INIFile usage

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1. Identities

Library name: Script Utilities library
Library code: ScriptUtilities
Library CLSID: 41ABB943-5D82-11D3-9DD5-204C4F4F5020
ProgID: ScriptUtils.INIFile
Library file name: ScptUtl.DLL

2. Scripting engines without types (VB Script, JavaScript, JScript, WSH, ASP)

You can create the object using CreateObject function:

Dim INIFile
Set INIFile = CreateObject("ScriptUtils.INIFile")
INIFile.SomeMethod SomeParameters
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue

You can also use CreateObject method method of Server object (ASP) to put the INIFile object to page scope or CreateObject method of WScript object in WSH.

You can also put the object to Application or Session scope using <object ...> tag in global.asa

<object runat="server" scope="application" id="INIFile"
 progid="ScriptUtils.INIFile">
</object>

Please use ActivexObject object in JScript/JavaScript to create INIFile object:

var INIFile;
INIFile = new ActiveXObject("ScriptUtils.INIFile");
INIFile.SomeMethod(SomeParameters)
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

3. VBA (VBA 5, VBA 6, Visual Studio, Word, Excel, MS Access, ...)

VBA 5/6: You can reference the library using menu Project -> References -> select 'Script Utilities library' in the listbox (or Project -> References -> Browse -> select ScptUtl.DLL file).
MSAccess, Word, Excel: Tools -> Macro -> Visual Basic Editor, then Tools -> References
Then you can write:

Dim INIFile As New ScriptUtilities.INIFile
INIFile.SomeMethod SomeParameters
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue
    ...

Dim INIFile As ScriptUtilities.INIFile
...
Set INIFile = New ScriptUtilities.INIFile
INIFile.SomeMethod SomeParameters
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

You can use CreateObject function also, of course:

Dim INIFile As ScriptUtilities.INIFile
...
Set INIFile = CreateObject("ScriptUtils.INIFile")
INIFile.SomeMethod SomeParameters
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

4. Visual Studio .NET (ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, J#)

You can reference the library using menu Project -> Add reference -> COM tab -> select 'Script Utilities library' in the listbox -> click Select. Then you can write (C#, J#):

 //create  a new INIFile object
 ScriptUtilities.INIFile INIFile = new ScriptUtilities.INIFileClass(); 
 INIFile.set_String("Some text value"); 
 





 String SQL; 
 SQL = "Insert Into Table (BinaryColumn) values (0x" + INIFile.get_HexString() + ")"; ...

or (VBA)

Dim INIFile As New ScriptUtilities.INIFile 
INIFile.SomeMethod(SomeParameters)
INIFile.SomeProperty = SomeValue

5. T-SQL, MS SQL stored procedures and functions

DECLARE @INIFile INT, @OLEResult INT 
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OACreate 'ScriptUtils.INIFile', @INIFile OUT
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'Error create component INIFile'

--Set a property of INIFile.
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OASetProperty @INIFile, 'PropertyName', @SomeSQLValue
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'PropertyName set problem'

--Get a value of a property of INIFile.
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OAGetProperty @INIFile, 'PropertyName', @SomeSQLValue OUTPUT
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'PropertyName get problem'

--Call some method of INIFile.
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @INIFile, 'MethodName', 
 @ReturnValue OUTPUT, @parameter1, @parameter2

5. Other programming environments

Please see documentation of your programing environment, work with COM objects (OLE objects, ActiveX objects). INIFile is a standard COM object, it can work with other environments, such are Delphi or PowerBuilder.

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