TCustomIniFile

type TCustomIniFile = class

public

  constructor Create(); virtual;

Instantiate a new instance of TCustomIniFile.

  destructor Destroy; override;

Remove the TCustomIniFile instance from memory

  function SectionExists(); virtual;

Check if a section exists.

  function ReadString(); virtual; abstract;

Read a string valued key

  procedure WriteString(); virtual; abstract;

Write a string value

  function ReadInteger(); virtual;

Read an integer value from the file

  procedure WriteInteger(); virtual;

Write an integer value

  function ReadBool(); virtual;

  procedure WriteBool(); virtual;

Write boolean value

  function ReadDate(); virtual;

Read a date value

  function ReadDateTime(); virtual;

Read a Date/Time value

  function ReadFloat(); virtual;

Read a floating point value

  function ReadTime(); virtual;

Read a time value

  function ReadBinaryStream(); virtual;

Read binary data

  procedure WriteDate(); virtual;

Write date value

  procedure WriteDateTime(); virtual;

Write date/time value

  procedure WriteFloat(); virtual;

Write a floating-point value

  procedure WriteTime(); virtual;

Write time value

  procedure WriteBinaryStream(); virtual;

Write binary data

  procedure ReadSection(); virtual; abstract;

Read the key names in a section

  procedure ReadSections(); virtual; abstract;

Read the list of sections

  procedure ReadSectionValues(); virtual; abstract;

Read names and values of a section

  procedure EraseSection(); virtual; abstract;

Clear a section

  procedure DeleteKey(); virtual; abstract;

Delete a key from a section

  procedure UpdateFile; virtual; abstract;

Update the file on disk

  function ValueExists(); virtual;

Check if a value exists

  property FileName: String; [r]

Name of the .ini file

  property EscapeLineFeeds: Boolean; [r]

Should linefeeds be escaped ?

  property CaseSensitive: Boolean; [rw]

Are key and section names case sensitive

  property StripQuotes: Boolean; [rw]

Should quotes be stripped from string values

end;

TCustomIniFile

Abstract ini file object

TObject

TIniFile

Ini file implementation

TMemIniFile

Inifile cached in memory