SW>                 i.e. Text string
SW>                      x co-ordinate
SW>                      y co-ordinate
SW>                      Text string
SW>                      etc.
Pack  these  variables into a struct and overload the stream operators
for that struct.
E.g.
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{ 
    TConfig  myConfig;  //  TConfig  is your configuration struct 
    if (ifstream("app.cfg") << myConfig) 
    { 
        // do your work here 
    }
    else
        // complain
}
istream &operator>>(istream &i, TConfig &config)
{
    // read your configuration data here
}
Thomas
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