Read from and Consume part of config file

[BobChuck]

I'm in a difficult position... my predecessor arranged the format of a product specification input file (attached below). It is set up like a config file, which will make reading in each set of values very easy. Unfortunately, the 'section' labels are part of the data, which means I will not know the name of the section before hand.

Also, the file is a list of similar sections, and I need to read in each one, one at a time, based on user input. The file will be updated each day with new values, so I can consume what I read, but I don't know how to do that while taking advantage of the read config file VI.

[Dennis_Knutson]

You do have the function called Get Section Names and this returns an array of strings. If you simply want to read in all sections, put the Read key inside a for loop. Wire the section names from outside the for loop to the Read Key input inside the for loop. A for loop will autoindex any array input.

[BobChuck]

That does help, but I'm not reading in the entries all at once. The program will never be shut down, and the data file that I am reading will be updated periodically (I'm assuming once a day, but I really don't know). I can read in the first section name and use that to access the data, but I need a way of programatically deleting the data after i read it in.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Look a little closer at your palette and turn on context help. Do you see the function called Remove Section? That does exactly what it says it does - removes the section and it's keys.

[Donald]

... and in LV6.1, you need to wire a "True" to Close Config Data to save the changes to file.