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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:08 pm    Post subject: make c++ read from ini files Reply to topic Reply with quote

any one know any good tutorials on how to make c++ read from ini files for begginers? and doesnt even have to be ini files anything where a variable can be read from file like

x=5
name=john
game= continuum

so that c++ would read from file and input variables put..
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Does this help? Not sure if it's correct, or where I got it from.

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   //
   String getIni(String section, String key, String fname);
   void writeIni(String section, String key, String value, String fname);
   //


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#include "spawn.h"

#pragma once
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

const int BUFFER_LEN = 256;
static char buffer[BUFFER_LEN];
static char path[BUFFER_LEN];

String botInfo::getIni(String section, String key, String fname)
{
   GetCurrentDirectory(BUFFER_LEN - 64, path);
   strcat(path, fname);
   GetPrivateProfileString(section, key, '\0', buffer, BUFFER_LEN, path);
    return (String)buffer;
}

void botInfo::writeIni(String section, String key, String value, String fname)
{
   GetCurrentDirectory(BUFFER_LEN - 64, path);
   strcat(path, fname);
   WritePrivateProfileString(section, key, value, path);
}

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

hm is there a simpler explanation? and it doesnt have to deal with mervbots, like for a random program ?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

http://wiki.minegoboom.com/index.php/MERVBot_Tutorial#Input.2FOutput_to_files
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I think that tutorial for ini files is only with MervBots since when i tried it, it didnt compile and compiler said that CMPSTART' was undeclared

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#include "stdlib.h"    // for atoi()
#include <windows.h>   // for GetPrivateProfileString()
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void p()
{
     system("pause");
}

int main()
{
    ifstream conf;
    conf.open("conf.txt");
    if (!conf)
    {
              cout<<"\n\n\n\t\t\tFile conf.txt doesn't exist!\n\n\t\t\t";
              p();
              return 0;
    }
   
    char line[256];
   
    while (conf.getline(line, 256))
    {
          if (CMPSTART("player=", line))
          {
                                  int player_age = atoi(&(line[7]));
          } 
    }
}


here are errors
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Compiler: Default compiler
Executing  g++.exe...
g++.exe "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\ini file reader\inifilereader.cpp" -o "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\ini file reader\inifilereader.exe"    -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\include"  -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\backward"  -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2\mingw32"  -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include\c++\3.4.2"  -I"C:\Dev-Cpp\include"   -L"C:\Dev-Cpp\lib"
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\ini file reader\inifilereader.cpp: In function `int main()':
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\ini file reader\inifilereader.cpp:27: error: `CMPSTART' undeclared (first use this function)
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\ini file reader\inifilereader.cpp:27: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)

Execution terminated
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I guess it doesn't work because CMPSTART is some mervbot macro.

Try strncmp instead.
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstring/strncmp.html
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

http://code.jellycan.com/simpleini/

or read up in the windows api Got a complete example in this link
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms725501(VS.85).aspx
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I made myself some functions using windows APIs, from other plugins:

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String readINIkeyString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path);
String readINIkeyLongString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path);
int      readINIkeyInt(char *section, char *key, int _default, char *path);




String readINIkeyString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[64];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 64, path);
   resultbuffer[63] = '\0';

   return (String) resultbuffer;
}
String readINIkeyLongString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[256];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 256, path);
   resultbuffer[255] = '\0';

   return (String) resultbuffer;
}
int readINIkeyInt(char *section, char *key, int _default, char *path)
{
   return (int)GetPrivateProfileIntA(section, key, _default, path);
}


You need <winbase.h> included, but if you put these things in spawn.h and spawn.cpp, it should already be included
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

ok i tried this and forsome reason all values return with the default not whats in the file

file
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[Names]
player=hellzlaker
zone=Counter Strike E

[Ages]
player=15
zone=4


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#include <stdlib.h>    // for atoi()
#include <windows.h>   // for GetPrivateProfileString()
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <winbase.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void p()
{
     system("pause");
}

string readINIkeyString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[64];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 64, path);
   resultbuffer[63] = '\0';

   return (string) resultbuffer;
}

string readINIkeyLongString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[256];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 256, path);
   resultbuffer[255] = '\0';

   return (string) resultbuffer;
}

int readINIkeyInt(char *section, char *key, int _default, char *path)
{
   return (int)GetPrivateProfileIntA(section, key, _default, path);
}

int main()
{
   
   
   
   
   
    string playername=readINIkeyString("Names","player","error","conf.txt");
    string zonename=readINIkeyString("Names","zone","error","conf.txt");
    int playerage=readINIkeyInt("Ages","player",0,"conf.txt");
    int zoneage=readINIkeyInt("Ages","zone",0,"conf.txt");
   
    cout<<"\n\tPlayer name  : "<<playername;
    cout<<"\n\tPlayer age   : "<<playerage;
    cout<<"\n\tZone name    : "<<zonename;
    cout<<"\n\tZone age     : "<<zoneage<<"\n\n\t\t";
   
    p();
   
    return 0;
}
   
   
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

replace
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if (CMPSTART("player=", line))

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if (strstr(line,"player=") == line)


and #include "string.h"
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

string playername=readINIkeyString("Names","player","error","conf.txt");

hmmm... yeah for some reason, I remember I had to give it absolute paths... Like "C:\blahblah\conf.txt" instead of just "conf.txt". For this I had a function that returns the current directory of the exe or dll.

