Customize Settings using an External Configuration File
 
The Software Inventory Tool was designed to be used at different ING locations by IBM for desktop refreshes. The Tool remotely gets a computer's Add/Remove listing, removes applications that are included in the base image, then formats the result in an Excel document. An external textfile allows each site to configure information specific to their location. This article will discuss how to read a textfile and pick out information to set variables and build arrays dynamically.