Convert INI file to XML

private string GetConfigValue( XmlDocument xmlDoc, string sectionName, 
    string settingName )
{
  string valueRet;

  // get setting node
  string xpath = 
    String.Format( "//section[@name='{0}']/setting[@name='{1}']", 
    sectionName, settingName );
  XmlNode node = xmlDoc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode( xpath );

  // display value
  if ( node == null )
  {
    throw new Exception( 
      String.Format( 
        "No such setting, using the following xpath:{0}{1}", 
           Environment.NewLine, xpath ) );
  }
  else
  {
    XmlAttribute xmlAttr = node.Attributes["value"];
    if ( xmlAttr == null )
    {
      throw new Exception( String.Format( 
          "No value for this setting, using the following xpath:{0}{1}", 
          Environment.NewLine, xpath ) );
    }
    else
    {
      valueRet = xmlAttr.Value;
    }
  }

  return valueRet;
}

// Load configuration from xml file
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load( "C:\\WINNT\\iexplore.xml" );
string homePage = GetConfigValue( xmlDoc, "main", "Home Page" );
string searchPage = GetConfigValue( xmlDoc, "main", "Search Page" );