ini.ps1

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#>

$Source = @"
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace PSCloudbase
{
    public sealed class Win32IniApi
    {
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
        public static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(
           string lpAppName,
           string lpKeyName,
           string lpDefault,
           StringBuilder lpReturnedString,
           uint nSize,
           string lpFileName);

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError=true)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool WritePrivateProfileString(
           string lpAppName,
           string lpKeyName,
           StringBuilder lpString, // Don't use string, as Powershell replaces $null with an empty string
           string lpFileName);

        [DllImport("Kernel32.dll")]
        public static extern uint GetLastError();
    }
}
"@

Add-Type -TypeDefinition $Source -Language CSharp

function Get-IniFileValue
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string]$Key,

        [parameter()]
        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",

        [parameter()]
        [string]$Default = $null,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Path
    )
    process
    {
        $sb = New-Object -TypeName "System.Text.StringBuilder" -ArgumentList 1000
        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetPrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $Default, $sb, $sb.Capacity, $Path)
        if (!$retVal)
        {
            $lastErr = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
            if ($lastErr -ne 2)
            {
                throw "Cannot get value from ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
            }
            elseif (!(Test-Path $Path))
            {
                throw "Ini file '$Path' does not exist"
            }
        }
        return $sb.ToString()
    }
}

function Set-IniFileValue
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string]$Key,

        [parameter()]
        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",

        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Value,

        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Path
    )
    process
    {
        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::WritePrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $Value, $Path)
        if (!$retVal -and [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError())
        {
            throw "Cannot set value in ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
        }
    }
}

function Remove-IniFileValue
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string]$Key,

        [parameter()]
        [string]$Section = "DEFAULT",

        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Path
    )
    process
    {
        $retVal = [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::WritePrivateProfileString($Section, $Key, $null, $Path)
        if (!$retVal -and [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError())
        {
            throw "Cannot remove value from ini file: " + [PSCloudbase.Win32IniApi]::GetLastError()
        }
    }
}