Chris,
I think you need to read the documentation a little more closely. It reads:

SIMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE

"Simple syntax is what you need for most of your projects. These are, as the name asserts, the simplest. File consists of key/value pairs, delimited by nothing but white space."

INI-FILE

"These configuration files are more native to Win32 systems. Data is organized in blocks. Each key/value pair is delimited with an equal (=) sign. Blocks are declared on their own lines enclosed in (brackets):"

Your not providing blocks does not make it a 'simple' file. The fact that you are using '=' as a key/value delimiter does make it an 'ini' file. If you want to use 'simple', the replace the '=' with whitespace.

davidj