Delete a section in an ini-file

Tester · Post by **Tester** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:44 am

How can I delete a complete section in an ini-file?

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:19 am

I'm sure there are other ways.

Be sure to make the value of the variable "file1" the full path and file name of the ini file.

The value of the variable "SectionName" will be case sensitive and must match the section name to be deleted exactly.

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Let>file1=IniFileToBeEdited
Let>SectionName=SectionNameToBeDeleted

ReadFile>File1,data
Separate>data,[,var
Let>kk=1
Let>newdata=
Repeat>kk
  add>kk,1
  Let>value=var_%kk%
  Separate>value,],test
  If>%test_1%=%SectionName%
  Else
    Let>newdata=%newdata%[%value%
  EndIf
Until>kk,%var_count%

Deletefile>file1
Let>WLN_NOCRLF=1
WriteLn>file1,wres,newdata

Tester · Post by **Tester** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:27 am

I do not want the section name to be deleted, but the whole section including all entries. For example:

[section to be deleted] (somewhere in the ini-file)
entry1
entry2
entry3
.....

[maybe another section]

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:57 pm

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I do not want the section name to be deleted, but the whole section including all entries.

Good... that's exactly what the above script will do.

Invent an ini file, call it C:\JRLtest.ini. Paste in the following:

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[Section1]
item1=1
item2=2

[Section2]
item1=1
item2=2

[Section3]
item1=1
item2=2

[Section4]
item1=1
item2=2

run the script above using C:\JRLtest.ini as variable "file1" and "Section2" as variable "SectionName". The resulting ini file will look like:

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[Section1]
item1=1
item2=2

[Section3]
item1=1
item2=2

[Section4]
item1=1
item2=2

Section2 and all Section2 items are deleted.

I apologize for an error in the script as originally posted. I left my test data in the text. It has now been removed.

Tester · Post by **Tester** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:04 pm

One last case that is not covered by the script. What if the section is the last section in the ini-file?

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:10 pm

I just tested removing Section4 from the sample ini file. It removed it as planned.

What specific result are you seeing?

Tester · Post by **Tester** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:14 pm

Mistyped something. Works now. Thanks!

JRL · Post by **JRL** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:18 pm

Glad that it works for you.

Happy scripting.