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diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/.deps/.dirstamp b/modules/preferences/src/c/.deps/.dirstamp
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+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/.deps/.dirstamp
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/.deps/libscipreferences_algo_la-getScilabPreference.Plo b/modules/preferences/src/c/.deps/libscipreferences_algo_la-getScilabPreference.Plo
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+ src/c/getScilabPreference.c /usr/include/stdc-predef.h \
+ /usr/include/stdlib.h /usr/include/features.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/cdefs.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wordsize.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/stubs.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/stubs-64.h \
+ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include/stddef.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/waitflags.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/waitstatus.h /usr/include/endian.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/endian.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/byteswap.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/types.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/typesizes.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/byteswap-16.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/types.h /usr/include/time.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/select.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/select.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sigset.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/time.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/select2.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/sysmacros.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/pthreadtypes.h /usr/include/alloca.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib-bsearch.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib-float.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xpath.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlversion.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlexports.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlerror.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h \
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+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h \
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+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sys_errlist.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h \
+ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include-fixed/limits.h \
+ /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include-fixed/syslimits.h \
+ /usr/include/limits.h /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/posix1_lim.h \
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+ /usr/include/linux/limits.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/posix2_lim.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlstring.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlregexp.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/dict.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/hash.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/valid.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/list.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlautomata.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/entities.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h \
+ /usr/include/iconv.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlIO.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/globals.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/SAX.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xlink.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/SAX2.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/threads.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlreader.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/relaxng.h \
+ /home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlschemas.h \
+ includes/getScilabPreference.h includes/dynlib_preferences_scilab.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/GetXmlFileEncoding.h /usr/include/string.h \
+ /usr/include/xlocale.h /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string2.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string3.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/MALLOC.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/sci_mem_alloc.h \
+ ../../modules/fileio/includes/FileExist.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar.h \
+ /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar2.h \
+ ../../modules/fileio/includes/dynlib_fileio.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/BOOL.h \
+ ../../modules/string/includes/stricmp.h \
+ ../../modules/fileio/includes/getshortpathname.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/machine.h \
+ ../../modules/core/includes/SCIHOME.h ../../modules/core/includes/BOOL.h
+
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+/usr/include/stdlib.h:
+
+/usr/include/features.h:
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+
+/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include/stddef.h:
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+
+/usr/include/endian.h:
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+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/byteswap.h:
+
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+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/typesizes.h:
+
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+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/types.h:
+
+/usr/include/time.h:
+
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+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/select.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sigset.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/time.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/select2.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/sysmacros.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/pthreadtypes.h:
+
+/usr/include/alloca.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib-bsearch.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib-float.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdlib.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xpath.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlversion.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlexports.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlerror.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/parser.h:
+
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+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h:
+
+/usr/include/stdio.h:
+
+/usr/include/libio.h:
+
+/usr/include/_G_config.h:
+
+/usr/include/wchar.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio_lim.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sys_errlist.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/stdio2.h:
+
+/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include-fixed/limits.h:
+
+/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include-fixed/syslimits.h:
+
+/usr/include/limits.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/posix1_lim.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/local_lim.h:
+
+/usr/include/linux/limits.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/posix2_lim.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlstring.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlregexp.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/dict.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/hash.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/valid.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/list.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlautomata.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/entities.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:
+
+/usr/include/iconv.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlIO.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/globals.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/SAX.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xlink.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/SAX2.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlmemory.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/threads.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlreader.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/relaxng.h:
+
+/home/shashank/scilab-master_5.5.2/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlschemas.h:
+
+includes/getScilabPreference.h:
+
+includes/dynlib_preferences_scilab.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/GetXmlFileEncoding.h:
+
+/usr/include/string.h:
+
+/usr/include/xlocale.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string2.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/string3.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/MALLOC.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/sci_mem_alloc.h:
+
+../../modules/fileio/includes/FileExist.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar.h:
+
+/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar2.h:
+
+../../modules/fileio/includes/dynlib_fileio.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/BOOL.h:
+
+../../modules/string/includes/stricmp.h:
+
+../../modules/fileio/includes/getshortpathname.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/machine.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/SCIHOME.h:
+
+../../modules/core/includes/BOOL.h:
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/.dirstamp b/modules/preferences/src/c/.dirstamp
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/.dirstamp
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/.libs/libscipreferences_algo_la-getScilabPreference.o b/modules/preferences/src/c/.libs/libscipreferences_algo_la-getScilabPreference.o
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..19092a6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/.libs/libscipreferences_algo_la-getScilabPreference.o
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/DllmainPreferences.c b/modules/preferences/src/c/DllmainPreferences.c
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5010db488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/DllmainPreferences.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 - DIGITEO - Allan CORNET
+ *
+ * This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL.
