The read_ini function retrieves a string from the specified section in an initialization(ini) file. Input: SECTION : name of the section containing the key name. The name of the section is case-independent KEY : name of the key whose associated string is to be retrieved The name of the section is case-independent FILE : name of the initialization file. If this parameter does not contain a full path to the file, the system searches for the file in the Windows directory. Output: VALUE : Contains found section/key value if "" is returns key, section, and/or file was not found/missing.