INI

Author	Clickteam
Status	Released
Release Date	2006
Last Updated
Available for
Supported Runtimes	(Unknown)
License	Free
Attributes
Download
Includes Examples	Yes
Includes Help Files	Yes
Links	Included by default.
Alternates	INI++ Object

The INI object is a cross-platform extension for storing simple values, strings as well as positions of active objects. The common file format is derived from Microsoft Windows, and generally uses the .ini extension.

Properties

Specify a file name of the INI you'd like to use. Traditionally, the INI will be created in the Windows directory. However, starting with Windows Vista, this is not feasible due to User Account Control preventing files from being modified in system folders. As a result, there is now a checkbox to Create INI file in Application Data folder which is checked by default and recommended. You can access the Application Data folder (called AppData starting with Windows Vista and up) by typing into Windows Explorer, Run or the Start Menu: %appdata%

Starting with Fusion 2.5 (or with the Unicode exporter for MMF2), you can choose to use UTF-8 encoding.

Advantages

• Easy to read format.
• Can store as much or as little data as you need.
• Available on most platforms.

Disadvantages

• Slower loading/saving times compared to other objects.
• Difficult to use in loops
• Cannot count groups/items or retrieve the Nth item.
• File size overhead when compared to other objects.
• Does not store in memory - data is loaded/saved directly from disk

Limitations

• Older versions of Windows have a 64 kB file size limit (1024 characters)

Further Reading

Here is some links around the web:

• The Basics of Saving Data in Multimedia Fusion 2 and Clickteam Fusion - Xable

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