Urgent! CFG files

[mfc_surfer]

How can I create a cfg file and read from or write on it? Thanks for helping!

[Michael Dunn]

.cfg isn't a standard format, it's just a general "config file" type. For what app are you trying to write a .cfg file? --Mike-- Ericahist | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? I think so Brain, but how will we fit the hamster inside the accordion?

[Ian Darling]

Further to Michael's answer, it depends on whether you want to use Windows .INI style config files, or XML config files. For the former, take a look at the functions GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString, but note that using these APIs is not really encouraged, as they're intended for 16-bit compatability. For the latter, look at using MSXML or use whatever your choice in XML parsers happens to be. -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Further to Michael's and Ian's replies, see this article if you want to use a custom binary format to read and write configuration data. /ravi Let's put "civil" back in "civilization" Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

[Anthony_Yio]

*.CFG is not a standard used by MFC. MFC usually uses *.INI. *.CFG is for .NET framework. Below is the code for C# to access the *.CFG(refering MSDN) Just change it to Managed C++

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;

class MyConfigurationReader {

public void ReadMySettings() {
    IDictionary sampleTable = (IDictionary) 
        ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("sampleSection");
    string value1 = (string)sampleTable\["setting1"\];
    string value2 = (string)sampleTable\["setting2"\];
    string value3 = (string)sampleTable\["setting3"\];
}

}

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[mfc_surfer]

I'm going to use that in an MFC application to configure oracle connection. I want to use windows .INI style.

[mfc_surfer]

Thanks for your reply :) I'm going to use that in an MFC application to configure oracle connection. I want to use windows .INI style.