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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+/* 
+ Taken from public code listing at by Alex Pinsker
+ http://alexpinsker.blogspot.com/2005/12/reading-ini-file-from-c_113432097333021549.html
+ */
+
+namespace OpenGrid.Framework.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parse settings from ini-like files
+    /// </summary>
+    public class IniFile
+    {
+        static IniFile()
+        {
+            _iniKeyValuePatternRegex = new Regex(
+                @"((\s)*(?<Key>([^\=^\s^\n]+))[\s^\n]*
+                # key part (surrounding whitespace stripped)
+                \=
+                (\s)*(?<Value>([^\n^\s]+(\n){0,1})))
+                # value part (surrounding whitespace stripped)
+                ",
+                RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace |
+                RegexOptions.Compiled |
+                RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+        }
+        static private Regex _iniKeyValuePatternRegex;
+
+        public IniFile(string iniFileName)
+        {
+            _iniFileName = iniFileName;
+        }
+
+        public string ParseFileReadValue(string key)
+        {
+            using (StreamReader reader =
+                  new StreamReader(_iniFileName))
+            {
+                do
+                {
+                    string line = reader.ReadLine();
+                    Match match =
+                        _iniKeyValuePatternRegex.Match(line);
+                    if (match.Success)
+                    {
+                        string currentKey =
+                                match.Groups["Key"].Value as string;
+                        if (currentKey != null &&
+                       currentKey.Trim().CompareTo(key) == 0)
+                        {
+                            string value =
+                              match.Groups["Value"].Value as string;
+                            return value;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                }
+                while (reader.Peek() != -1);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public string IniFileName
+        {
+            get { return _iniFileName; }
+        }    private string _iniFileName;
+    }
+}