code:

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;using Les's example to read in the data.
break on
$key = "10.198.1.1"
$dev = ReadProfileString("C:\KIX\GW.ini", "Gateway", "$Key")
;$dev now is equal to "homesrv1|datasrv1|alias1"
;split the data in $dev into its separate parts, 
;using "|" as a separator
$dev = split($dev,"|")
;check to make sure that the split command was ok, 
;and the correct number of parts are there
if UBOUND($dev) = 2
	$homesrv = $dev[0]
	$datasrv = $dev[1]
	$Alias   = $dev[2]
endif

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