TIniCollection class

In unit IniCol

Collection which can write itself to an .ini file.

Declaration

pascal

TIniCollection = class(TCollection)

Inheritance

TIniCollection
TCollection
TPersistent
TObject

Descends from it: TNamedIniCollection

Description

TIniCollection is a collection descendent which has the capability to write itself to an .ini file. It introduces some load and save mechanisms, which can be used to write all items in the collection to disk. The items should be descendents of the type TIniCollectionItem.

All methods work using a TCustomInifile class, making it possible to save to alternate file formats, or even databases.

An instance of TIniCollection should never be used directly. Instead, a descendent should be used, which sets the FPrefix and FSectionPrefix protected variables.

Properties

`Prefix`	public	Prefix used in global section.
`SectionPrefix`	public	Prefix string for section names.
`FileName`	public	Filename of the collection.
`GlobalSection`	public	Name of the global section.

Methods

`Load`	public	Loads the collection from the default filename.
`Save`	public	Save the collection to the default filename.
`SaveToIni`	public	Save the collection to a TCustomIniFile descendent.
`SaveToFile`	public	Save collection to a file in .ini file format.
`LoadFromIni`	public	Load collection from a file in .ini file format.
`LoadFromFile`	public	Load collection from file.

Fields

`FPrefix`	protected
`FSectionPrefix`	protected

Inherited

From TCollection (31)

Add Assign BeginUpdate Changed Clear Count Create Delete Destroy EndUpdate Exchange FindItemID GetAttr GetAttrCount GetEnumerator GetItem GetItemAttr GetNamePath Insert ItemClass Items Move Notify Owner PropName SetItem SetItemName SetPropName Sort Update UpdateCount

From TPersistent (6)

AssignTo DefineProperties FPOAttachObserver FPODetachObserver FPONotifyObservers GetOwner

From TObject (40)

AfterConstruction BeforeDestruction CheckDisposed ClassInfo ClassName ClassNameIs ClassParent ClassType CleanupInstance DefaultHandler DefaultHandlerStr Dispatch DispatchStr Disposed DisposeOf Equals FieldAddress Free FreeInstance GetDisposed GetHashCode GetInterface GetInterfaceByStr GetInterfaceEntry GetInterfaceEntryByStr GetInterfaceTable GetInterfaceWeak GetLastCastErrorInfo InheritsFrom InitInstance InstanceSize MethodAddress MethodName newinstance QualifiedClassName SafeCallException StringMessageTable SystemHasExtendedRTTI ToString UnitName

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