[Overview][Classes][Index] Reference for unit 'IniFiles' (#fcl)

TCustomIniFile.ReadString

Read a string valued key

Declaration

Source position: inifiles.pp line 131

public function TCustomIniFile.ReadString(

  const Section: String;

  const Ident: String;

  const Default: String

):String; virtual; abstract;

Arguments

Section

  

Section to read Ident from

Ident

  

Name of key to retrieve value from

Default

  

Default value to return when the key Ident does not exist.

Function result

Value of Ident as a string.

Description

ReadString reads the key Ident in section Section, and returns the value as a string. If the specified key or section do not exist, then the value in Default is returned. Note that if the key exists, but is empty, an empty string will be returned.

See also

WriteString

  

Write a string value

ReadInteger

  

Read an integer value from the file

ReadBool

  

ReadDate

  

Read a date value

ReadDateTime

  

Read a Date/Time value

ReadTime

  

Read a time value

ReadFloat

  

Read a floating point value

ReadBinaryStream

  

Read binary data

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