Installation and use

Download the zip and unzip. IniRedit requires DotNet framework to run - you may have to download this separately. 

The package contains the IniRedit exe, a Template file for making IREs and finally, some example files. "Example 1" walks you through the different types of control available through IREs and also some basic editing functions. There's also an IRE creation tutorial ini in here too.

Basic Use

For basic functionality can be used standalone (just the exe). There are different ways to open ini files:

  1. Drag an ini file onto the IniRedit icon.
  2. Start IniRedit - it will prompt you to choose a file.
  3. Specify an ini file via a command line call.

This will provide you with basic functionality, as below:

NB. In this mode, a backup of your file is created by default. If you wish to disable backups, you must set this through the command line.

Advanced Use

IRE Files

You can use an associated IRE file to add functionality to your ini. There are three ways to associate an IRE file to you ini file:

  1. Place the IRE file in the same directory as the ini file and give it the same name. IniRedit will automatically detect and load it.
  2. Specify its location in a command line call.
  3. Go through the "Make IRE" process within IniRedit - this will place the IRE in the same directory as the INI.

See other documentation around this. Produces this:

Single Column Mode

IniRedit can also be used to edit single column .txt lists. This happens via three means:

  1. On loading an INI, if 90% of the lines are not separated by an "=" then user prompted asking if wants to use single line mode.
  2. Specify this via command line
  3. Specify this mode for an ini within the IRE file.

Backup INI

If specified in the command line, will backup the ini before editing/saving over it. Creates a folder in the ini directory for this.

Jump to Section

If specified in the command line, IniRedit will jump to the specified Section on load.