1. Essential Guide to Mastering INI File Configuration Settings

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INI Location Properties

Identification

File Name

The INI file’s name.

Section

The section in the INI file which you want to find.

Key

The INI file key which you want to find.

Field

For multi-field values you can set the number of the field you want to find.

Type

Specifies how to interpret the value found in that INI key: as a path to a file, a folder or raw data.

Path

For Merge Module projects the parent folder cannot be configured. The INI file will be searched only in the Windows folder.

Folder

The INI file parent folder path. Leave empty to search on all fixed drives on the target computer. This field is of Formatted Type and can be edited with Smart Edit Control .

Depth

This field specifies how deep within the folder’s subdirectories to search.

In case of Merge Module projects the following attributes can be made configurable at merge time:

• FileName
• Section
• Key
• Field
• Type

For more information about the resources and attributes that can be configured, please see: Configurable Merge Modules Page .

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