Mark, In recent years I have forsaken the old and trusty TextFile variable
to using TStrings. With TStrings, not only can I write to and read from
text files in a single call, but the contents are then already placed into
a ready made object for me to manipulate.
eg:
Var
Stuff: TStrings;
i: integer;
begin
Stuff := TStringList.Create;
try
Stuff.LoadFromFile(FileName);
for i := 0 to stuff.Count - 1 do
ShowMessage(Stuff[i]); // do things with the line
finally
stuff.free;
end;
end;
Must easier and able to do lots of excellent things with it - for example,
by using the Values and Names properties, I can read and manipulate ini
files much easier than the inbuilt TIniFile object.
Steve
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