On Thursday, 1994-09-08  Doug Glenn wrote to All about "INI structure
and manipul" as follows:

DG> Where, in the programmers toolkit (IBM 2.0/2.1), does it
DG> mention the structure on the INI files for OS/2?
DG>
DG> I am not interested in writing to the system INI files, but
DG> reading them, and converting a VXREXX applet that uses its own
DG> INI file to store information in, and reading and writing to
DG> that file.
DG>
DG> I've done a search on all the info that I have that came with
DG> Watcom 9.5, and 10, and cannot locate it. Is it in the Redbooks?

Hi Doug,

As near as I can tell, IBM does not publish the format of the .INI
files. They are subject to change; for example, the format changed
between the Coral Pink PDK beta of OS/2 2.1 and the GA release of OS/2
2.1.

The only consistent access you will have to them is via the Prf...()
API calls. These are documented in the .INF files supplied with the
developer's toolkit.

You might also find it convenient to use the VX-REXX VRGetIni() and
VRSetIni() calls, which are a fairly comprehensive subset of the
Prf...() API calls. A more comprehensive REXX function is also supplied
with the operating system; SysIni(), in a slightly convoluted way,
provides almost all the functionality of the Prf...() API's - it is
more comprehensive than Watcom's VX-REXX functions and can be used
inside a VX-REXX program.

Regards

Dave

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