# this method puts the configuration rexord on the screen
  def loadconfigurationrecord
 
         require 'fileutils'
         if TinkerWin2ConfigurationFileName 
               @a_configurationfilename = TinkerWin2ConfigurationFileName 
         end
	      
        begin # exception trapped block
       
       Dir.chdir($progdir)
	      fileName = File.join(ConfigurationDir, TinkerWin2ConfigurationFileName)
        
	      fd = File.open(fileName,"r")
	      @a_configline1=        fd.readline.chomp
	      @a_configline2 =  fd.readline.chomp
        @a_configline3 = fd.readline.chomp
          @a_configline4 = fd.readline.chomp
        @a_configline5 = fd.readline.chomp
         @a_configline6 = fd.readline.chomp 
          @a_configline7 =fd.readline.chomp
          @a_configline8 = fd.readline.chomp
	 
	      while ! fd.eof?
	        @extraconfigdatadisplay = fd.readline
	      end
        fd.close
        rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
            $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
        end # exception rescue

  end