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| == Overview == | = WinZip = `WinZip` is part of the CategoryAplTree project. |
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| INI files are still useful to provide settings to an application. Vista is not going to change this. | == Warning == |
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| The Windows API methods provided to read a particular value have an advantage: they follow a clearly defined search path, and following that path they take not only the INI file into account, they also check the Windows registry and the command line parameter. Furthermore, they deliver always up-to-date values. | Note that WinZip issues an error when you pass something like this with the flag to preserve the directory structure: |
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| They have disadvantages as well: * They are slow * They return everything as a string If you are not interested in the Windows registry and command line parameters, and if nobody else is changing your INI files while your application is running, then the "!IniFile" class introduced in this article might attract your attention. This class allows you to use a kind of APL-Syntax in your INI files. Values not enclosed in quotes will be converted to numbers, everything else gets a string. == Details == === Character Values === An entry like: {{{HomeFolder='C:/Windows/Appl/'}}} results in a string holding the path. === Numeric Values === An entry like: {{{FormSize=300 400}}} results in a two-element-vector "!FormSize" holding two integers. === References === Furthermore, an entry like: {{{LogFolder='{"HomeFolder}Logsfiles/'}}} is treated in a special way: the name between the curlies is taken as the name of an already defined value. It is then replaced by the value of that entry. Note that of course "!HomeFolder" must be specified upfront. Prior to version 1.5, this must be specified within the same section. As a result the same variable needed to be specified more than once if the same path needed to be available in more than one section. Since version 1.5 this restriction was lifted by the introduction of "local" variables, see there. === Local Variables === Local values are those specified above the first section. They have only one purpose: to be used as references in several section. There are some restrictions: * They can only be used during the instanciation * They must not be nested * Although it is possible to specify a numeric value this does not make any sense since numeric values cannot be used as references == Example == === Creating an Instance === After creating an instance from the class: {{{myIni←⎕New #.IniClass (,⊂'C:/Appl/Example.ini')}}} === Accessing Data with the "Get" method === you can get all information you are interested in by calling the method "Get". Note that names are '''not''' case sensitive. Given this file "Example.ini": |
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| [GENERAL] MaxNoOfErrors=20 FormSize=800 1200 LogfileFlag=1 LogLevels=1 2 3 ; from 1 to 9 [DIR] Home='C:/mainfolder/' AppFolder='{Home}appls/' DocsFolder='{Home}docs/' LogFileFolder='{Home}Logs/' |
C:\My\folder1\file.txt C:\My\folder2\file.txt |
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| You can get any level of information you are interested in: | According to the company behind !WinZip this is nit a bug but by design. Therefore `WinZip` will issue a DOMAIN ERROR if you have to files with the same name in your list of files to be zipped. |
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| * get everything * get all keys and values of a particular section * get a particular value from a particular section |
== Overview == |
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| ==== Examples with "Get" ==== | The class "WinZip" relies on an installed version of [[http://winzip.com/win/en/index.htm |WinZip]] '''and''' the command line extension. If both are installed on your machine then will will have the two executables `WZZIP.EXE` (for zipping) and `WZUNZIP.EXE` (for unzipping) somewhere, typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip. The class makes it very easy to zip as well as unzip stuff. == Examples == Zip all files in C:\!MyFolder\ recursively into myZipFile.zip: {{{ (rc more)←#.WinZip.Create 'C:\MyFolder\*' 'myZipFile.zip' }}} Zip two files nto myZipFile.zip: {{{ (rc more)←#.WinZip.Create ('C:\file1' 'C:\file2') 'C:\MyZipFile' }}} Unpack C:\!MyZip.zip into C:\!MyUnzippedFiles\: |
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| myIni.Get ⍬ ⍬ GENERAL MAXNOOFERRORS 20 FORMSIZE 800 1200 LOGFILEFLAG 1 LOGLEVELS 1 2 3 DIR HOME C:/mainfolder/ APPFOLDER C:/mainfolder/appls/ DOCSFOLDER C:/mainfolder/docs/ LOGFILEFOLDER C:/mainfolder/Logs/ myIni.Get'General' ⍬ MAXNOOFERRORS 20 FORMSIZE 800 1200 LOGFILEFLAG 1 LOGLEVELS 1 2 3 myIni.Get'General' 'FormSize' 800 1200 ¯1 myIni.Get'General' 'Unknown' ⍝ with default ¯1 myIni.Get'General' 'Unknown' ⍝ without default Value Error: "Unknown" myDoc.Get'General' 'Unknown' |
(rc more)←#.WinZip.Extract 'C:\MyZip.zip' 'C:\MyUnzippedFiles\' |
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| === Indexing === | |
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| Since version 1.1, the class provides a default property. That means you can access values by indexing. | == Project Page == |
