INI Files -- ODBC.ini

Hello,

[Background]
I need my application's install to distribute a data source (.dsn) file.
For the data source to work, I need to make entries into the ODBC.ini file
and the registry.
If there is an easy way to do this, please let me know.
In the mean time, I am writing my own routines into VB's setup1.vbp code.

[Immediate Problem]
I need to make an entry into the [ODBC 32 bit Data Sources] section of the
ODBC.ini file.
The are more entries that follow this section, so I can't just append my
entry to the file, as they will not be in the correct section.
Is there a routine which will make entries into an ini file by specifying
the file, section, and entry?
The only way I see to do it, is to read each line of the file into a new
temp file,
until I get to the end of the section I want to make an entry into.
I can then insert my entry, write the rest of the file into the temp file,

and then delete the original file and rename my temp file.
This seems like a lot of work for such a simple goal.
If anyone knows of an alternative, I would greatly appreciate it.
--Frost

> For the data source to work, I need to make entries into the
> ODBC.ini file and the registry. If there is an easy way to do this,
> please let me know.

Frosty: See the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

HOWTO: Programmatically Create a DSN for SQL Server with VB
( http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q184/6/08.asp )

HOWTO: Create and Remove a DSN in Visual Basic
( http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q171/1/46.asp )

---
Phil Weber

Phil Weber wrote in message <38d8ee3d@news.devx.com>...
> > For the data source to work, I need to make entries into the
> > ODBC.ini file and the registry. If there is an easy way to do this,
> > please let me know.
>
>Frosty: See the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
>
> HOWTO: Programmatically Create a DSN for SQL Server with VB
> ( http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q184/6/08.asp )
>
> HOWTO: Create and Remove a DSN in Visual Basic
> ( http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q171/1/46.asp )
>
>---
>Phil Weber


To add on, yes, there are API calls that manage INI files (including the
reading and writing of entries); Karl has a good INI example on his web
site: http://www.mvps.org/vb/index2.html?samples.htm

However, for the reason _why_ you asked, I'd go with the KB articles that
Phil pointed out. =)


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Colin McGuigan