Index: DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/KernelWrappers/DamSliding/DamSlidingKernelWrapper.cs
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diff -u -r1305 -r1307
--- DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/KernelWrappers/DamSliding/DamSlidingKernelWrapper.cs	(.../DamSlidingKernelWrapper.cs)	(revision 1305)
+++ DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/KernelWrappers/DamSliding/DamSlidingKernelWrapper.cs	(.../DamSlidingKernelWrapper.cs)	(revision 1307)
@@ -24,24 +24,17 @@
 using System.Data;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.IO;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.DikesDesign;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.Common;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.DamSliding;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.Interfaces;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.Properties;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.Uplift;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Design;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.General;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.General.PlLines;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.General.Results;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Geometry;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Geotechnics;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Standard.Calculation;
-using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Standard.Language;
 using Deltares.DamEngine.Data.Standard.Logging;
-using Deltares.DamPiping.BlighCalculator;
-using log4net;
 
 namespace Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.DamSliding
 {
@@ -52,14 +45,35 @@
     /// <seealso cref="Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.KernelWrappers.Interfaces.IKernelWrapper" />
     public class DamSlidingKernelWrapper : IKernelWrapper
     {
-        const string python = @"c:\anaconda27\python.exe";
-        const string damSafeDirectory = @"D:\Internship M. Pasqualini\calculations\main_dam\MAIN_DAM";
+        private string python = @"c:\anaconda27\python.exe";
+        private string damSafeDirectory = @"D:\Internship M. Pasqualini\calculations\main_dam\MAIN_DAM";
+        private bool initialized = false;
 
-        private const double defaultFluidisationGradient = 0.3;
-        private const double defaultMaxReturnValue = 90.0;
-
         private Dictionary<Process, List<LogMessage>> processMessages = new Dictionary<Process, List<LogMessage>>();
 
+        private void Initialize()
+        {
+            FileInfo assemblyLocation = new FileInfo(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(DamSlidingKernelWrapper)).Location);
+            string configFile = Path.Combine(assemblyLocation.DirectoryName, "damSafe.ini");
+
+            foreach (string line in File.ReadAllLines(configFile))
+            {
+                string[] parts = line.Split("=".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                if (parts.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    switch (parts[0].ToLower().Trim())
+                    {
+                        case "python":
+                            python = parts[1].Trim();
+                            break;
+                        case "damsafedirectory":
+                            damSafeDirectory = parts[1].Trim();
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Create the kernel input.
         /// </summary>
@@ -72,6 +86,12 @@
         /// </returns>
         public PrepareResult Prepare(DamKernelInput damKernelInput, int iterationIndex, out IKernelDataInput kernelDataInput, out IKernelDataOutput kernelDataOutput)
         {
+            if (!initialized)
+            {
+                initialized = true;
+                this.Initialize();
+            }
+
             var damSlidingOutput = new DamSlidingOutput()
             {
                 CalculationResult = CalculationResult.NoRun,
Index: DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.csproj
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diff -u -r1305 -r1307
--- DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.csproj	(.../Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.csproj)	(revision 1305)
+++ DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.csproj	(.../Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators.csproj)	(revision 1307)
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@
       <TargetPath>DGeoStability.exe</TargetPath>
     </ContentWithTargetPath>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="damSafe.ini">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)..\build\Deltares.DamEngine.Version.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent>
Index: DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/damSafe.ini
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diff -u
--- DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/damSafe.ini	(revision 0)
+++ DamEngine/branches/Sliding/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Calculators/damSafe.ini	(revision 1307)
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+python = c:\anaconda27\python.exe
+damSafeDirectory = D:\Internship M. Pasqualini\calculations\main_dam\MAIN_DAM