBox(262144, "ERROR 20", "No data in ini file!")
    Exit
EndIf

For $n = 1 To $LOCS[0][0];for each location
    $temp = IniReadSection($ini, $LOCS[$n][1]);is there a section for the location?
    If @error Then
        MsgBox(262144, "Error 21 in ini file", "Section '" & $LOCS[$n][1] & "' is corrupt or missing.")
        If MsgBox(262144 + 4, "Choose option", "Do you want to remove references to " & $LOCS[$n][1] & "?") = 6 Then
            IniDelete($ini, "LOCATIONS", $LOCS[$n][0])
        EndIf
        
    EndIf
Next

I think you need something like this.

$LOCS = IniReadSection("LOCATIONS");read all the loactions
If @error Or Not IsArray($LOCS) Then
    MsgBox(262144, "ERROR 20", "No data in ini file!")
    Exit
EndIf

For $n = 1 To $LOCS[0][0];for each location
    $temp = IniReadSection($ini, $LOCS[$n][1]);is there a section for the location?
    If @error Then
        MsgBox(262144, "Error 21 in ini file", "Section '" & $LOCS[$n][1] & "' is corrupt or missing.")
        If MsgBox(262144 + 4, "Choose option", "Do you want to remove references to " & $LOCS[$n][1] & "?") = 6 Then
            IniDelete($ini, "LOCATIONS", $LOCS[$n][0])
        EndIf
        
    EndIf
Next