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rmnrdi
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7 years ago
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reading ini without using Storages

I need to be able to read from a .ini file as it stores information needed for testing.   The problem is, it doesn't contain a [Root] section (which is mandatory) and one will not be added.   ...
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    AlexKaras
    7 years ago

    > As always, I just created my own function to handle this.

    :) (Y)

     

    P.S. Possible performance improvement for large INIs: as it is pefrectly fine if [Root] section is at the end of the file, you may just make a copy of the file and append the [Root] line at its end.

     

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AlexKaras
Community Hero
7 years ago

Hi Rob,

 

Option a):

-- Use some simplified script-based parser that fits your needs. For example: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/vbstech_files_ini.php, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21825192/read-data-from-ini-file or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3870019/javascript-parser-for-a-string-which-contains-ini-data;

 

Option b):

-- Use GetPrivateProfileString() WinAPI function (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-getprivateprofilestring) and call it via the DLL object provided by TestComplete (see TestComplete help for more information and DLL code samples.) It might be impossible to call this function from your JavaScript code because JavaScript does not support out parameters used by the GetPrivateProfileString() function. As a possible workaround, you may implement the code as Script Extension using VBScript.

 

P.S. There seem to be no simple and acceptable solution using .Net for this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/217902/reading-writing-an-ini-file and https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Reading-and-Writing-Values-85084b6a