Sorry, but I still want to ask what FileWrite actually does? When should I use it? Thanks.
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[FileWriteN] is used for when you need to write something to the app's own files to properly implement portability. Generally speaking if you are performing a FileWrite on a file it should be somewhere within \Data (there are exceptions, but they are rare).
Some use cases for FileWrite:
Thanks for answering.
So is that mean the launcher will search for some words in the ini file's text and take action, for example, replacing the words?
Depending on what you set the
Type=value to depends on what it does exactly.XML attributeandXML textare (obviously) specifically for updating attributes and text nodes in XML files using theXPathentry to determine where you are targeting, and replacing the attribute or node with the value you pass.INIis specifically for files with a .ini style formatting (doesn't actually have to be called x.ini, though) where it has one or more[Sections]and within each section are lines of the formatKey=Value. This will replace the value of the key with whatever you pass it.ConfigWriteis likeINI, but is less strict. It simply looks for any line beginning with what you pass it in theEntry=Xparameter, and modifies the rest of the line to the value you pass it.Replaceseems to be the more commonly used type, and it simply looks for the existence of a string and replaces it with what you pass as a value.