TIniCollection¶

Collection which can write itself to an .ini file.

Declaration¶

Source position: inicol.pp line 44

type

  TIniCollection = class(TCollection)
  public
    procedure Load;
    procedure Save;
    procedure SaveToIni;
    procedure SaveToFile;
    procedure LoadFromIni;
    procedure LoadFromFile;
    property Prefix: string; {r}
    property SectionPrefix: string; {r}
    property FileName: string; {rw}
    property GlobalSection: string; {rw}
  end;

Inheritance¶

Description¶

TIniCollection is a collection descendent which has the capability to write itself to an .ini file. It introduces some load and save mechanisms, which can be used to write all items in the collection to disk. The items should be descendents of the type TIniCollectionItem.

All methods work using a TCustomInifile class, making it possible to save to alternate file formats, or even databases.

An instance of TIniCollection should never be used directly. Instead, a descendent should be used, which sets the FPrefix and FSectionPrefix protected variables.

Properties¶

Member	Visibility	Description
FileName	public	Filename of the collection.
GlobalSection	public	Name of the global section.
Prefix read only	public	Prefix used in global section.
SectionPrefix read only	public	Prefix string for section names.

See all Properties

Methods¶

Member	Visibility	Description
Load	public	Loads the collection from the default filename.
LoadFromFile	public	Load collection from file.
LoadFromIni	public	Load collection from a file in .ini file format.
Save	public	Save the collection to the default filename.
SaveToFile	public	Save collection to a file in .ini file format.
SaveToIni	public	Save the collection to a TCustomIniFile descendent.

See all Methods

Name	Description
TIniCollection.LoadFromFile	Load collection from file.
TIniCollection.LoadFromIni	Load collection from a file in .ini file format.
TIniCollection.SaveToIni	Save the collection to a TCustomIniFile descendent.
TIniCollection.SaveToFile	Save collection to a file in .ini file format.