Programmer Guide/Macro Library/SECTIONFILE



SECTIONFILE

A section file is a file which is formatted like the (old) windows ini-files. It may contain one or more sections. Each sections starts with a header "[sectiontype {sectionname}]" and contains a list of text lines. In earlier STx versions (< 3.0) this format was used for data management (metadata, sources, ...).

Usage:

SECTIONFILE file ; cmd table [ cmdArgs ]

Parameters:

file

The name of the section file.

cmd

One of the following commands:

LIST

LOAD SAVE

table

The id of the target table for section list or * for new table.

cmdArgs

See the specific command for details.

Result:

See the specific command for details.

LIST

Stores all matching sections in the table. For each section an entry containing 'type name {rest-of-header-line}' is created.

Usage:

SECTIONFILE file ; LIST table [ type name ]

Parameters:

type, name

The type and name of sections to be listed. These arguments are optional.

Result:

The table containing section headers or empty string for error.

LOAD

Loads the data of the specified section. For each data line one table entry is created. The header is not included in the table.

Usage:

SECTIONFILE file ; LOAD table type [ name ]

Parameters:

type

The type of section file to be loaded.

name

The name of the section to be loaded. This is optional.

Result:

The id of the table containing section data or empty string for error.

SAVE

Stores the data in the specified section. If no or an empty table is specified the section is deleted.

Usage:

SECTIONFILE file ; SAVE table type [ name ]

Parameters:

type

The type of section file to be loaded.

name

The name of the section to be loaded. This is optional.

Result:

The id of the table containing section data or empty string for error.

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