ReadIniFile default directory ?

[Me_again]

Does ReadiniFile look in a specific windows directory? Maybe I just confused myself, but it appears to me that IfFileExists> will look for the file in the current directory if there is no path specified, but ReadIniFile> doesn't default to the current directory.

So this code finds the .ini exists, but doesn't read it:

IfFileExists>myini.ini,start,nofile
Label>nofile
MessageModal>INI File Missing
Goto>theend
Label>start
MessageModal>this is start
ReadIniFile>myini.ini,data,outfile,outfile
.
.
.
Label>theend

If I hard code the path for the .ini it works fine. I'm compiling the macro and running it in its home directory in a cmd window.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Both take a file name so will work with the current directory and a full path.

[Me_again]

Both take a file name so will work with the current directory and a full path.

But that's not my experience, and I double checked on another PC today. If I compile this:

ReadIniFile>c:\ftps\myini.ini,settings,user,username
Let>msg=The Username is
ConCat>msg, %username%
MessageModal>msg

and copy it and the .ini to c:\ftps it works. If I change the ReadIniFile line to:

ReadIniFile>myini.ini,settings,user,username

compile and put it in the c:\ftps directory it doesn't find the .ini. I'm trying to create a compiled program that will work in any directory, what am I doing wrong?

[Bob Hansen]

How about using .\myini.ini ?

.\ should designate the current directory.

[Marcus Tettmar]

I'm trying to create a compiled program that will work in any directory, what am I doing wrong?

In that case use %SCRIPT_DIR% which is always set to the directory of the running script or executable:

ReadIniFile>%SCRIPT_DIR%\myini.ini,data,outfile,oufile

[Me_again]

Both of those solutions work

Thank you gentlemen!