file section

Returns a named section of the specified file that might be locked because it is concurrently opened for writing by another application. It is useful for locating sections of 'ini' files. Section names are delimited by square bracket characters '[section name]'.

You are supposed to use this inspector to access files that are only being appended to, such as log files, because the files can be changed while the inspector reads them. Otherwise the results can be unpredictable.

This inspector cannot read all kinds of locked files. It fails to open a file if another application has opened the file in an exclusive mode, that is, without allowing others to read the file.

The inspector does not override the access mode or the sharing flag specified to open the file by another application.

Returns a named section of a file. Useful for locating sections of 'ini' files. Section names are delimited by square bracket characters '[section name]'.

Returns a string containing the value for the name provided. A case-insensitive search is performed through the section of the file.