# Read the application properties file
def getProperties():
    lines = []
    try:
        text_file = open("src/tmcsim/application.properties", "r")
    except IOError:
        print "Error: missing src/timc/application.properties file."
    else:
        lines = text_file.read().split('\n')
        text_file.close()    
        return lines
    
# Accessor to SVN version number    
def getRevision():
    lines = getProperties()
    revNumber = lines[2].split("=")[1]
    return revNumber