.ini file

Real Perl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

I have to create a file that will hold some default values -- reflected on my GUIs at the time the user runs the program. The user has to be able to change the defaults--I'll have a button that allows this to happen-- and when the user runs the program again, the last saved defaults should show up.
I looked at the Config::Abstract::Ini on the CPAN and different other modules, but this is not making sense in what I concretely need to do to solve this problem.
At this point, any pointers would be great.

Thank you and I'm very much looking forward to reading your reply,

Claire

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Re: .ini file by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Jul 30, 2005 at 19:47 UTC
Config::IniHash might do what you want, concretely. If you are not committed to .ini style, consider YAML. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]
Re^2: .ini file by GrandFather (Saint) on Jul 30, 2005 at 22:40 UTC
or XML::Simple Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re^3: .ini file by Real Perl (Beadle) on Jul 31, 2005 at 23:37 UTC
Dear GrandFather and other Monks, Thank you I got XML::Simple module to work however, I am concerned that I cannot use `use strict;` any more. What kind of risk can my program have? Thanks in advance for your time, Claire	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: .ini file by Real Perl (Beadle) on Jul 31, 2005 at 00:24 UTC
I don't understand why once I try to run the .pl file that has either of those: `#use Config::Tiny; #use Config::Simple; use Config::IniHash;` [download] I tried all of those modules separately but I am always getting : Can't locate Config/Tiny.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib.) at file.pl line 4 BEGIN failed --compilation aborted at file.pl line 4. Any idea would be most appreciated. Thanks, Claire	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: .ini file by holli (Abbot) on Jul 31, 2005 at 07:43 UTC
Indeed. Here are some tutorials about installing modules: A Guide to Installing Modules A guide to installing modules for Win32 holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: .ini file by BUU (Prior) on Jul 31, 2005 at 06:37 UTC
That error message means you have to install the module. See CPAN.pm, cpan or ppm as you prefer.	[reply]
Re: .ini file by InfiniteLoop (Hermit) on Jul 30, 2005 at 19:44 UTC
These are some of the other perl modules, to read/write config files: Config::Tiny Config::ApacheFormat	[reply]
Re: .ini file by GrandFather (Saint) on Jul 30, 2005 at 22:45 UTC
If you are not far on with capturing the user defaults, and if you intend to, or are using Tk, you might like to look at my offering in Utility to capture parameters and perform a task. Perl is Huffman encoded by design.	[reply]
Re: .ini file by davidrw (Prior) on Jul 31, 2005 at 00:44 UTC
Also take a look at AppConfig (quick example usage here).. among many formats, it can work with filest that look like a .ini .. also just a general search for config seems promising.	[reply]
Re: .ini file by jimX11 (Friar) on Jul 31, 2005 at 13:47 UTC
Merlyn mentions Config::Scoped in an article about config files. The article content "is embargoed until 00:00:00 01-Aug-2005 per publisher's agreement."	[reply]