Sample for Reading in a config file

[fragadelic]

For my remastersys project I needed a way to read in variables so this is what I came up with.

In the config file it has to simply be in the format with no spaces on either side of the = sign:

variable=value

No quotes are needed for the value

REM Example to read from config file
OPEN "sample.conf" FOR READING AS configfile
WHILE NOT (ENDFILE(configfile)) DO
READLN value$ FROM configfile
REM PRINT value$
IF NOT(ENDFILE(configfile)) THEN
 REM Get variable name from left of = sign
 variable$ = LEFT$(value$, INSTR(value$, "=")-1)
 REM Get variable value from right of = sign
 varvalue$ = MID$(value$, INSTR(value$, "=")+1)
REM  PRINT variable$, "=", varvalue$
 SETENVIRON variable$,varvalue$
ENDIF
WEND

winname$=GETENVIRON$("winname")
progressname$=GETENVIRON$("progressname")
progresstext$=GETENVIRON$("progresstext")
REM End of Example to read from config file


Here is the config file

winname=The Program
progressname=Super Progress Bar
progresstext=Installing....Please Wait


I'm open to suggestions if there are any better ways to read in a config file and if not I hope someone else can also make use of this.

[Pjot]

We've had a similar discussion on the Puppy Linux forum.

Please check this thread at half of the page where some solutions were provided.

Best regards
Peter

[fragadelic]

Dang...thats much nicer than my kludge.


Thanks a lot.