Unit 'IniFiles' Package
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TCustomIniFile.ReadString

Read a string valued key.

Declaration

Source position: inifiles.pp line 182

public function TCustomIniFile.ReadString(

  const Section: string;

  const Ident: string;

  const Default: string

):string; virtual; abstract;

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 string.

Description

ReadString reads the key Ident in section Section, and returns the value as a string. If the specified key or section do not exist, then the value in Default is returned. Note that if the key exists, but is empty, an empty string will be returned.

See also

WriteString

  

Write a string value.

ReadInteger

  

Read an integer value from the file.

ReadBool

  

ReadDate

  

Read a date value.

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