parsing Perl configuration files for GUI editor

[Andyfives]

Hello people,

I wonder if there is someone out there who could possibly help me. I am still quite a novice at VB.net but have been given this task and feel .net is the way to progress.

We have a web booking system written in perl. There are configuration files in the following sample format...

%SKY_PREFS		= (

CITY_DATA	=> { 
CITIES => { 
EDI => {
	name			=> 'Edinburgh',
	zulu_dst		=> 1,
	zulu			=> 0,
	valid_orig		=> 'true',
	valid_dest		=> 'true',					
	routes			=> [ 'ARN', 'CPH' ],
	currency		=> 'GB',
	country			=> 'UK',
},
LGW => {
	name			=> 'London (Gatwick)',
	zulu_dst		=> 1,
	zulu			=> 0,
	valid_orig		=> 'true',
	valid_dest		=> 'true',
	routes			=> [ 'AAL', 'ARN', 'BLL', 'CPH' ],
	currency		=> 'GB',
	country			=> 'UK',
},
},
},

CURRENCY_DATA	=> { 
DEFAULT_CURRENCY_CODE	=> "EU",
CURRENCIES	=> { 
DK => {
	description		=> 'Danish Kroner (DKK)',
	prefix			=> '',
	suffix			=> 'DKK',
	decimal			=> ',',
	thousands		=> '.',
  },
GB => {
	description		=> 'British Pounds',
	prefix			=> '',
	suffix			=> 'GBP',
	decimal			=> ',',
	thousands		=> '.',
},
},

);	# End %SKYLIGHTS_PREFS
1; # Return "true"

There are many of these structured files and they are concerned with languages, preferences, text, graphics etc..

I want to set this up in a GUI where users can amend the contents of these files using a type of propertyGrid control interface or something...

My question is this:- Is there an easy way using vb.net to transform this type of data structure into something more workable...?

Thank you for your time and any help would be much appreciated..