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Clean up resource of an inifile

Hi,

I have a main form called MainForm and a second form called Settings.
The settingsform is there for the users to adjust the components-settings
On the MainForm. I have this code in the settings-form to load and save the
settings of the componens to a inifile.

But after the settings-form is close by the user doesn't the resource inifile
has to be cleaned up.

I have this declared in the beginning of the settingsform:

namespace Knowledgebase
{
public partial class Settings : Form
{
IniFile _if;

public Settings()
{
InitializeComponent();
_if = new IniFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "DiaManager.ini"));
}

Who knows the answer and is willing to help me?

Peter

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
        private void Settings_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            chkButtonFont.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkButtonFont", ""));
            chkRemoveBtn.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkRemoveBtn", ""));
            chkSmallBtn.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkSmallBtn", ""));
            chkShowMin.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("AGENDA", "chkShowMin", ""));
           // txtbInput.Text = _if.IniReadValue("NOTIFY", "txtbInput", "");
        }
        /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
        private void Settings_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
        {
            _if.IniWriteValue("NAVBAR", "chkButtonFont", chkButtonFont.Checked.ToString());
            _if.IniWriteValue("NAVBAR", "chkRemoveBtn", chkRemoveBtn.Checked.ToString());
            _if.IniWriteValue("NAVBAR", "chkSmallBtn", chkSmallBtn.Checked.ToString());
            _if.IniWriteValue("AGENDA", "chkShowMin", chkShowMin.Checked.ToString());
          //  _if.IniWriteValue("NOTIFY", "txtbInput", txtbInput.Text);
        }
        /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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Peter Kiers

ASKER

I have tried it myself bu I get an error:

private void Settings_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//if (File.Exists(INIPath))
{
try
{
chkButtonFont.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkButtonFont", ""));
chkRemoveBtn.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkRemoveBtn", ""));
chkSmallBtn.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("NAVBAR", "chkSmallBtn", ""));
chkShowMin.Checked = Boolean.Parse(_if.IniReadValue("AGENDA", "chkShowMin", ""));
// txtbInput.Text = _if.IniReadValue("NOTIFY", "txtbInput", "");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
finally
{
if (_if != null)
_if.Close(); <--------------------------------
}

}
}

'Knowledgebase.Settings.IniFile' does not contain a definition for 'Close' and no extension method 'Close' accepting a first argument of type 'Knowledgebase.Settings.IniFile' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Who can help me?

Carl Tawn

What is IniFile? Is it a custom class of your own?

Peter Kiers

ASKER

Hey Carl,

I have put the whole class in the code-section.

P.

public partial class Settings : Form
    {
        IniFile _if;

        public Settings()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            _if = new IniFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "DiaManager.ini"));
        }
        /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
        public class IniFile
        {
            public string path;

            [DllImport("kernel32")]
            private static extern long WritePrivateProfileString(string section, string key, string val, string filePath);
            [DllImport("kernel32")]
            private static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(string section, string key, string def, StringBuilder retVal, int size, string filePath);

            public IniFile(string INIPath)
            { path = INIPath; }

            public void IniWriteValue(string Section, string Key, string Value)
            { WritePrivateProfileString(Section, Key, Value, this.path); }

            public string IniReadValue(string Section, string Key, string Default)
            {
                StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder(255);
                int i = GetPrivateProfileString(Section, Key, "", temp, 1024, this.path);
                return (temp.Length > 0) ? temp.ToString() : Default;
            }
        }

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Peter Kiers

ASKER

Thanks Carl I didn't knew that.

Peter