Silly little iniread problem, Always returns default

[RoscoeT]

Hello All,

Every time I call iniread() I get the default value.

My ini file c:\list.ini :

[Section1]
Key="I love Autoit"

$link = IniRead("c:\list.ini","Section1","Key",False)
Msgbox(0,"Debug","Result is: " & @CRLF & $link)

The msgbox always says "Result it false";

Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks a bunch

[Bert]

I just tested it. Works for me. Are you sure the ini file is in the right place? Or you have it named wrong?

[Aceguy]

i would do

$inifile="C:\list.ini"
if fileextists($inifle)=1 then
$link = IniRead($inifile,"Section1","Key",False)
Msgbox(0,"Debug","Result is: " & @CRLF & $link)
else
Msgbox(0,"Test","Error you file was not read",0)
endif

Edited January 15, 2009 by Aceguy

[RoscoeT]

I just tested it. Works for me. Are you sure the ini file is in the right place? Or you have it named wrong?

Thanks for the reply,

Very strange. I have double checked and even tried moving the file around.

I have re-written the INI section names and key names just to see if I could make a difference... nothing.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

R

[Bert]

Try this test script and let me know what it does

$path = "c:\list.ini"
IniWrite($path, "Section1","Key2", "This is some test data")
$link = IniRead($path,"Section1","Key2",False)
Msgbox(0,"Debug","Result is: " & @CRLF & $link)

[Aceguy]

Also try removing the "" from key.

[Section1]
Key=I love Autoit

or.... change the line.

$link = IniRead($inifile,"Section1",'Key',False)

Edited January 15, 2009 by Aceguy

[RoscoeT]

Thanks for the help but strange results.

This code failed to read the file:

$inifile="C:\list.ini"
if FileExists($inifile)=1 then
$link = IniRead($inifile,"Section1","Key",False)
Msgbox(0,"Debug","Result is: " & @CRLF & $link)
else
Msgbox(0,"Test","Error you file was not read",0)
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IniWrite($path, "Section1","Key2", "This is some test data")
$link = IniRead($path,"Section1","Key2",False)
Msgbox(0,"Debug","Result is: " & @CRLF & $link)

What would cause that?

[Bert]

Are there 2 ini files in the root of C:\?

[Aceguy]

IDK c instead of C.

[RoscoeT]

Ah crap!!!

I figured it out...

Thanks for all your help.

The stupid folder had "Hide extensions for known file types" set and the file's real name was list.ini.txt

God I hate that "Feature".

Sorry for the dumb ass noob stuff.

Thanks again guys.