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String CurrentDirectory()
{
   char path[520];
   GetCurrentDirectoryA(520, path);
   strcat(path, "\\");
   return (String) path;
}


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string path = CurrentDirectory() + "conf.ini";
string playername=readINIkeyString("Names","player","error",path);


should work... All my code was using 'String', not 'string' though, so I don't know if there are any typecasting differences between them...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

thanks it worked, and I used (string) instead of (String) since Dev c++ told me (String) is undeclared...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

well, String is declared in the mervbot core somewhere. If you use it in spawn.cpp, spawn.h, or command.cpp, it will be declared
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

it's usually frowned upon to return structures or classes (like string or String) or pass them into functions as parameters (because it copies them implicitly).
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hmm, good point I guess... I could improve that tongue.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

samapico your functions worked in my stand alones exes but when i tried to use then in merv i had a bit confusion, like where to declare variables for an example i tried this
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         String PointsName1 = readINIkeyString("conf","PointsName1","points",CurrentDirectory()+"DCmissions.ini");
         

         else if (c->check(PointsName1) )
         {
            int money = p->score.killPoints+p->score.flagPoints;
            sendPrivate(p,(String)p->name+", you have "+(String)money );


the compile errors were
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1>------ Build started: Project: default, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>command.cpp
1>c:\documents and settings\owner\desktop\programing\c++\dc missons\dcmissions\command.cpp(203) : error C2181: illegal else without matching if
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Programing\c++\DC missons\DCmissions\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>default - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


i think compiler messed up since when i remove the String PlayerName = etc.. if compiles fine, i tried moving the String PlayerName = .. before the if, but some other wierd error came up

and i have declared the function in spawn.h and spawn.cpp
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

sorry old topic but i reformatted computer and lost all the info that i had and i got this to work last time but now i get this error for some reason

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C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\programing\tests\Untitled1.cpp:61: error: cannot convert `std::string' to `char*' for argument `4' to `std::string readINIkeyString(char*, char*, char*, char*)'

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\programing\tests\Untitled1.cpp:62: error: cannot convert `std::string' to `char*' for argument `4' to `int readINIkeyInt(char*, char*, int, char*)'


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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>


using namespace std;

void visual()
{
     SetConsoleTitle("TEST");
     system("color f0");     
     system("cls");
}

void c()
{
     system("cls");
}

string CurrentDirectory()
{
   char path[520];
   GetCurrentDirectoryA(520, path);
   strcat(path, "\\");
   return (string)path;
}

string readINIkeyString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[64];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 64, path);
   resultbuffer[63] = '\0';

   return (string) resultbuffer;
}

string readINIkeyLongString(char *section, char *key, char *_default, char *path)
{
   char resultbuffer[256];
   GetPrivateProfileStringA(section, key, _default, resultbuffer, 256, path);
   resultbuffer[255] = '\0';

   return (string) resultbuffer;
}

int readINIkeyInt(char *section, char *key, int _default, char *path)
{
   return (int)GetPrivateProfileIntA(section, key, _default, path);
}


     
int main()
{     
    visual();
    system("pause");
    c();
   
    string path = CurrentDirectory()+"test.ini";
     
    string port = readINIkeyString("main","port","ERROR CAN'T READ!",path);
    int intport = readINIkeyInt("main","port",-99999,path);
   
    cout<<"\n\n\tString Port\t"<<port<<"\n\tInt Port\t"<<intport<<"\n\n\n\n\n\t\t";
    system("pause");
   
    return 0;
}



I tried converting string to char but still didn't work...
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

how do u put a [directory] ip= type thing in there?
where it reads a string with an unknown # of name,name2,etc?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

2 ways:

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[section]
Something1=stuff
Something2=blah
Something3=oink


You keep reading from the ini by incrementing a variable until it returns you "" (or whatever the default value is)


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[section]
Something=stuff;blah;oink


Use whatever separator you want, and use the split function of the string. (Mervbot's String class has it; there must be something similar with the standard string class, or you can go in merv's code and take the split function to make your own) Basically it will take a substring up to a specified character and return you the left part, while removing that part from the string itself. So you keep doing this until your string is empty.
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String somestring="stuff;blah;oink";
do
{
    String somepart = somestring.split(';');

    //somepart would be "stuff" the first time, then "blah", then "oink", then ""
} while (!somestring.isEmpty());
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:03 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Using WinAPI would be much easier in your case. Check MSDN for the GetPrivateProfileString() function.
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