AR INI Manager ActiveX Library

This library will allow you to manage INI files in a very simple way. Just with a few methods you will be able to read, write and list the whole contents of INI files in an object oriented way.

History:

07.01.1999: included a small sample application.
30.12.1998, version 2.0: the library has been completelly remodeled. Therefore, it is not binary compatible with previous versions.
12.04.1998, version 1.01: a couple of internal small things changed.
26.03.1998, version 1.0 released.

The classes included in this library are:

ARINIManager
This is the main classe you have to use. From this one you can access all the rest of the classes in this library.

Properties:

INIFile as String. Path to the .ini file you want to open.
Sections as clsSections. This property takes you to a clsSections class, which is a collection of the sections that the .ini file has.
Size as Long. Physical size of the .ini file.

Methods:

GetValue (Section As String, Key As String, [Default As String]) As String. This method is provided as a shortcut to get a direct value.
Refresh. Updates the contents of the library by reloading the .ini file.
WriteValue (Section As String, Key As String, Value As String) As Boolean. This method is provided as a shortcut to write a value. Returns True if successful, or False otherwise.

clsSections This object contains a collection of the sections in the .ini file.
Properties: Count as Long. Number of sections. Item (Index) as clsSection. Index can be a number or the name of a section. This property takes to a clsSection object.	Methods: Add (Name as String) as Boolean. Adds a new section to the .ini file. Returns True if successful or False otherwise. Remove (Name as String) as Boolean. Removes a section from the .ini file, and all of its values, if any. Returns True if successful or False if an error ocurred.

clsValues This object contains a collection of values under a certain section.
Properties: Count as Long. Number of values in the collection. Item (Index) as clsValue. Index can be a number or the name of a value. This property takes you to a clsValue object.	Methods: Add (Name As String, Value As String) As Boolean. Adds a new value to the section. Returns True if successful. Remove (Name As String) As Boolean. Removes a value from the section. Returns True if successful.

clsSection	clsValue
Properties: Name as String. Values as clsValues.	Properties: Name as String. Value as String.

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