TIniFile Class

TIniFile stores and retrieves application-specific information and settings from INI files.

Pascal

TIniFile = class(TCustomIniFile);

C++

class TIniFile : public TCustomIniFile;

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IniFiles

Description

TIniFile enables handling the storage and retrieval of application-specific information and settings in a standard INI file. An INI file stores information in logical groupings, called "sections." Within each section, actual data values are stored in named keys. Keys take the form:

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<keyname>=<value>

A FileName is passed to the TIniFile constructor and identifies the INI file that the object accesses.

Note: On Windows, a related object, TMemIniFile, works the same way as TIniFile, but buffers writes in memory to minimize disk access.

Note: On Linux, TIniFile is the same as TMemIniFile.