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The file types used by Cumulus: typo

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	# '''.ini''' file type - these hold values that represent sums, counts, or extremes, for cumulus to read, and update, as it reads the weather observations, click on links below for details.		# '''.ini''' file type - these hold values that represent sums, counts, or extremes, for cumulus to read, and update, as it reads the weather observations, click on links below for details.
	# '''.txt''' file type - these are the logs that Cumulus updates at defined intervals to hold details of what has happened, but it can also read these files when requested, please see [[:Category:~~Txt~~ Files\|.txt files category]] for details.		# '''.txt''' file type - these are the logs that Cumulus updates at defined intervals to hold details of what has happened, but it can also read these files when requested, please see [[:Category:MX txt Files\|.txt files category]] for details.

	[[File:Badge v1.png]] The following types were used by Cumulus 1:		[[File:Badge v1.png]] The following types were used by Cumulus 1:

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=Explanation=

*This sub-category provides links to pages that give explanations for all of the Log files with a '''.ini''' extension within Cumulus.
* It applies to both the legacy 1.9.4 and the latest MX release, as both flavours use files with same names, although there are some differences with their content.
*Descriptions, and tips, can be found in the Help file within the Cumulus 1 software, it can be read at [https://cumuluswiki.org/Downloads/Cumulus.chm Cumulus.chm] although it is formatted to only open if your computer is using a Microsoft Windows Operating System.

= The file types used by Cumulus =

Essentially, there are 2 file types used by all flavours of Cumulus:
# '''.ini''' file type - these hold values that represent sums, counts, or extremes, for cumulus to read, and update, as it reads the weather observations, click on links below for details.
# '''.txt''' file type - these are the logs that Cumulus updates at defined intervals to hold details of what has happened, but it can also read these files when requested, please see [[:Category:Txt Files|.txt files category]] for details.

[[File:Badge v1.png]] The following types were used by Cumulus 1:
# '''.rec''' file type - this has been deprecated, and replaced by ''.ini'', for details see [[Alltime.ini]].
# '''.xml''' file type - this holds the Cumulus 1 [[Log.xml|Weather_Diary]]. Although it uses standard XML, the component that Cumulus 1 uses also writes a special value that other XML editors will not understand.

[[File:Badge vMx.png]] The following types are only used by MX:
# '''.db''' file type - there are two of these for Cumulus MX, click on [[Diary.db]] or [[Cumulusmx.db]] for details.
# '''.json''' file type - these hold data to be sent to a web server, please see [[:Category:JSON Files|.json files category]] for details. See MX announcements for more details, as this functionality varies depending on your MX release.

=General points on all these .ini files=

The format in each '''.ini''' file consists of a number of sections (section title is delimited by square brackets '''[...]''').

In each section you will find a number of properties (consisting of '''attribute name, an equals sign and a value''') each on a separate line.

Blank lines can be added anywhere for readability, they are ignored in these Cumulus '''.ini''' type files.

== File content differences between Cumulus 1 and MX ==

[[File:Badge vMx.png]]Decimal formatting always uses a period/full stop in Cumulus MX. Cumulus MX shows date/time in ISO 8601 format of "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss" (using the net specifiers that MX uses).

[[File:Badge v1.png]]Date, Time and Decimal formatting is as per your regional settings on the PC running Cumulus.

Thus if you want to swap from Cumulus 1 to Cumulus MX, and you previously used a comma as your decimal separator (e.g.'''12,3''') you will copy your existing Cumulus 1 "data" folder to within your MX installation, but you then need to manually edit every '''XXXXXXX.ini''' file so all the values entries are converted to use a full stop as decimal separator.

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