code: public  String getText(String key)
     {
  
        String retval = null;
  
        retval = (String)getSettingMap().get(key);
  
        if (retval == null || retval.length() == 0)
        {
           throw new SystemException("Settings property \"" + key
           + "\" not found in keys "+getSettingMap().keySet());
        }
  
        if (retval.startsWith(CRYPTION_PREFIX))
        {
  
           try
           {
  
              retval = retval.substring(CRYPTION_PREFIX.length());
  
              retval = new Cryption().decryptText(retval);
  
              //Debugger.printInfo("YO="+retval);
  
           }
           catch (Exception e)
           {
  
              throw new SystemException(e);
  
           }
  
        }
  
        return retval;
  
     }
docs: Retrieves a Settings property as a String object. <p/>Loads the file
  if not already initialized.
  
  @param key the Key name of the property to be returned
  @return Value of the property as a string or null if no property found.