Windows path and settings file

[Guest]

I need to read settings for another application for a very small application.
The settings are stored in a text file, and this file is stored in the
Windows directory.

How can I retrieve the path for the Windows Directory on the local machine?
How do I best read the settings in this file? The settings are in the format
[Data]
datapath=x:\xxx
[Reports]
ReportPath=x:\xxx

I can of course read it as any text file and check every line for what I
need, but there must be a better way of doing it. The settings file contains
about 200 settings, but I only need three of them for my application.

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Kenneth,

Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.SystemDirectory) should get you the windows directory.
As for reading the text file you may be able to use any of the third party ini file readers/writers.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/aejw_ini_class.asp
http://www.jrbtech.com/index.php/technology/2005/03/29/Read_an_INI_File_with_C_/
http://xmlx.ca/archive/2005/01/05/841.aspx
http://ng.csharpfriends.com/top/ng/group~1/~40865~__Reading-INI-File/index.aspx

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[Guest]

Thanks Morten,

The links you sent me were right on target. As for the path,
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("WINDIR") seems to be what I was looking
for.

Kenneth