+ * This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution.  The terms
+ * are also available at
+ * http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2.1-en.txt
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <windows.h>
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#pragma comment(lib,"../../../../bin/libintl.lib")
+#pragma comment(lib, "../../../../bin/libxml2.lib")
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int WINAPI DllMain (HINSTANCE hInstance , DWORD reason, PVOID pvReserved)
+{
+    switch (reason)
+    {
+        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
+            break;
+        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
+            break;
+        case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
+            break;
+        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
+            break;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/core_Import.def b/modules/preferences/src/c/core_Import.def
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4d6229447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/core_Import.def
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+LIBRARY    core.dll
+
+
+EXPORTS
+;
+callFunctionFromGateway
+getScilabMode
+com_
+getSCIHOME
+MyHeapAlloc
+MyHeapFree
diff --git a/modules/preferences/src/c/getScilabPreference.c b/modules/preferences/src/c/getScilabPreference.c
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..13f6a0e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/preferences/src/c/getScilabPreference.c
@@ -0,0 +1,426 @@
+/*
+ * Scilab ( http://www.scilab.org/ ) - This file is part of Scilab
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 - Scilab Enterprises - Calixte DENIZET
+ *
+ * This file must be used under the terms of the CeCILL.
+ * This source file is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution.  The terms
+ * are also available at
+ * http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2.1-en.txt
+ *
+ */
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <libxml/xpath.h>
+#include <libxml/xmlreader.h>
+#include "getScilabPreference.h"
+#include "GetXmlFileEncoding.h"
+#include "MALLOC.h"
+#include "FileExist.h"
+#include "stricmp.h"
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include "strdup_windows.h"
+#endif
+#include "getshortpathname.h"
+#include "BOOL.h"
+#include "SCIHOME.h"
+
+#define XCONF "%s/XConfiguration.xml"
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static unsigned char isInit = 0;
+static ScilabPreferences scilabPref;
+static char * emptyAttribute = "";
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void getPrefs();
+static char * getAttribute(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt, const char * xpath);
+static void initPrefs();
+static void getDocAndCtxt(xmlDocPtr * doc, xmlXPathContextPtr * xpathCtxt);
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+const ScilabPreferences * getScilabPreferences()
+{
+    getPrefs();
+    return &scilabPref;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void initPrefs()
+{
+    scilabPref.heapSize = NULL;
+    scilabPref.adaptToDisplay = NULL;
+    scilabPref.columnsToDisplay = NULL;
+    scilabPref.linesToDisplay = NULL;
+    scilabPref.historySaveAfter = NULL;
+    scilabPref.historyFile = NULL;
+    scilabPref.historyLines = NULL;
+    scilabPref.historyEnable = NULL;
+    scilabPref.ieee = NULL;
+    scilabPref.format = NULL;
+    scilabPref.formatWidth = NULL;
+    scilabPref.language = NULL;
+    scilabPref.startup_dir_use = NULL;
+    scilabPref.startup_dir_default = NULL;
+    scilabPref.startup_dir_previous = NULL;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void reloadScilabPreferences()
+{
+    clearScilabPreferences();
+    getPrefs();
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void clearScilabPreferences()
+{
+    if (isInit == 1)
+    {
+        if (scilabPref.heapSize)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.heapSize);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.adaptToDisplay)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.adaptToDisplay);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.columnsToDisplay)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.columnsToDisplay);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.linesToDisplay)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.linesToDisplay);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.historySaveAfter)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.historySaveAfter);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.historyFile)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.historyFile);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.historyLines)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.historyLines);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.historyEnable)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.historyEnable);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.ieee)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.ieee);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.format)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.format);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.formatWidth)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.formatWidth);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.language)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.language);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.startup_dir_use)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.startup_dir_use);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.startup_dir_default)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.startup_dir_default);
