About Delimiters

When you are working with the Name/Value format, you can select delimiters. Delimiters are characters that delimit multiple name/value pairs on a line. Alternatively, if Allow comments after Value is selected, delimiters indicate the start of a comment.

Consider the following information when selecting the delimiter:

  • Verify that only the data you want are included in the Value field. Sometimes it is necessary to use a multiple character delimiter (e.g., “:=”) to make sure that the right data are in the values.

  • Empty lines and lines that do not have a delimiter are ignored.

  • Use the Handle duplicates list to select how to handle the situation if the same name is found more than once in the section:

    • Error. Any attempt to read or write a duplicated name is an error.
    • Use First. Read or write the value of the first instance, ignore all others.
    • Use Last. Read/Write the last instance.