Ini Files - Read Multi Lines?

Question

I am aware that Ini Files are meant for single lines of information, needless to say I am trying to read/write multi lines to and from the Ini - without much success (I alwa

Answer 1

I wanted something similar, to include the body of an automated email in the ini file.
But I also wanted blank lines in the body. Here is part of the ini file

[EmailBody]
This is the weekly Survey Status notification email.
.
It lists Survey Reports that may need some attention.
.
The purpose of this information is to improve conduct-of-operations in our tracking, 
recordkeeping, and maintenance of Survey Reports.  This report will also enable 
us to identify any changes made to electronic Surveys following the normal QA review.
.
Please review your information weekly and determine if you need to take corrective action.

Here is what I ended up doing

var
  Config: TMemIniFile;
  sl: TStringList;
...
  sl := TStringList.Create;
  Config.ReadSectionValues('EmailBody', sl);
  for i := 0 to sl.Count - 1 do
    if sl[i] = '.' then
      sl[i] := '';