[Gambas-user] BUG: Settings.Keys (gb.settings)

[Lewis Balentine]

Reference: http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.settings/settings/keys

Settings.Keys (gb.settings)
Property Read Keys As _Settings_Keys
Return a virtual object used for enumerating all the keys used by the 
setting file.

Wrong: It returns a array of strings that are the "Slot Names".

Key Definition: A value line, which is a "Key=Value" pair.
Slot Definition: A slot line, which begins with a "[" character, and 
ends with a "]" character.

Work-Around: The following function will return the key names.
'-------------
Public Function GetSettingsKeys(FileName As String) As String[]
   Dim AllKeys As New String[]
   Dim p As Integer
   Dim OneLine, C, SlotName As String
   Dim FileStream As Stream
   ' Well nuts! Settings.Keys returns a list of the slots rather than 
the keys.
   ' This function returns all the key in a array of Strings in the form
   ' "SlotName/KeyName" as used by the Settings read and Write functions.

   FileStream = Open FileName For Read
   While Not Eof(FileStream)
     Line Input #FileStream, OneLine
     OneLine = Trim(Oneline)
     If IsNull(OneLine) Then
       ' do nothing
     Else
       C = Left(OneLine, 1)
       Select Case C
         Case "#", ";"         ' comment
           ' do nothing
         Case "["              ' new slotname
           SlotName = Mid(Left(OneLine, InStr(OneLine, "]") - 1), 2) & "/"
         Case Else             ' new key
           p = InStr(Oneline, "=")
           If P <> 0 Then AllKeys.Add(SlotName & Trim(Left(OneLine, p - 1)))
       End Select
     End If
   Wend
   Close #FileStream
   Return AllKeys
End
'-------------

Example use:
Public Sub Button1_Click()      ' button labeled "Test"
   Dim S As String
   For Each S In GetSettingsKeys(TextBox1.Text)
     Print S
   Next
End
'-------------

cheers,

lewis at ...3412...