def getSettings(self, fileName):
"""
Loads settings from the first lines
of the data file
"""
s = SessionSettings() # template
d = s.__dict__ # get all the fields needed
f = open(fileName, 'r')
for line in f:
if line[0] is '#':
a = line[2:].strip().split(",")
if len(a) > 1 and a[0] in d:
d[a[0]] = a[1]
s.sanitise()
return s
