[REBOL] Re: Newbie questions
From: Steven:White:ci:bloomington:mn:us at: 2-Oct-2003 12:16
>>> [kpeters--mvinc--net] 10/02/03 11:40AM >>>
>>>what is the most elegant way to read a value out of an ini file?
I have wondered about this myself. If the ini file is something that
exists from some other application, I have no idea, but if you are
writing an application yourself and want to provide some kind of
initialization parameter file, it seems like you should be able to do
this:
Make your "ini" file itself a REBOL script, that does nothing except
define words and their values. Then, as the first step in the
application, DO the "ini" script. This is based on the idea that REBOL
itself is somewhat readable. For example:
Your application:
REBOL []
...
do %init.ini
...
The contents of init.ini: (for example)
REBOL []
TEST-MODE: true
LOG-FILE-ID: %logfile
APPLICATION-TITLE: "REBOL Consultants, Inc."
...
whatever else is needed
Accept this idea with the realization that I am a bit of a newcomer
myself.
Steven White
City of Bloomington
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
Bloomington MN 55431-3096
USA
952-563-4882 (voice)
952-563-4672 (fax)
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