content: function getValueFromKey(key)
      value = invalid
      if invalid <> key and "" <> key
          file = ReadAsciiFile("pkg:/keys")
          'split it into lines
          file = file.split(chr(10))
          for each line in file
              line = line.split("=")
              if key = line[0]
                  value = line[1]
              end if
          end for
      end if
      return value
  end function
  
  function removeWhiteSpace(theString)
      rgx = createObject("roRegex", " ", "i")
      return rgx.ReplaceAll(theString, "")
  end function