Install .ini file only if it does not exist
I have what hopefully may be a quick question.
I am repackaging WinSCP. I do not want to entirely overwrite an .ini file in "Program Files\Winscp\winscp.ini" that has user configurations (in case they are updating from a previous version). I do want to overwrite certain values in the .ini file itself (as insurance that the user did not somehow reenable updates). However, if there is no .ini file I want to put in my default .ini file.
Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
I am repackaging WinSCP. I do not want to entirely overwrite an .ini file in "Program Files\Winscp\winscp.ini" that has user configurations (in case they are updating from a previous version). I do want to overwrite certain values in the .ini file itself (as insurance that the user did not somehow reenable updates). However, if there is no .ini file I want to put in my default .ini file.
Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
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Posted by:
pjgeutjens
14 years ago
I don't know which authoring tool you use, but the one I have here (Installshield Adminstudio 2010), when defining INI file changes, it allows me to specify a 'do not overwrite' setting for the key values.
Had a quick look at the IniFile table and the relevant entry had a 1 in the Action column. You can find more info on that table here
PJ
Had a quick look at the IniFile table and the relevant entry had a 1 in the Action column. You can find more info on that table here
PJ
Posted by:
deranjer
14 years ago
I do have adminstudio as well (an older version) and I did have things set up that way. In the file and folders view I did not copy my default .ini file into the WinSCP directory... and when upgrading that worked perfectly as the .ini file was there from the old version. However, when doing a fresh install of WinSCP 4.2.9 just the .ini table did not seem to create an actual .ini file (Should it?). When I ran WinSCP for the first time it created its own .ini file, not using what was defined in the .ini file table.
Posted by:
deranjer
14 years ago
Whoops... nevermind, operator error, it does create the ini file from the .ini table.... as long as you don't specify the wrong directory to put it in....
Posted by:
HUNTERMONSTER
3 years ago
CAN ANYONE REPLY HERE?????????
I GET THIS / Die angegebene INI-Datei existured auf diesem Rechner nicht. Deshalb ist das Auslesen des Wertes nicht möglich
TRANSLATE:The specified INI file does not exist on this computer. Therefore, the reading of the value is not possible -
SO HOW CAN I FIX THAT PROBLEM?`?????????
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reinstall the software in question to restore the missing ini file. - Nico_K 3 years ago
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how?? - HUNTERMONSTER 3 years ago
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