Unit 'IniFiles' Package
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TCustomIniFile.ReadDate

Read a date value.

Declaration

Source position: inifiles.pp line 190

public function TCustomIniFile.ReadDate(

  const Section: string;

  const Ident: string;

  Default: TDateTime

):TDateTime; virtual;

Arguments

Section

  

Section to read Ident from.

Ident

  

Name of key to retrieve value from.

Default

  

Default value to return when the key Ident does not exist.

Function result

Value of Ident as a TDateTime.

Description

ReadDate reads the key Ident in section Section, and returns the value as a date (TDateTime). If the specified key or section do not exist, then the value in Default is returned. If the key exists, but contains an invalid date value, Default is also returned. The international settings of the SysUtils are taken into account when deciding if the read value is a correct date.

See also

WriteDate

  

Write date value.

ReadInteger

  

Read an integer value from the file.

ReadBool

  

ReadString

  

Read a string valued key.

ReadDateTime

  

Read a Date/Time value.

ReadTime

  

Read a time value.

ReadFloat

  

Read a floating point value.

ReadBinaryStream

  

Read binary data.


Documentation generated on: Nov 22 2024