Hi,
I used this module once on win32 and remember that there were some problems using it.. If I created new IniFiles objects with the -file parameter and the file supplied did not exist or if the file existed but was empty, then the the new() method just didn't return any object..

For the -file parameter to work 1) the ini file had to exist and 2)there had to be atleast one section in the file!?..weird..

I guess there is some "UNIX-to-Windows"-issues" that is causing the problem in the module..

    use Config::IniFiles;
    use strict;
    
    updtDescrip();
   
sub updtDescrip() {
    my $tmpPthFil = q(test.ini);
        
        #Create ini file with one dummy section if 1)it does not exist
+ or 2)exists but zero size
    if (not -e $tmpPthFil  or ( (-e $tmpPthFil) and (-z $tmpPthFil) ) 
+  ) {
        open INI,  ">$tmpPthFil";  
        print INI "[Ini]";
        close INI;
    }         
    
        #Now the -file option is working ok.
    my $tmpIni = new Config::IniFiles( -file => $tmpPthFil, -allowedco
+mmentchars => '*', -nocase => '1', );
    
        #Output sections that already exist in ini file.
    foreach ($tmpIni->Sections) {
        print "Section:$_\n";
    }
        
        #Add a new section and parameter with a value
    $tmpIni->newval('apps', 'app1', 'bull.exe', );
    $tmpIni->newval('apps', 'app2', 'bull2.exe', );

        #Set already existing parameter value in a section
    $tmpIni->setval ('apps', 'app1', 'app99.exe');
        
        #Retrives existing parameter value in a section
    my $app = $tmpIni->val ('apps', 'app1');
    print "\nApp1 is $app";     
    
        #Save config file
    $tmpIni->WriteConfig ($tmpPthFil);
}

config file after run:
[ini]

[apps]
app1=app99.exe
app2=bull2.exe

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In reply to Re^2: Problem Modifying Files by ldln
in thread Problem Modifying Files by mikeatrcn

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