def _load_from_properties(self):
"""
Creates a new configuration object and attempts to read in values from an existing GiftCloudUploader properties file
:return:
"""
base = BrowserConfiguration.get_user_directory()
properties_file = os.path.join(base, "GiftCloudUploader.properties")
config = ConfigParser()
config.add_section(self.root_section_name)
if os.path.exists(properties_file):
properties = PropertyParser(properties_file)
self._set_if_exists(config, 'url', properties.properties, 'giftcloud_serverurl')
self._set_if_exists(config, 'user_name', properties.properties, 'giftcloud_lastusername')
return config
