cfg files in C

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  14 years ago

  by harish139

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  , Grenada

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  hi,
  can anybody give me some details about cfg files.
  that means structure of cfg files,creating a cfg file and reading a cfg file in c.
  thank u
  
  
  
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  14 years ago

  by DoctorMahdi

  DoctorMahdi

  , Somalia

  Joined 15 years ago

  Hi harish

  You can handle cfg files in notepad

  Regards
  DoctorMahdi
  

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  14 years ago

  by pcmattman

  pcmattman

  , Australia

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  here's an example of a cfg (config) file for a word processor

  [Fonts]
  Default=Arial
  Current=Arial
  Size=14
  [UI]
  Toolbar=true
  Title=Word Processor
  
  
  
  
  
  

  and so on... text within the square brackets ([ ]) is a sub-heading, while the text below it is an option (ie. option_name=option value)

  it should be easy to write a simple parser for a config file in C

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  14 years ago

  by pcmattman

  pcmattman

  , Australia

  Joined 15 years ago

  here's an example of a cfg (config) file for a word processor

  [Fonts]
  Default=Arial
  Current=Arial
  Size=14
  [UI]
  Toolbar=true
  Title=Word Processor
  
  
  
  
  
  

  and so on... text within the square brackets ([ ]) is a sub-heading, while the text below it is an option (ie. option_name=option value)

  it should be easy to write a simple parser for a config file in C

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  14 years ago

  by pcmattman

  pcmattman

  , Australia

  Joined 15 years ago

  here's an example of a cfg (config) file for a word processor

  [Fonts]
  Default=Arial
  Current=Arial
  Size=14
  [UI]
  Toolbar=true
  Title=Word Processor
  
  
  
  
  
  

  and so on... text within the square brackets ([ ]) is a sub-heading, while the text below it is an option (ie. option_name=option value)

  it should be easy to write a simple parser for a config file in C

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  14 years ago

  by Ancient Dragon

  Ancient Dragon

  St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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  config files can contain anything you want them to contain, and in any format you desire.  The formats previously posted are standard *.ini file formats, often used by MS-Windows such as win32 api function GetPrivateProfileString(). 

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  14 years ago

  by pcmattman

  pcmattman

  , Australia

  Joined 15 years ago

  srry about the triple-post - didn't realise that happened... must confirm what i want to say before i click post...

  i'd suggest also looking into using the windows registry, it's always gonna be there and you don't have to worry that some one moved the config file (or you could just have a set of defaults if the file doesn't exist)

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