Name 

Description 

 

AfterConstruction 

Responds after the last constructor has executed. 

 

BeforeDestruction 

Responds before the first destructor executes. 

 

ClassInfo 

Returns a pointer to the runtime type information (RTTI) table for the object type. 

 

ClassName 

Returns a string indicating the type of the object instance (as opposed to the type of the variable passed as an argument). 

 

ClassNameIs 

Determines whether an object is of a specific type. 

 

ClassParent 

Returns the type of the immediate ancestor of a class. 

 

ClassType 

Returns the class reference for the object's class. 

 

CleanupInstance 

Performs finalization on long strings, variants, and interface variables within a class. 

 

Clear 

Erases all data from the INI file in memory. 

 

Create 

This is the overview for the Create constructor overload. 

 

DefaultHandler 

Provides the interface for a method that processes message records. 

 

DeleteKey 

Deletes a specified entry from the .ini file. 

 

Destroy 

Frees the memory associated with the TMemIniFile object. 

 

Dispatch 

Calls message-handling methods for the object, based on the contents of the Message parameter. 

 

Equals 

Checks if the current instance and the parameter are equal. 

 

EraseSection 

Erases an entire section of the INI file. 

 

FieldAddress 

This is the overview for the FieldAddress method overload. 

 

Free 

Destroys an object and frees its associated memory, if necessary. 

 

FreeInstance 

Deallocates memory allocated by a previous call to the System::TObject::NewInstance method. 

 

GetHashCode 

Returns an integer containing the hash code. 

 

GetInterface 

Retrieves a specified interface. 

 

GetInterfaceEntry 

Returns the entry for a specific interface implemented in a class. 

 

GetInterfaceTable 

Returns a pointer to a structure containing all of the interfaces implemented by a given class. 

 

GetStrings 

Populates a string list with INI file data. 

 

InheritsFrom 

Determines the relationship of two object types. 

 

InitInstance 

Initializes a newly allocated object instance to all zeros and initializes the instance's virtual method table pointer. 

 

InstanceSize 

Returns the size in bytes of each instance of the object type. 

 

MethodAddress 

This is the overview for the MethodAddress method overload. 

 

MethodName 

Returns the name of a class method by address. 

 

NewInstance 

Allocates memory for an instance of an object type and returns a pointer to that new instance. 

 

ReadBinaryStream 

Retrieves a binary value from the ini file. 

 

ReadBool 

Retrieves a Boolean value from an ini file. 

 

ReadDate 

Retrieves a date value from an ini file. 

 

ReadDateTime 

Retrieves a date-time value from an ini file. 

 

ReadFloat 

Retrieves a float value from an ini file. 

 

ReadInteger 

Retrieves an integer value from an ini file. 

 

ReadSection 

Reads all the key names from a specified section of an INI file into a string list. 

 

ReadSections 

Reads the names of all sections in an INI file into a string list. 

 

ReadSections 

This is the overview for the ReadSections method overload. 

 

ReadSectionValues 

Reads the values from all keys within a section of an INI file into a string list. 

 

ReadString 

Retrieves a string value from the INI file. 

 

ReadTime 

Retrieves a time value from an ini file. 

 

Rename 

Associates the TMemIniFile with a different INI file. 

 

SafeCallException 

Handles exceptions in methods declared using the safecall calling convention. 

 

SectionExists 

Indicates whether a section exists in the ini file. 

 

SetStrings 

Populates the memory buffer with contents of a string list. 

 

ToString 

Returns a string containing the class name. 

 

UnitName 

Returns a string containing the unit name. 

 

UpdateFile 

Flushes buffered INI file data to disk. 

 

ValueExists 

Indicates whether a key exists in the ini file. 

 

WriteBinaryStream 

Writes a binary value to the ini file. 

 

WriteBool 

Writes a Boolean value to an ini file. 

 

WriteDate 

Writes a date value to an ini file. 

 

WriteDateTime 

Writes a date-time value to an ini file. 

 

WriteFloat 

Writes a float value to an ini file. 

 

WriteInteger 

Writes an integer value to an ini file. 

 

WriteString 

Writes a string value to an INI file. 

 

WriteTime 

Writes a time value to an ini file. 

 

Name 

Description 

 

CaseSensitive 

Controls whether section and key names are handled in a case-sensitive manner. 

 

Encoding 

This is Encoding, a member of class TMemIniFile. 

 

FileName 

Contains the name of the ini file from which to read and to which to write information.