powershell ini file parsing add new item

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powershell ini file parsing add new item

Boyd Mills 21

I am trying to do something I thought rather simple:

    Import-Module PsIni
    $ini=Get-IniContent C:\windows\vcitest.ini
    $ini.Add("Setup2","bUSEOWSUDP[Y/N]" )

    $ini["Setup2"]["bUSEOWSUDP[Y/N]"]="Y"

    $ini["Setup"]["USEOWSUDP[Y/N]"]="Y"
    $ini["Setup"]["UDP"]="Y"

This works perfectly as long as the section and entry

["section"]["entry"]

already exists but fails miserably when trying to create a new section or entry.

Please help.

Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2023-05-04T19:15:42.0966667+00:00
Maybe you can execute something like this:

if($ini["Section"] -eq $null) { $ini["Section"] = @{ } }

Then use $ini["Section"]["Entry"] = value to edit or add the entries.

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Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2023-05-04T19:15:42.0966667+00:00

Maybe you can execute something like this:

if($ini["Section"] -eq $null) { $ini["Section"] = @{ } }

Then use $ini["Section"]["Entry"] = value to edit or add the entries.

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Rich Matheisen 47,901

Like this:

Import-Module PsIni
$ini = Get-IniContent C:\junk\ini.ini

$ini | Set-IniContent -NameValuePairs @{"bUSEOWSUDP[Y/N]"="Y"} -Sections 'Setup2'
$ini | Set-IniContent -NameValuePairs @{"USEOWSUDP[Y/N]"="Y"; "UDP" = "Y"} -Sections 'Setup'

Or, if you prefer not to use the cmdlet to do that:

Import-Module PsIni
$ini = Get-IniContent C:\junk\ini.ini

$ini.Add("Setup2",@{"bUSEOWSUDP[Y/N]"="Y"})
$ini.Add("setup",@{"USEOWSUDP[Y/N]"="Y"; "UDP" = "Y"})

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