Mastering IniSections: A Key to Organized and Efficient Document Management

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Registration
• Using Advanced Installer
  • GUI
  • Working with Projects
  • Installer Project
  • Patch Project
  • Merge Module Project
  • Updates Configuration Project
  • Windows Store App Project
  • Modification Package Project
  • Optional Package Project
  • Windows Mobile CAB Projects
  • Visual Studio Extension Project
  • Software Installer Wizards - Advanced Installer
  • Visual Studio integration
  • Alternative to AdminStudio/Wise
  • Replace Wise
  • Migrating from Visual Studio Installer
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Shell Integration
  • Command Line
  • Advanced Installer PowerShell Automation Interfaces
    * IAdvancedInstaller
    * IAdvinstProject
    * IProductDetails
    * IFolder
    * ILaunchConditionsComponent
    * IFilesComponent
    * IIniFilesComponent
    * IIniFile
    * IIniSection
    * IIniEntry
    * IShortcut
    * ITempFile
    * IXmlFile
    * IDirectoryMember
    * IRegistryComponent
    * IInstallParameters
    * IBuildComponent
    * ITextFileUpdatesComponent
    * ITextUpdateFile
    * ITextUpdateAppendOrCreate
    * ITextUpdateReplace
    * IFileAssociations
    * IDefaultProgramFA
    * IExtensionFA
    * IProgIdFA
    * IVerbFA
    * IEnvironment
    * IEnvironmentVariable
    * IProductCode
    * IUpgradeCode
    * IMergeModulesComponent
    * IMergeModule
    * IDigitalSignature
    * ICustomActionsComponent
    * ITranslationsComponent
    * IDriversComponent
    * ISearch
    * IServices
    * IOrganizationComponent
    * IComComponent
    * IRemoveFilesComponent
    * IRemoveFile
    * IUpdatesProject
    * IUpdaterComponent
    * IPatchProject
    * IPropertyComponent
    * IProperty
    * IPathVariable
    * IMsixComponent
    * IMsixDependencies
    * IMsixDriverDependency
    * IMsixDriverConstraint
    * IMsixExternalDependency
    * IMsixPackageDependency
• Features and Functionality
• Tutorials
• Samples
• How-tos
• FAQs
• Windows Installer
• Deployment Technologies
• IT Pro
• MSIX
• Video Tutorials
• Advanced Installer Blog
• Table of Contents

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IIniSection

Using this interface, you can edit an INI section or get, add or delete INI entries. All actions that are stored as entries in a section are resolved at install time.

Declaration

IIniSection : IDispatch

Properties

String Name - Gets or sets INI sections from the INI file.

Array Entries - Gets an array of IIniEntries

Methods

CreateIfNotExist(String key, String value) - Creates a new INI entry only if the key does not exist.

CreateOrUpdate(String key, String value) - Creates INI entry if the key doesn’t exist or updates a value if it already exists.

CreateOrAppendCommaSeparated(String key, String value) - Creates INI entry if doesn’t exist with the specified value or updates it’s value by appending the specified value.

CreateEntryRemoval(String key) - Adds the action to remove an existing entry with specified key.

CreateTagRemoval(String key, String tag) - Removes specified value from existing entry: [Example] Key1=Value1; Value2; Value3 -> RemoveTag(\“key1\“, \“Value2\“) -> Key1 = Value1; Value3]

DeleteEntry(IIniEntry entry) - Deletes entry.

See also

IAdvinstProject

IIniFilesComponent

IIniEntry

IIniFile

Topics

• IIniEntry
  INI Entry interface

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