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C# Read ini File line

Answer 1

+7 A:

You could use Windows API for this. See http://jachman.wordpress.com/2006/09/11/how-to-access-ini-files-in-c-net/

rslite 2009-01-30 14:02:16

Answer 2

+2 A:

If you wanted the very simple but not very clean answer:

using System.IO;

StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filename);
while(reader.ReadLine() != "[DEVICE]") { continue; }

const string DeviceNameString = "DeviceName=";
while(true) {
 string line = reader.ReadLine();
 if(line.Length < DeviceNameString.Length) { continue; }
 else if(line.Substring(0, DeviceNameString.Length) != DeviceNameString) { continue; }
 return line.Substring(DeviceNameString.Length);
}

If you're only intending to read one value from the file, it's a plausible option. I would probably combine the loops and add for some end of file checking though myself if you're serious about using this code.

Ray Hidayat 2009-01-30 14:06:58

This is the solution I use

MartGriff 2009-02-03 11:45:26

Don't forget about trimming the text you read from ini file that is eliminate white space before comparison

AppDeveloper 2009-06-11 22:58:40

Answer 3

+1 A:

string line;
string deviceName = string.Empty;
// Read the file and display it line by line.
using (System.IO.StreamReader file =
   new System.IO.StreamReader("c:\\file.ini"))
{
    while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
    {
        if (line.ToLower().StartsWith("devicename"))
        {
            string[] fullName = line.Split('=');
            deviceName = fullName[1];
            break;
        }
    }
}

Console.WriteLine("Device Name =" + deviceName);
Console.ReadLine();

I am sure there are other ways.

RandomNoob 2009-01-30 14:12:24

Answer 4

+3 A:

Because writing everything in one line makes me a better person than you:

string s = File.ReadAllText("inifile.ini").Split('\r', '\n').First(st => st.StartsWith("DeviceName"));

BFree 2009-01-30 14:12:46

:-D Questionable but fun!

Tor Haugen 2009-01-30 14:21:37

:) Yea, something like that. Although, if you're guaranteed to have the ini file in the structure the OP posted, then there's no reason this wouldn't work. (I just tested it, and it does work).

BFree 2009-01-30 14:28:28

Answer 5

A:

Here is a good link on how to do read an Ini in a clean way.

http://www.crowsprogramming.com/archives/95

2009-07-17 00:29:25

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