writeini problems - mIRC Discussion Forums

hi!

I've a little (big) problem with writeini command.

mirc 7.1

writing:

writeini -n filename [something] n1 some text

result as:

[[something]]
n1=some text

mirc 6.35

writing:

writeini -n filename [something] n1 some text

result as:

[~something~]
n1=some text

how my script can to work correctly with all versions?
thanks in advance!

The only work around I see is to write your own /writeini and $readini:

I haven't bug tested it, by try this:
/writeini2 -n filename section item data
$readini2(filename,[np],section,item)

Code:

alias Writeini2 {
  if (!$regex(ini,$1-,^(?|(-\S*)+ |())(?|"([^"])"|([^ ])) (\S+) (\S+) (.+)$)) {
    echo -sc info * /writeini2: Invalid parameters
    halt
  }
  else {
    !writeini $regml(ini,1) $qt($regml(ini,2)) $regsubex($regml(ini,3),/([\\\[\]])/g,\x $+ $base($asc(\t),10,16,2)) $regml(ini,4) $regml(ini,5)
  }
}
alias readini2 {
  if ($0 == 3) var %s, %i = $3, %t = $regsubex($2,/\\x([0-9a-f])/gi,$chr($base(\t,16,10)))
  else var %s = $2, %i = $4, %t = $regsubex($3,/\\x([0-9a-f])/gi,$chr($base(\t,16,10)))
  return $readini($1,%s,%i,%t)
}

You might have to rewrite the ini files using the above commands.

Your best option would be to just not use []'s as part of the section name.

/writeini -n filename something n1 some text

This would, of course, mean that you'd have to change your current INI file(s) to remove those extra []'s, but it saves you the problem and then it would work regardless of version.

Note that you can also check $version and have your script do something different based on what version is being used.

Originally Posted By: versions.txt 7.0

2.mIRC now uses its own custom ini routines to ensure more reliable ini file handling. They should work almost identically to the standard Windows ini routines.

I don't know how but it seems Windows was able to handle [ ] correctly, even though you would see the same character used for both, and it seems that the new routine is unable to handle them, for me it's a bug.

edit: well in fact it's not a problem nor a bug, you don't have to bother about how it's handled as long as it's working correctly, and it is, 7.X use it's own routine but handle this case fine.

Originally Posted By: FroggieDaFrog

You might have to rewrite the ini files using the above commands.

i will try this, thanks!

Originally Posted By: Riamus2

Your best option would be to just not use []'s as part of the section name.

right, i will do some changes in my script!

You seem to have ignored my message but it says that you don't need to change anything in your script or to re-script /writeini and $readini, it works the same under 6.35 and 7.X, it doesn't matter how it's handled, ie: you don't need to bother with what the ini file contains.

Right from what I know the [ may look like ~ under 6.35 but mIRC still sees it as [ I'd imagine. Just leave it be.