comparing ini files

[User 589870]

hi, i have two ini files with same format and i have to compare them and if any change in new ini file then corporate the change in old one.hw to do that?

[Estys]

Why don't you just replace the old one with the new one? Cheers

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[User 589870]

no i have to jst look at keys in new ini and change respective values in old ini.I dnt want to replace.

[Lost User]

You can use "Notepad++", it has compare feature in it's Plugins menu. From here you can compare two file which are text based..(i.e. .txt, .doc, etc and also .ini) You can download it from following link, it's totally free http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php[^] Hope this will help!

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[User 589870]

reason for not using replace method is i have to skip some specific keys and change others.

[User 589870]

i have to do it programatically.

[Estys]

More info here : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/cs_ini.aspx[^] Cheers

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[Lost User]

Then you can load both files in string using streamreader and then you can compare by using equal function of it.

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[Abhinav S]

Comparing two text files can be tricky business and may need some complex algorithms. If you just have a few keys in your file, then it might just be faster for you to load both files in a dictionary and then compare the values.