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The file is in text format, individual parameters are stored in the form key = value. The meaning of the parameters is described in the chapter Location of Configuration Parameters chapter.
The content of the file corresponds to the key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ipesoft\<instance_name>\] in the Windows platform registries. The registry the hierarchical (tree) structure of information is expressed by the delimiter '.' (period) in the key name.
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