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[john tuomi]

I am writing to an INI file for output but, I really don't have a good grasp on the INI File structure. Each time the file writes to the ini, it overwrites the previous entry. What I want it to do is to not overwrite the previous entry, but place the entry in the next line below it.

[SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish]

Create a new key or indeed use fileappend iniwrite, ini format looks like this:

[Settings]
Key1=abc
Key2=def
Key3=ghi

so increment the key value and you can "append" to an ini.
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[wooly_sammoth]

Alternatively you can read the existing Ini entry to a variable, append the new text to the end and then write it back to the Ini File

[john tuomi]

Thanks for the quick reply! The file works again! Now on to my second problem. I'm trying to use A_tickcount to measure the time difference between the entries in the INI file. I'm assuming that I would have to write the start time (which actually would be when the equal key was pressed) to a variable, do the math within the script, and post the sum in the ini.

Something like this:
[/code]=::
myValue := A_Hour ":" A_Min ":" A_Sec " " A_MM "/" A_DD "/" A_YYYY " " "Keystrokes " cnt %elapsedtime%
IniWrite, %myValue%, c:\stats\%A_UserName%.ini,%A_Username%,cnt `r
MsgBox %cnt% Keystrokes %ElapsedTime%
send,{#}
StartTime := A_TickCount
ElapsedTime := A_TickCount - StartTime
return

[JohnnyTwoTone]

[john tuomi]

I'm getting an error at line 25.