DC_ReadINI issue

[BruceN]

I'm probably overlooking something incredibly stupid, but... my dc_ReadINI isn't getting anything, it's returning a blank string.

ini_file := path1 + '\MS.INI'
if Fexists(ini_file)
url := DC_INIREAD(ini_file, 'FTPsetup', 'url')
endif


MS.INI file is:

[FTPsetup]
url=ftp.outdoorresourcesllc.com

I tried it with hard wiring the path as well and still get "" returned.
What incredibly obvious thing am I overlooking???

thanks

[rdonnay]

The code looks correct.

I'm concerned about the variable path1 and what it contains.

Put some debugging in the code to make sure that it returns the correct path.

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ini_file := path1 + '\MS.INI'

wtf ini_file

if Fexists(ini_file)

  wtf 'yes it does exist'

   url := DC_INIREAD(ini_file, 'FTPsetup', 'url')
endif

[BruceN]

wtf shows it exists... i also hard wired it (d:\configv9\bikestop\ss.ini) and still got "" returned

[rdonnay]

This is very strange.
I get the same results as you, yet DC_IniRead() works fine on other .INI files.

I discovered that the group heading must be all CAPS.

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url := DC_INIREAD(ini_file, 'FTPSETUP', 'url')

[BruceN]

interesting... that did it. we learned something

thanks

[bwolfsohn]

interesting... that did it. we learned something

thanks

yes, case sensitive.. that's bitten me more than once..