How about you try a different approach, structure your INI like this (with birthday sections):

Code:

[2005/04/12]
joshraymer = Josh Raymer
stassie = shawn tassie

[2005/09/07]
jdoe = john doe


and run some code like this:

Code:

break on

$profile = ".\bsdays.ini"

for each $userid in split(readprofilestring($profile, @DATE, ""), CHR(10))

 if $userid

  $fullname = readprofilestring($profile, @DATE, $userid)

  ?"Happy Birthday " + $fullname + " !!!"

 endif

next

exit 0


-Shawn