Read ini file which does not have any section?

Question

My ini file does not have any section. It has following data

com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/toolboxvisibleChild=false
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.community/defaultAuthType=ST-DOMINO-SSO
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.brokerbridge/startBroker=false
com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.webapi/startWebContainer=true

I want to use function.

    [DllImport("kernel32")]
    private static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(string section,
             string key,string def, StringBuilder retVal,
        int size,string filePath);

My problems

1. I cannot give section name in the function because I dont have any
2. If I give section name null, it returns nothing
3. I don't want to use brute force like ReadAllText

Answer 1

Here's a library that the author says supports section-less keys. I myself have not tried this library.
Or, you could simply edit the Ini file and add in a "header"/section name right at the top, then delete it once you're done reading.

Answer 2

Using File.ReadLines and some LINQ is actually not that bad:

var dict = File.ReadLines("config.txt")
               .Where(line => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line))
               .Select(line => line.Split(new char[] { '=' }, 2, 0))
               .ToDictionary(parts => parts[0], parts => parts[1]);

var result = dict["com.ibm.rcp.toolbox.admin/toolboxvisibleChild"];