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    TCustomIniFile.ReadString

    Read a string valued key.

    Declaration

    Source position: inifiles.pp line 183

    public 
function TCustomIniFile.ReadString(const Section: string; 
                                  const Ident: string; 
                                  const Default: string) : string
                                  ;  virtual;  abstract;

    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

    Name Description
    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.