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A seettings file

 

A seettings file
diego_pmc

28 Sep, 2009 - 10:18 AM
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I'm trying to find the best way to store some setting for my program inside a separate file; something like an INI file. So my question is, what kind of file should I use? I know there are some others besides INI, like XML for example, but XML files look too HTML-ish (I guess it's because they are designed for websites).

This is the kind of info I want to store inside the file:

QUOTE(INI style)
[FILE PATHS]
TEXT_PATH = data/text
MUSIC_PATH = data/music
IMAGES_PATH = data/images

[WINDOW NAME]
TITLE = Application
VERSION = v1.4


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29 Sep, 2009 - 01:35 PM
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An INI file sounds like a good idea. Do you not want to use an INI file?
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I just want to choose the most well known/most used extension of this type of things, it doesn't matter which one. BTW, as I understand it, there is a special type of syntax specific to INI files? Like ; for comments, parameter types are placed between square brackets (e.g.: [FILE NAMES]), etc.
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There's actually no set way of doing settings files. So you'll see everything from INI to XML to embedded databases to ad hoc formats.

INI files do have a specific syntax. They aren't arbitrary. On that note, there are libraries out there for handling INI files, so that should make your life easier. The same goes with XML as well. Get a tiny non validating parser and you'll do well. If it's large amount of information, maybe a database is a good idea (but unusual for a settings type of file actually). Adhoc, well, it's easy to hack together, harder for maintainability.
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2 Oct, 2009 - 10:47 AM
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If your using .NET you will want to look at this: Application Configuration Files

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like XML for example, but XML files look too HTML-ish


Get over it. XML is an industry standard now. Get used to using it.
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