Author: Tomas Rutkauskas

How to save and load the state of a TMenuItem to/ from a TIniFile

Answer:

1   uses
2     IniFiles;
3   
4   procedure TForm1.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
5   var
6     ini: TIniFile;
7   begin
8     {Save the checked state of each menu item when the form closes}
9     Ini := TIniFile.Create('mysettings.ini');
10    Ini.WriteBool('Settings', 'MenuItem1Checked', MenuItem1.Checked);
11    Ini.WriteBool('Settings', 'MenuItem2Checked', MenuItem2.Checked);
12    Ini.WriteBool('Settings', 'MenuItem2Checked', MenuItem2.Checked);
13    Ini.Free;
14  end;
15  
16  procedure TForm1.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
17  var
18    ini: TIniFile;
19  begin
20    {Reload the checked state of each menu item when the form opens}
21    Ini := TIniFile.Create('mysettings.ini');
22    MenuItem1.Checked := Ini.ReadBool('Settings', 'MenuItem1Checked', False);
23    MenuItem2.Checked := Ini.ReadBool('Settings', 'MenuItem2Checked', False);
24    MenuItem3.Checked := Ini.ReadBool('Settings', 'MenuItem3Checked', False);
25    Ini.Free;
26  end;