[AdamSpeight2008]

CodeName: Project WIFE
Purpose: Make handling INI Files simpler.

To Do List:
Create specific Exception Classes and alter the code to use them.
Update Error Handling
Saving of INI Files.
Add Comments.
Create Codeplex Site
Release Status:
A beta version to be release after completing To Do List.
Help Need:
I hope most helpful if you could post (inside of code tags) Examples of INI Files so I can for test and refine the parser.

[Core]

This is a good idea, since by default there is no INI parsing functionality included in .NET. But what about the fact that INI is now being replaced by XML? Just a thought.

[AdamSpeight2008]

There are other places it can used
It could be used to parse .url files (Internet Shortcuts)

Example .url

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.someaddress.com/
WorkingDirectory=C:\WINDOWS\
ShowCommand=7
IconIndex=1
IconFile=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\url.dll
Modified=20F06BA06D07BD014D
HotKey=1601

Using Project WIFE to Load, Parse, Comment and Save.

' Create a new instance of INI from a file, using the Default parsing options Comment # , Assignment =
Dim myINI As New INI(INIConfig.Default,"<File Path>",True)
Console.WriteLine(myINI("InternetShortcut")("URL").Value)
' Prints out http://www.someaddress.com/

myINI("InternetShortcut")("URL")="http://www.someotheraddress.com/")
myINI("InternetShortcut")("URL").Comment=" This is a comment about the URL"
' Changes the url
myINI.Save("") 'Save

Future Ideas.
Parameter Arrays
Importing and Exporting the INI as a simple XML File is a possible addition.

[AdamSpeight2008]

Codeplex Site: Project WIFE
No code up yet.

[AdamSpeight2008]

Site up a running.

[AdamSpeight2008]

Added some new functionality and documentaton to ProjectWIFE.

[Tom9729]

Core, on 12 Jan, 2010 - 11:32 AM, said:

This is a good idea, since by default there is no INI parsing functionality included in .NET. But what about the fact that INI is now being replaced by XML? Just a thought.

The problem with XML is that people use it for things that really don't need it (totally guilty on this one). INI is nice and simple in comparison and is more than enough for most projects.

[NeoTifa]

Oh, I thought this was something similar to project Aiko. XD

[AdamSpeight2008]

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[olibenu]

why WIFE? acronym?

[AdamSpeight2008]

There is one but I can't think what it is. I do remember I stood for INI and F stood for file.

I'm thinking and liking.
Project Where INI Files are Easy

[myork]

I've run into problems with these permutations of the same ini file:

[Base]
 map=Resources\GISDat\Boundry_Lines.shp

[Base]
 map=Resources\GISDat\BoundryLines.shp

[Base]
 map=Resources\GISDat\Boundry_Lines

It seems as though if there can't be a "." or a "_" in the lines. Is this really the case? I can't even make your example work while looking for ("InternetShortcut")("IconFile")

[AdamSpeight2008]

Thank you for the bug report.
The example was used to answer Core question about what it be used for.
Bear in mind the project was fairly young at the time.

The parser has a rule to determine what parameter is, it include allowed characters. : . _ were missing so I've add them in.
I need to add a section to the documentation covering the currently allowed characters.

Watch out for an update some time today.

[AdamSpeight2008]

There a new release available at the codeplex site.