Help with Boolean and INI files

[T3STY]

Hi! It' s me again! ;D
This time I need help with some boolean values.
In my project I have 12 Buttons. I want to set visible and enabled values in every table by using some INI values. So it might be like this (only one button here but it' s the same for all 12, changes only the table name and the ini section name):

Enabled = INIFile.GetValue(_SourceFolder.."\\ButtonSettings.ini", "BUTTON1", "ENABLED");
Visible = INIFile.GetValue(_SourceFolder.."\\ButtonSettings.ini", "BUTTON1", "VISIBILE");

tblBtnProps = {};
tblBtnProps.Enabled = Accessibile;
tblBtnProps.Visible = Visibile;

Button.SetProperties("Button1", tblBtnProps);

and the INI file (ButtonSettings.ini) has this values:

[BUTTON1]
ENABLED=False
VISIBLE=true

Here is the problem because, even if 'enabled' value in the ini is set to "false" or the 'visible' value is set to "false", nothing happens. The button doesn' t become disabled or invisible.

Anyone know why? Is this a "bug" of AMS ?

[Imagine Programming]

You get values from an ini file as a string, not as boolean. So you need to check if it's "true" or "false" instead of the boolean values true or false.

example:

Enabled = INIFile.GetValue(_SourceFolder.."\\ButtonSettings.ini", "BUTTON1", "ENABLED");
Visible = INIFile.GetValue(_SourceFolder.."\\ButtonSettings.ini", "BUTTON1", "VISIBILE");

if(Enabled=="true")then 
    Button.SetEnabled("Button1", true); 
else
    Button.SetEnabled("Button1", false); 
end
if(Visible=="true")then
    Button.SetVisible("Button1", true); 
else
    Button.SetVisible("Button1", false); 
end

[T3STY]

Thanks, it works!

But, I have a question: why doesn't AMS get the value as boolean? The string in the INI and the boolean are the same word so, in theory, it could get it as boolean..

[Imagine Programming]

Thanks, it works!

But, I have a question: why doesn't AMS get the value as boolean? The string in the INI and the boolean are the same word so, in theory, it could get it as boolean..

Well no, it doesn't matter if the word is the same, it's the type of variable that matters.

true and false are only in you're source and of type boolean. It could be done with a loadstring(), but that's running a lua string < so yet again. A string.

the true and false you've got in your ini file, basicly have "" around it just as you type a filepath string in the code editor. so it's a string, not boolean

[T3STY]

OK, I understand now. Tankyou, bye!