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| Examples (with the same INI file listed above): {{{ myIni[⊂'GeneRAL:'] 20 800 1200 1 1 2 3 ⊃myIni[⊂'GeneRAL:FormSize'] 800 1200 }}} === Assigning === myIni[⊂'GeneRAL:FormSize']←⊂12 23 === The "Put" method === (12 23) myIni.Put 'GeneRAL:FormSize' === Nested Entries === Since version 1.4 nested values are supported. Imagine an INI file that sets an "AcceptIP" value to a number of IP addresses to be accepted when a client tries to connect to your application. That's how that might look like: {{{ AcceptID='192.168.68.1,192.168.68.100,195.64.2.2,127.0.0.1,85.86.87.88,156.147.123.1' }}} and maybe even much longer. Horrible, and prone to error when that needs to be changed. By initializing the value as an empty vector and then using the ",=" syntax one can overcome the problem: {{{ AcceptID='' AcceptID,='192.168.68.1' AcceptID,='192.168.68.100' AcceptID,='195.64.2.2' AcceptID,='127.0.0.1' AcceptID,='85.86.87.88' AcceptID,='156.147.123.1' }}} This results in a nexted vector of length 6 were each item holds a single IP addres. This works with numbers as well: {{{ vector='' vector,=1 2 3 vector,=200 300 }}} leads to: {{{ (1 2 3) (200 300) }}} === The "Save" method === You can also change a particular value but the changed value will persist only if you execute the "Save" method at some point: {{{ myIni[⊂'GeneRAL:FormSize']←⊂'¯1 1000 myIni.Save }}} ==== A Warning ==== An INI file is by definition not a kind of database and should '''not''' be used to save data by the application itself. However, the "Save" method '''might''' be useful to initialise an INI file. ==== "Save" and Comments ==== Since version 1.5, the "Save" methods does it's best to preserve any comments. However, this is not always possible. Imagine several comments made on all lines of a nested assignment. As long as a value remains the same, "Save" is able to preserve it, but when a former value is changed, the associated comment will be lost. === Check Keys before indexing === Note that when indexing is used there is no default. That means that specifying an unknown value leads to an error. There are two ways to escape this problem: {{{ myIni.Exist 'General:Unknown' 0 myIni.Default← ¯1 ¯1 myIni[⊂'General:Unknown'] ¯1 ¯1 myIni[⊂'General:Unknown']←200 myIni[⊂'General:Unknown'] 200 }}} == Creating an INI file == To create a new INI file, don't specify a filename: {{{myIni←⎕New #.IniClass }}} === Adding a Section === The only way to add a new section is to use the {{{AddSection}}}-method: {{{ myIni←⎕New #.IniClass myIni.AddSection'NewSection' }}} === Adding Values === Adding new values can be done the same way you would cange a value: either use the "Put"-method or simply assign a value. == Other Methods == === Delete === Examples with supported syntax: {{{ myIni←⎕New #.IniClass myIni.Delete 'MySection:key1' myIni.Delete 'MySection' 'key2' myIni.Delete 'MySection:' ⍝ this will delete the entire section }}} The "Delete" method returns a shy boolean which gets 1 in case something was to be deleted. === Exist === Let's assume that "myIni" is an instance of the !IniFile class, and that there is a section "Config" which contains exactly one key: "Size": {{{ 1 <-> myIni.Exist 'Config:Size' 0 <-> myIni.Exist 'Config' 'unknow' 1 <-> myIni.Exist 'Config:' }}} === DeleteDefault === Setting the "Default" property might be appropriate if you need a default value for undefined keys. However, as soon as the "Default" property is set, one can get rid of it only be calling the "!DeleteDefault" method. The method returns a shy Boolean which gets 1 only if there '''was''' a default. == History == For a full version history: [[IniFiles/History| History]] |
For bug reports, future enhancements and a full version history see WinZip/ProjectPage |
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| ||Original author: ||KaiJaeger || ||Responsible: ||KaiJaeger || ||Email: || kai@aplteam.com || |
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| ||Original author:||KaiJaeger|| ||Responsible:||KaiJaeger|| ||Email:||kai@aplteam.com|| ||Current state:||1.5.0|| == Download == Goto the [[IniFiles/DownloadPage| DownloadPage]] |
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WinZip
WinZip is part of the CategoryAplTree project.
Warning
Note that WinZip issues an error when you pass something like this with the flag to preserve the directory structure:
C:\My\folder1\file.txt C:\My\folder2\file.txt
According to the company behind WinZip this is nit a bug but by design. Therefore WinZip will issue a DOMAIN ERROR if you have to files with the same name in your list of files to be zipped.
Overview
The class "WinZip" relies on an installed version of WinZip and the command line extension. If both are installed on your machine then will will have the two executables WZZIP.EXE (for zipping) and WZUNZIP.EXE (for unzipping) somewhere, typically in C:\Program Files (x86)\WinZip.
The class makes it very easy to zip as well as unzip stuff.
Examples
Zip all files in C:\MyFolder\ recursively into myZipFile.zip:
(rc more)←#.WinZip.Create 'C:\MyFolder\*' 'myZipFile.zip'
Zip two files nto myZipFile.zip:
(rc more)←#.WinZip.Create ('C:\file1' 'C:\file2') 'C:\MyZipFile'Unpack C:\MyZip.zip into C:\MyUnzippedFiles\:
(rc more)←#.WinZip.Extract 'C:\MyZip.zip' 'C:\MyUnzippedFiles\'
Project Page
For bug reports, future enhancements and a full version history see WinZip/ProjectPage
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