iniread issue Topic is solved

[Epialis]

For the life of me I can't figure out why this throws the ERROR...

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	IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
if (OutputVar = "") {
	FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, , Open a file, Images (*.jpg; *.png; *.jpeg)
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %SelectedFile%
	IniWrite, %SelectedFile%, Images.txt, Epiales, key
}
else
	IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %OutputVar%
Return

Any Idead? Thank you

Text file just has the Section - Epiales and the key is the url to the image.

[BoBo]

I'd guess that the issue isn't IniRead but displaying a remote/linked file ("URL") vs a local file?
Check out AHK's help about Gui, Add, Picture,... that is showing this...

Alternatively, the ActiveX control type can be used. For example:

; Specify below the path to the GIF file to animate (local files are allowed too):
pic := "http://www.animatedgif.net/cartoons/A_5odie_e0.gif"
Gui, Add, ActiveX, w100 h150, % "mshtml:<img src='" pic "' />"
Gui, Show

PS. just out of curiosity, why are your IniFiles saved as *.txt (regardless that it works reading them)?

[AHKStudent]

does your file look like this

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[Epiales]
Key=https://www.autohotkey.com/

is so try simple first from the help file

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
MsgBox, The value is %OutputVar%.

if it doesn't work, try

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fileread, x, Images.txt
msgbox, % x

does all the data show up from the file?

if everything works, the issue must be something else in your script

[Epialis]

does your file look like this

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[Epiales]
Key=https://www.autohotkey.com/

is so try simple first from the help file

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
MsgBox, The value is %OutputVar%.

if it doesn't work, try

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fileread, x, Images.txt
msgbox, % x

does all the data show up from the file?

if everything works, the issue must be something else in your script

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[Epiales]
key=c:/pathtofile

And I did try running the msgbox before and it read the path to the local image file correctly.

[Epialis]

I'd guess that the issue isn't IniRead but displaying a remote/linked file ("URL") vs a local file?
Check out AHK's help about Gui, Add, Picture,... that is showing this...

Alternatively, the ActiveX control type can be used. For example:

; Specify below the path to the GIF file to animate (local files are allowed too):
pic := "http://www.animatedgif.net/cartoons/A_5odie_e0.gif"
Gui, Add, ActiveX, w100 h150, % "mshtml:<img src='" pic "' />"
Gui, Show

PS. just out of curiosity, why are your IniFiles saved as *.txt (regardless that it works reading them)?

Yeah, I just threw txt in there instead for some reason or another. Guess it's just easier to edit with text editor than to right click and open with. And read can't read local files?

[just me]

Missing block braces?

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
if (OutputVar = "") {
	FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, , Open a file, Images (*.jpg; *.png; *.jpeg)
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %SelectedFile%
	IniWrite, %SelectedFile%, Images.txt, Epiales, key
}
else { ; start of a new block
	IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key ; <<<<< useless to read the ini a second time
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %OutputVar%
}
Return

[Epialis]

Missing block braces?

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key
if (OutputVar = "") {
	FileSelectFile, SelectedFile, 3, , Open a file, Images (*.jpg; *.png; *.jpeg)
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %SelectedFile%
	IniWrite, %SelectedFile%, Images.txt, Epiales, key
}
else { ; start of a new block
	IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key ; <<<<< useless to read the ini a second time
	Gui, Add, Picture,x15 y40 w470 h450, %OutputVar%
}
Return

I thought that as well, but it throws the ERROR. If the information is already in the txt/ini file as the section/key, then when I click the choose image, it auto loads the image from the file. If I start from scratch and remove the information from the file, it throws the ERROR when I click on choose image.

Also, without the if/else.. it loads the file fine and displays it just fine when I click on choose image and then click ok on the image I want. It also saves the information in the file.

[just me]

What ERROR is thrown? You don't define a default return value in IniRead, so in case of errors OutputVar will contain the string ERROR and will not be empty.

[Epialis]

What ERROR is thrown? You don't define a default return value in IniRead, so in case of errors OutputVar will contain the string ERROR and will not be empty.

That's the only ERROR it shows... it won't add image or write to file or anything.. when I click choose image... just get that big ERROR on screen.

[just me]

As I already said, if the INI can't be read, OutputVar contains the string ERROR. So the condition

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if (OutputVar = "") {

will never be true, To get an empty OutputVar you have to use

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key,  %A_Space%

Source: IniRead

[Epialis]

As I already said, if the INI can't be read, OutputVar contains the string ERROR. So the condition

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if (OutputVar = "") {

will never be true, To get an empty OutputVar you have to use

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IniRead, OutputVar, Images.txt, Epiales, key,  %A_Space%

Source: IniRead

Ah Gotcha... Okay, %A_Space% works fine. Loads picture perfect... Only problem is, in order to load the image from the file, I still have to click on the choose image... then it loads. It doesn't show auto upon GUI load, which will work for what I need it to to do.

Thank you Just Me!

[just me]

Only problem is, in order to load the image from the file, I still have to click on the choose image...

No code, no help!