TIniFile class

In unit IniFiles

Ini file implementation.

Declaration

pascal

TIniFile = class(TCustomIniFile)

Inheritance

TIniFile
TCustomIniFile

Descends from it: TMemIniFile

Description

TIniFile is an implementation of TCustomIniFile which does the same as TMemIniFile, namely it reads the whole file into memory. Unlike TMemIniFile it does not cache updates in memory, but immediately writes any changes to disk.

TIniFile introduces no new methods, it just implements the abstract methods introduced in TCustomIniFile

Properties

`Dirty`	protected
`Stream`	public	Stream from which ini file was read.
`CacheUpdates`	public	Should changes be kept in memory.
`WriteBOM`	public	Indicates if a Byte Order Mark (BOM) is written at the start of the .INI file.

Methods

`ReadIniValues`	protected
`MaybeUpdateFile`	protected
`SetEncoding`	protected
`Create`	public	Create a new instance of TIniFile.
`Destroy`	public	Remove the TIniFile instance from memory.
`ReadString`	public	Read a string.
`WriteString`	public	Write string to file.
`ReadSection`	public	Read the key names in a section.
`ReadSectionRaw`	public	Read raw section.
`ReadSections`	public	Read section names.
`ReadSectionValues`	public	Read names and values of a section.
`EraseSection`	public	Clear a section.
`DeleteKey`	public	Delete key.
`UpdateFile`	public	Update the file on disk.

Inherited

From TCustomIniFile (29)

BoolFalseStrings BoolTrueStrings CaseSensitive Encoding EscapeLineFeeds FileName FormatSettingsActive Options OwnsEncoding ReadBinaryStream ReadBool ReadDate ReadDateTime ReadFloat ReadInt64 ReadInteger ReadTime SectionExists SetBoolStringValues StripQuotes ValueExists WriteBinaryStream WriteBool WriteDate WriteDateTime WriteFloat WriteInt64 WriteInteger WriteTime

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