Re: SecEdit INF format

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/13/05

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    "EdT" <etippelt@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:1105521861.129366.39410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
    > Thanks Roger.
    > I am a relative newbie in the area of vbscripting. How can I test if
    > the file is an ASCII or a Unicode file in vbscript? Our INF files can
    > come in both flavours although I am trying to get things standardised
    > to ASCII.
    No real clue, but if you open as ASCII and it is not then you do
    not have ability to readlines correctly - no doubt you can evolve
    a simple test.

    Const ForRead = 1
    Const ForWrite = 2
    Const OverwriteIfExist = -1
    Const OpenAsASCII = 0
    Const OpenAsDefault = -2
    Const FilePreserve = False
    sInFile = " . . . spec . . . "

    Set oInFile = oFso.OpenTextFile(sInFile,ForRead,FilePreserve,OpenAsDefault)

    Handles the file for you whether ASCII or Unicode

    > We are trying to automate a lot of our packaging workflows, and as well
    > have a number of different domains serving our 30,000 users, we have
    > had to automate the creation of the security INF file and also automate
    > the update of the SIDS in the INF file as packages are deployed to
    > different domains.
    I find I can write SCE template files without regard to whether they
    result in ASCII or Unicode and they can still be used. The sceregvl.inf
    however I always leave as Unicode.

    > It would be helpful if you could confirm whether the [Unicode] section
    > can be dropped from an ASCII file, or whether it should be set to
    > Unicode = No
    > Is this documented anywhere? I have searched through the Platform SDK
    > and DDK documentation without finding anything conclusive
    >
    I have never seen this doc'd, never looked for it, and never seen
    this set to anything else. 

    -- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCDBA,  MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
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