easyINI

Parse INI files using the Windows API.

You can also:

• Check if a key exists
• Delete keys
• Delete sections
• Get all sections

To add:

• Get all sections (into array)

Feel free to use this in any personal projects without attribution

Usage and examples

Creates a new INI file in your current dir named after the executing assembly

var MyIni = new IniFile();

Creates an ini file in current dir with specified name

var MyIni = new IniFile("settings.ini");

Creates a new ini file in specified directory

var MyIni = new IniFile(@"C:\settings.ini");

Easy start

MyIni.Write("Key", "Value", "Section (optional)");
MyIni.Read("Key", "Section (only state if it's not default one)");

Writing to an INI file:

Writing to file with default section (name of executable)

MyIni.Write("DefaultValue", "40");
MyIni.Write("userName", "admin");

Creates a file like this:

[EXE NAME]
DefaultValue=40
userName=admin

Writing to file with specified section

MyIni.Write("DefaultValue", "40", "VALUES");
MyIni.Write("userName", "admin", "USER");

Creates a file like this:

[VALUES]
DefaultValue=40
[USER]
userName=admin

Reading from INI file:

Can explicitly state variable type or use var instead

string DefaultValue = MyIni.Read("DefaultValue");

or

int DefaultValue = Convert.ToInt32(MyIni.Read("DefaultValue"));


string username = MyIni.Read("userName");

string[] allSections = MyINI.GetSectionNames();
    

Checking if key exists

Easy start

bool keyExist = MyIni.KeyExists("Key", "Section (only state if it's not default one)");

if(!MyIni.KeyExists("DefaultValue", "VALUES"))
{
MyIni.Write("DefaultValue", "40", "VALUES");
}

Deleting keys and sections:

MyIni.DeleteKey("DefaultValue", "VALUES");
MyIni.DeleteSection("VALUES");