Option Explicit Const ForReading = 1 Dim TheString 'The String we are looking For Dim g_ShellObj 'Object used For sending text To a message box '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'change INI File here Const Filespec="\SERVERC$FILENAME.INI" '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Set g_ShellObj = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") 'Starting Main function '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'Proper use is: ReadFromINI(INI file, Item in brackets, Item we are looking for) TheString=ReadFromINI(Filespec,"PutBracketItemHere","PutItemBeingLookedForHere") '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'This shows what has been found WScript.Echo Now() & " --> Ended **" & TheString & "**" function ReadFromINI(INIfile,BracketItem,TheItem) Dim fsoIN, Fin 'Objects For Reading. Dim FoundBracket, FoundTheItem 'Keeps tracks of what we have found so far. Dim CurrStr 'Last String that was read from the INI file. Dim I 'Integer used For stepping through CurrStr. Dim StringFound 'String we are looking for. Dim C 'Current character While stepping through CurrStr 'Initialize variables FoundBracket=False FoundTheItem=False CurrSTr="" StringFound="" 'Create an object and open file For reading. Set fsoIN = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set Fin = FsoIN.OpenTextFile(INIfile, ForReading) 'Stepping through file line by line To find what we are looking for. Do While Fin.AtEndOfStream <> True CurrStr=Fin.readline if left(CurrStr,1)="[" Then 'Looking For an item in brackets if ucase(mid(CurrSTr,2,len(BracketItem)))=ucase(BracketItem) Then FoundBracket=True Else FoundBracket=False End if Else 'Once we are within the right section we start searching For 'the correct item we are looking for. if FoundBracket Then 'Compare Each item To the item we are looking for. if ucase(left(CurrSTr,len(TheItem)))=ucase(TheItem) Then 'We found the item! We must find where the equal sign 'is so we don't include it in our result. I = len(TheItem)+1 Do While I" " And C<>"=" Then 'This is Not the right item but similar name. 'example: We're looking For "TheGreatThing" While 'we found "TheGreatThingy". (Notice the "y") i=Len(CurrStr)+10 Else if C="=" Then 'We found the equal sign, we can now create our 'String! StringFound=Right(CurrStr,Len(CurrStr)-I) I=Len(CurrStr) FoundTheItem=True Else 'Just a space, we got To keep stepping through 'the String until we find that equal sign. I=I+1 End if End if Loop End if End if End if Loop 'Close the file and clear the object. Fin.close Set fsoIN=Nothing 'Can't forget To Set the function's variable ReadFromINI=TRIM(StringFound) End function 'Have a nice day!