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Re: Config files [message #47412 is a reply to message #47407]

Thu, 09 February 2006 07:31

savoie
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Edd <eddedmondson@hotmail.com> writes:

> Ben Panter <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>> I would use save and restore, but start out with a batch file which can
>> do the save and restore for you. Something like this:
>
>> set_config.pro:
>
>> ;change these parts:
>> input = myinputdata.dat
>> output = myoutputwillgohere.dat
>> aconstant = 1.0
>> anarray = [1,2,3]
>
>> ;leave this alone:
>> save, input, output, aconstant, anarray, filename='settings.sav'
>
>
>> When you start a run, call @set_config and then later on in the code do
>> a restore, 'settings.sav'. I do something similar, but save the settings
>> in a struct rather than loose parameters. That way it's easier to pass
>> around to any routines that need it later on, and I'm less likely to use
>> the parameter names for something else by mistake.
>
>> Hope that's helpful,
>
> Cracking idea, and I'm kicking myself for not having thought of it!

I'm doing the same thing. That's a great idea.

I wrote a subclass of Craig Markwardt's HASHTABLE__define.pro,
mhs_iniread__define, that lets me pass a configuation file into a routine and
get back an object with pretty normal functionality.

ini = Obj_New('mhs_iniread', file='inifile.txt')

value = ini->get('value')

The only problem is that it's not that robust. I know the quirks, and I work
around them rather than fixing my code.

It's just a thought.

Matt

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		Re: Config files By: mmiller3 on Thu, 09 February 2006 11:05
		Re: Config files By: news.qwest.net on Thu, 09 February 2006 08:53
		Re: Config files By: savoie on Thu, 09 February 2006 07:31
		Re: Config files By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 09 February 2006 04:18
		Re: Config files By: Ben Panter on Thu, 09 February 2006 04:15
		Re: Config files By: marc schellens[1] on Thu, 09 February 2006 03:08
		Re: Config files By: Robert Barnett on Thu, 09 February 2006 20:43

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