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INI-File Manager DLL

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This simple dll library allows you manipulate with INI-file by the easiest way from any programming language. You can create new or load existed INI-file and manage sections and keys in it. You can produce action with sections and keys of INI-file as:
- search, add, delete sections and keys
- retrieve, change, encrypt or decrypt values of keys

Advantages of DoneEx INI-File Manager DLL :
- Does not require regisration in system registy.
- Independent of additional librarys like VB Runtime library, MFC and etc.
- Available fast encryption and decryption keys values.
- Flexible API consists 23 functions.

Especially for VB and C++ programmers we provide interface to library as class in source code.

Screen shot of using INI-File Manager DLL in VB:

What is INI-file?

INI-file is a convenient data storage in a simple text file. It is very usefull to store data between application's work sessions. An INI-file consists two levels architecture and has three types of information: sections, keys, and values. The first level is the sections level. A section is collection of key/value pairs and has a title like a string name enclosed in square brackets. The begining of section is its title and the end of the current section is a title of another one or the end of an INI-file. The keys and values are paired. A key does not have to have a value, but when it presents, an equals (=) sign separates the key from the value. The key and value together create an item. The items are always subordinate to a section. Each section can have any number of child items.

For example, here's a simple INI-file structure:

INI-File Advantages

INI-files are easy to understand, easy to modify manually or programmatically with DoneEx INI-File Manager DLL. INI-files may be located in the same folder as applications that use them. You can simply copy INI-files together with a program from one folder to another or even from one machine to another without influence on efficiency of your program. It will not be so easy if your program uses Windows Registry Records instead of INI-file.