FSXA [C++] loading data in ini files

[Vitus]

Hi there,

besides my struggle with the fs9gps data, I want to load and later save some data to ini files.

KISS, therefore I tried this:

	int my_number=GetPrivateProfileInt("GENERAL","number",0,"C:\TEST.DAT");

the TEST.DAT textfile contains:

[GENERAL]
number=42

but my_number remains "0". What am I missing?

Regards,
Vitus

 

[n4gix]

Method for reading integers and float values shown below. Integers are relatively simple. Floats are a little bit more fun:

// declare your variables:
// path and filename
char total_name[100] = "./blackbox.ini\0";  [COLOR="Red"]// path to ini file[/COLOR]

// integers
UINT32 int_value1;

// floats
CHAR  float_val1[45];
FLOAT64 float_value1;

// read your ini file:

int_value1 = GetPrivateProfileInt("Integers", "Int_Value1", 0, total_name);

GetPrivateProfileString("Floats", "Float_Value1", "0", float_val1, 32, total_name);

// convert string float value to float:

float_value1=atof(float_val1);

 

[Vitus]

Yesyesyes! The issue was that I used the backslash instead of a forward-slash.

One question remains: For obvious reasons, I want to use relative paths. Where is my "file cursor" located by default on start up?

Cheers,
Vitus

 

[n4gix]

Note the relative path of my variable:

char total_name[100] = "./blackbox.ini\0"; // path to ini file

the single-dot/ relative path is the root folder of FS9 or FSX. Work it out from there...

 

[Vitus]

thanks