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get info from update.ini

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VegetaSan#

get info from update.ini

hey. I want this function in my installer. But I dont have a clue how to do it.

What I want is that the installer needs to extract update.ini to $INSTSDIR and that it needs to merge his info with os.ini so ... for example:

_______________________________________________________

Update.ini : 



[Global]

Password=NSIS

Nick=NSIS_dude

Host=mgmservers
let's say that this is the contents of update.ini

_______________________________________________________

Os.ini : 



[Global]

Password=NSIS_is_cool

Nick=NSIS_GIRLIE

Host=source

Version=1.0
and let's say this is Os.ini
________________________________________________________


now .. when the installer is done with extracting update.ini then it needs to overwrite the contents of Os.ini with the contents that update.ini has. So after merging then Os.ini will be like this:



[Global]

Password=NSIS

Nick=NSIS_dude

Host=mgmservers

Version=1.0
_______________________________________________________

ok .. now I hope someone can help me with this. thanks.


With Regards, VegetaSan
VegetaSan#
ok .lol .. I still got a question. Will this work? 



ReadINIStr $0 "$INSTSDIR\Update.ini" "*.*" "*.*"

WriteINIStr "$INSTSDIR\mirc.ini" "*.*" "*.*" "$0"
Afrow UK#
Uhhmmm no.

I think the only way to do this would be to create a custom function to FileRead along with WriteINIStr. There's no way of using ReadINIStr to read through each key in the update.ini, so we will have to read each line using FileRead.

I will write a function now...

-Stu
atsuk#
don't think so. you have to read each entry one by one into the variable, and then write them to another ini. afther all *.* is used with files. "*" means all, and dot between them is just like in file between name and extension, so *.* means all file names with all extensions

edited:
but Afrow UK managed to reply faster(Y)
Afrow UK#
Done!

 Function TrimNewlines

  Exch $R0

  Push $R1

  Push $R2

  StrCpy $R1 0



 loop:

  IntOp $R1 $R1 - 1

  StrCpy $R2 $R0 1 $R1

  StrCmp $R2 "$\r" loop

  StrCmp $R2 "$\n" loop

  

  IntOp $R1 $R1 + 1

  IntCmp $R1 0 no_trim_needed

  StrCpy $R0 $R0 $R1



 no_trim_needed:

  Pop $R2

  Pop $R1

  Exch $R0

 FunctionEnd



 Function SplitFirstStrPart

  Exch $R0

  Push $R1

  Push $R2

  StrLen $R1 $R0

  IntOp $R1 $R1 + 1

  loop:

    IntOp $R1 $R1 - 1

    StrCpy $R2 $R0 1 -$R1

    StrCmp $R1 0 exit0

    StrCmp $R2 "=" exit1 loop ; Change " " to "\" if str=dirpath

  exit0:

  StrCpy $R1 ""

  Goto exit2

  exit1:

    IntOp $R1 $R1 - 1

    StrCpy $R2 $R0 "" -$R1

    IntOp $R1 $R1 + 1

    StrCpy $R0 $R0 -$R1

    StrCpy $R1 $R2

  exit2:

  Pop $R2

  Exch $R1 ;rest

  Exch

  Exch $R0 ;first

 FunctionEnd



 Function ReadINIFileKeys

  Exch $R0 ;INI file to write

  Exch

  Exch $R1 ;INI file to read

  Push $R2

  Push $R3

  Push $R4 ;uni var

  Push $R5 ;uni var

  Push $R6 ;last INI section



  FileOpen $R2 $R1 r



  Loop:

   FileRead $R2 $R3

   IfErrors Exit



   Push $R3

    Call TrimNewLines

   Pop $R3



   StrCmp $R3 "" Loop



   StrCpy $R4 $R3 "" -1

   StrCmp $R4 "]" 0 +6

   StrCpy $R6 $R3 -1

   StrLen $R4 $R6

   IntOp $R4 $R4 - 1

   StrCpy $R6 $R6 "" -$R4

  Goto Loop



   Push $R3

    Call SplitFirstStrPart

   Pop $R4

   Pop $R5



   WriteINIStr $R0 $R6 $R4 $R5



   detailprint "$R6 $R4 $R5"



  Goto Loop

  Exit:



  FileClose $R1



  Pop $R6

  Pop $R5

  Pop $R4

  Pop $R3

  Pop $R2

  Pop $R1

  Pop $R0

 FunctionEnd
Note that you need all three functions!

Usage:
Push "update.ini"
Push "Os.ini"
Call ReadINIFileKeys

Adding it to archive.

-Stu
Afrow UK#
Uhm, just noticed an error in the function.

Relace FileClose $R1 with FileClose $R2

Edit: and delete
detailprint "$R6 $R4 $R5"
(left in from testing)

-Stu
AaronLS#
This is a great script but I couldn't get it to blank out an ini setting. I.E. merging in:
[SomeSection]
SomeKey=

often produces:
[SomeSection]
SomeKey=SomeKey=

It also seems to do strange things with comments sometimes. For example, if a comment ended with ] I think it treats it like a section name. So I added a check for lines that start with ; and skip those.

I have added skipping of comments. I think there might still be bugs if the semicolon is preceded by leading whitespace, but there are many apps that don't allow leading spaces in ini files anyhow.

I updated the script to work with the newer versions of SplitFirstStrPart, because the version used above does not properly parse "BlankValue=", but the newer version in the wiki does parse it correctly. All that was needed was a Push "=" for SplitFirstStrPart and renaming TrimNewLines to StrTrimNewLines.



Function ReadINIFileKeys

      Exch $R0 ;INI file to write

      Exch

      Exch $R1 ;INI file to read

      Push $R2

      Push $R3

      Push $R4 ;uni var

      Push $R5 ;uni var

      Push $R6 ;last INI section

 

      FileOpen $R2 $R1 r

 

      Loop:

       FileRead $R2 $R3   ;get next line into R3

       IfErrors Exit

 

       Push $R3

        Call StrTrimNewLines 

       Pop $R3

 

       StrCmp $R3 "" Loop   ;if blank line, skip

       

       StrCpy $R4 $R3 1   ;get first char into R4

       StrCmp $R4 ";" Loop   ;check it for semicolon and skip line if so(ini comment)

 

       StrCpy $R4 $R3 "" -1   ;get last char of line into R4

       StrCmp $R4 "]" 0 +6     ;if last char is ], parse section name, else jump to parse key/value

       StrCpy $R6 $R3 -1   ;get all except last char

       StrLen $R4 $R6     ;get str length

       IntOp $R4 $R4 - 1    ;subtract one from length

       StrCpy $R6 $R6 "" -$R4   ;copy all but first char to trim leading [, placing the section name in R6

      Goto Loop

       

       Push "="  ;push delimiting char

       Push $R3

        Call SplitFirstStrPart

       Pop $R4

       Pop $R5       

              

       WriteINIStr $R0 $R6 $R4 $R5      

 

      Goto Loop

      Exit:

 

      FileClose $R2

 

      Pop $R6

      Pop $R5

      Pop $R4

      Pop $R3

      Pop $R2

      Pop $R1

      Pop $R0

     FunctionEnd