How to report Ini-File? 3

[MrSchnabel]

Hi,

i got a very simple question.

Is it possible to access an ini-file???

thx
I. Foth

 

[JoeCrystal]

Ini file are text files. To read it from Crystal you can set up a OBDC DSN using the text file driver.

 

[MrSchnabel]

Are there ODBC drivers that can handle Ini Sections & Values 4 easy drilldown in crystal?

Like:
[section]
jabba=true

And in crystal:
section
+jabba

???
thanxs a lot

 

[dgillz]

I have done this to an text file as Joe suggested using the ODBC driver for .txt files, and the report reads every line in the file as a separate piece of data.

You can write a record selection formula to find the records that begin with the substring "jabba=" and then display them. Software Training and Support for Macola, Crystal Reports and Goldmine
251-621-8972
dgilsdorf@mchsi.com

 

[JasonLord]

Ido Millet had written in his CUt utilities the ability to read an ini file directly where it just returns values etc...

http://www.milletsoftware.com/

he posts to these groups fairly regularly as well

 

[MrSchnabel]

@all thx a lot...

now i have an idea of my report to handle inifiles.. ---
WBR MrSchnabel