+        }
+        if (scilabPref.startup_dir_previous)
+        {
+            FREE((void*)scilabPref.startup_dir_previous);
+        }
+        initPrefs();
+    }
+    isInit = 0;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void getPrefs()
+{
+    if (!isInit)
+    {
+        xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
+        xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt = NULL;
+
+        initPrefs();
+
+        getDocAndCtxt(&doc, &xpathCtxt);
+        if (doc == NULL)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        scilabPref.heapSize = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, HEAPSIZE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.adaptToDisplay = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, ADAPTTODISPLAY_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.columnsToDisplay = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, COLUMNSTODISPLAY_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.linesToDisplay = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, LINESTODISPLAY_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.historySaveAfter = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, HISTORYSAVEAFTER_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.historyFile = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, HISTORYFILE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.historyLines = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, HISTORYLINES_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.historyEnable = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, HISTORYENABLE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.ieee = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, IEEE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.format = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, FORMAT_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.formatWidth = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, FORMATWIDTH_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.language = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, LANGUAGE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.startup_dir_use = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, STARTUP_DIR_USE_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.startup_dir_default = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, STARTUP_DIR_DEFAULT_XPATH));
+        scilabPref.startup_dir_previous = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, STARTUP_DIR_PREVIOUS_XPATH));
+
+        xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtxt);
+        xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+
+        isInit = 1;
+    }
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * getAttribute(xmlDocPtr doc, xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt, const char * xpath)
+{
+    char * value = emptyAttribute;
+    xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj = xmlXPathEval((const xmlChar*)xpath, xpathCtxt);
+    if (xpathObj && xpathObj->nodesetval && xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeMax)
+    {
+        value = (char *)((xmlAttrPtr)xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeTab[0])->children->content;
+    }
+
+    if (xpathObj)
+    {
+        xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathObj);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void getDocAndCtxt(xmlDocPtr * doc, xmlXPathContextPtr * xpathCtxt)
+{
+    char * SCIHOME = NULL;
+    char * path = NULL;
+    BOOL bConvert = FALSE;
+    char * shortfilename_xml_conf = NULL;
+    char * ret = NULL;
+    *doc = NULL;
+    *xpathCtxt = NULL;
+
+    SCIHOME = getSCIHOME();
+    path = (char *)MALLOC(strlen(SCIHOME) + strlen(XCONF));
+
+    sprintf(path, XCONF, SCIHOME);
+    FREE(SCIHOME);
+
+    if (FileExist(path))
+    {
+        shortfilename_xml_conf = getshortpathname(path, &bConvert);
+        if (shortfilename_xml_conf)
+        {
+            *doc = xmlParseFile(shortfilename_xml_conf);
+            FREE(shortfilename_xml_conf);
+            shortfilename_xml_conf = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    FREE(path);
+    path = NULL;
+
+    if (*doc == NULL)
+    {
+        *xpathCtxt = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (stricmp((*doc)->encoding, "utf-8"))
+    {
+        xmlFreeDoc(*doc);
+        *doc = NULL;
+        *xpathCtxt = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    *xpathCtxt = xmlXPathNewContext(*doc);
+    if (*xpathCtxt == NULL)
+    {
+        xmlFreeDoc(*doc);
+        *doc = NULL;
+    }
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char * getPrefAttributeValue(const char * xpath, const char * attribute)
