Use of INI File in QTP

Use of .INI file in QTP

It's used to store user defined external environment variables in 5x and 6x versions of QTP.

Because
of the increased XML usage in all technologies from 8x, QTP is given
a facility to store user defined external environment variables in XML
files. QTP is having backward compatibility so that it will support
.INI files in latest versions of QTP.

How to store environment variables in INI files?

step1: open a notepad file

step2: on top of the file write [Environment]

step3: specify variable names and values

step4: Save it as .ini file

step5: Associate environment file in QTP 

File-->Settings-->environment-->User Defined

EX:-

'************************************************************

[Environment]

URL=www.google.com

ScriptsPath=D:\AutomationProject\

'************************************************************