Open a configuration file of given type.

DWORD CfgFileOpen(
    CFG_TYPE type,

    LPCSTR   szPath,

    CFGFILE* pFile,

    LPCSTR*  pMsg
); 

Parameters

type

(in) The type of file to open. One of CFG_SECTION, CFG_NET_EQUAL, CFG_NET_SPACE or CFG_LOAD. All other types are for internal use and not allowed on this function.

szPath

(in) Complete file and path.

pFile

(out) Retrieves the file handle on success. Can be used further on to change content, save and close the file.

pMsg

(out) If not null, will point to an error description in case an error occured during open.

Return values

ECFG_OK for success or an error code on failure.

Remarks

Opens a file of given type, reads the content into internal buffer and closes the file on disc. CfgFileClose have to be called later on to free the file handle.

Errors

ECFG_PARSEWARN

Warning during parsing of file (non fatal)

ECFG_NOTFOUND

File specified in szPath not found or could not be read

ECFG_MEM

Not enough memory

ECFG_WRONGFILETYPE

Wrong file type was specified for type