Index: trunk/ippToPsps/src/ippToPspsConfig.c
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/src/ippToPspsConfig.c	(revision 27779)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/src/ippToPspsConfig.c	(revision 28249)
@@ -325,4 +325,18 @@
 
     return ret;
+}
+
+// gets survey ID from survey name
+bool ippToPspsConfig_getSurveyId(IppToPspsConfig* this, const char* surveyType, int8_t* surveyId) {
+
+    char buffer[10];
+    if (!ippToPspsConfig_getInitValue(this, "Survey", "name", surveyType, "surveyID", buffer)) {
+
+        *surveyId = -1;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *surveyId = atoi(buffer);
+    return true;
 }