Ammending INI's

Xylaquin · 05-04-2007, 10:57 AM

I'm using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and I'me making a small program that will ammend the xfire_games.ini file so that it change 4 values under two sections.

I've googled about but none of the examples I can see are helpfull. Basically, I want the program to start, and on launch it will change the INI file values, then the user clicks the OK button and it closes.

Here is one of the sections in the INI file, I wish to change the boldened values to the bracketted values shown next to them:
[4178_1]
LongName=C&C Renegade
ShortName=ccren
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Westwood\Renegade\InstallPath
LauncherDirTruncAt=renegade.exe
LauncherExe=game.exe (PROGRAM WILL CHANGE THIS TO game2.exe)
InstallHint=renegade.exe
LauncherPasswordArgs=+pass %UA_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs=+connect %UA_GAME_HOST_NAME%:%UA_GAME_HOST_PORT% %UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS%
Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS%
ServerStatusType=RNG
InGameRenderer=D3D8 (PROGRAM WILL CHANGE THIS TO D3D9)
DisconnectTolerance=8

I'd be exceptionally gratefull if someone could point me in the correct direction on how to do this. Thank you!

Xylaquin · 05-15-2007, 11:58 AM

anyone? All I want to know is how to ammend an INI file... I've already tried Google but nothing came up that worked.

**Deckard** · 05-17-2007, 08:19 AM

I don't think Visual Basic has it's own set of routines to deal with INI files, so you'll need to use the Win32 API. Search for GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString -- they should do what you want.

Example:

Code:

Public Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Ret = String(255, 0) 'Create buffer for string value
NC = GetPrivateProfileString("4178_1", "LauncherExe", "NULL", Ret, 255, App.Path & "\YOURCONFIG.ini") 'NC will be the number of characters copied to the buffer
MsgBox Ret

05-04-2007, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xylaquin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 45 OS: XP Home SP2 My System	Ammending INI's I'm using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and I'me making a small program that will ammend the xfire_games.ini file so that it change 4 values under two sections. I've googled about but none of the examples I can see are helpfull. Basically, I want the program to start, and on launch it will change the INI file values, then the user clicks the OK button and it closes. Here is one of the sections in the INI file, I wish to change the boldened values to the bracketted values shown next to them: [4178_1] LongName=C&C Renegade ShortName=ccren LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Westwood\Renegade\InstallPath LauncherDirTruncAt=renegade.exe LauncherExe=game.exe (PROGRAM WILL CHANGE THIS TO game2.exe) InstallHint=renegade.exe LauncherPasswordArgs=+pass %UA_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD% LauncherNetworkArgs=+connect %UA_GAME_HOST_NAME%:%UA_GAME_HOST_PORT% %UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS% Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% ServerStatusType=RNG InGameRenderer=D3D8 (PROGRAM WILL CHANGE THIS TO D3D9) DisconnectTolerance=8 I'd be exceptionally gratefull if someone could point me in the correct direction on how to do this. Thank you!

05-15-2007, 11:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xylaquin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 45 OS: XP Home SP2 My System	Re: Ammending INI's anyone? All I want to know is how to ammend an INI file... I've already tried Google but nothing came up that worked.

05-17-2007, 08:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deckard Mentor, Analyst - Security Team Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,503 OS: MacOS X, Debian, OpenBSD, Windows	Re: Ammending INI's I don't think Visual Basic has it's own set of routines to deal with INI files, so you'll need to use the Win32 API. Search for GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString -- they should do what you want. Example: Code: Public Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long Ret = String(255, 0) 'Create buffer for string value NC = GetPrivateProfileString("4178_1", "LauncherExe", "NULL", Ret, 255, App.Path & "\YOURCONFIG.ini") 'NC will be the number of characters copied to the buffer MsgBox Ret __________________ The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure. Need HijackThis help? Please read MicroBell's Five Step Process before posting. Please donate and help keep this site free to all. UNITE/ASAP: Proud member since 2006