+{
+    xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
+    xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt = NULL;
+    char * ret = NULL;
+    unsigned int xlen = 0;
+    unsigned int alen = 0;
+    char * query = NULL;
+
+    if (!xpath || !attribute)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    query = (char *)MALLOC((xlen + alen + 2 + 1) * sizeof(char));
+    if (!query)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    xlen = (unsigned int) strlen(xpath);
+    alen = (unsigned int) strlen(attribute);
+
+    getDocAndCtxt(&doc, &xpathCtxt);
+    if (doc == NULL)
+    {
+        FREE(query);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    sprintf(query, "%s/@%s", xpath, attribute);
+    query[xlen + alen + 2] = '\0';
+
+    ret = strdup(getAttribute(doc, xpathCtxt, (const xmlChar*)query));
+    FREE(query);
+
+    xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtxt);
+    xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+char ** getPrefAttributesValues(const char * xpath, const char ** attributes, const unsigned int attrLen)
+{
+    xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
+    xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt = NULL;
+    xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj = NULL;
+    char ** ret = NULL;
+
+    if (!xpath || !attributes || !attrLen)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    getDocAndCtxt(&doc, &xpathCtxt);
+    if (doc == NULL || xpathCtxt == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    xpathObj = xmlXPathEval((const xmlChar*)xpath, xpathCtxt);
+    if (xpathObj && xpathObj->nodesetval && xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeMax)
+    {
+        unsigned int i;
+        xmlNode * node = (xmlNode*)xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeTab[0];
+        ret = (char**)MALLOC(sizeof(char*) * attrLen);
+        if (!ret)
+        {
+            xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathObj);
+            xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtxt);
+            xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; i < attrLen; i++)
+        {
+            xmlAttr * attrs = xmlHasProp(node, (const xmlChar *)attributes[i]);
+            if (attrs)
+            {
+                ret[i] = strdup((const char *)attrs->children->content);
+            }
+
+            if (!attrs || !ret[i])
+            {
+                unsigned int j;
+                for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+                {
+                    free(ret[j]);
+                }
+                FREE(ret);
+                ret = NULL;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (xpathObj)
+    {
+        xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathObj);
+    }
+
+    xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtxt);
+    xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void setPrefAttributesValues(const char * xpath, const char ** kv, const unsigned int kvLen)
+{
+    xmlDocPtr doc = NULL;
+    xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtxt = NULL;
+    xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathObj = NULL;
+    char * SCIHOME = NULL;
+    char * path = NULL;
+    BOOL bConvert = FALSE;
+    char * shortfilename_xml_conf = NULL;
+
+    if (!xpath || !kv || !kvLen)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    getDocAndCtxt(&doc, &xpathCtxt);
+    if (doc == NULL)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    xpathObj = xmlXPathEval((const xmlChar*)xpath, xpathCtxt);
+    if (xpathObj && xpathObj->nodesetval && xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeMax)
+    {
+        int i;
+        xmlNode * node = (xmlNode*)xpathObj->nodesetval->nodeTab[0];
+        for (i = 0; i < (int)kvLen / 2; i++)
+        {
+            xmlAttr * attrs = xmlHasProp(node, (const xmlChar *)kv[2 * i]);
+            if (attrs)
+            {
+                attrs->children->content = xmlStrdup((const xmlChar *)kv[2 * i + 1]);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (xpathObj)
+    {
+        xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathObj);
+    }
+
+    xmlXPathFreeContext(xpathCtxt);
+
+    // Save
+    xmlThrDefIndentTreeOutput(1);
+
+    SCIHOME = getSCIHOME();
+    path = (char *)MALLOC(strlen(SCIHOME) + strlen(XCONF));
+
+    sprintf(path, XCONF, SCIHOME);
+    FREE(SCIHOME);
+
+    if (FileExist(path))
+    {
+        shortfilename_xml_conf = getshortpathname(path, &bConvert);
+        if (shortfilename_xml_conf)
+        {
+            xmlSaveFormatFile(shortfilename_xml_conf, doc, 2);
+            FREE(shortfilename_xml_conf);
+            shortfilename_xml_conf = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    FREE(path);
+    path = NULL;
+
+    xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+}
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--- /dev/null
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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
+//
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+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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