private static Bot InstantiateBot() { var bot = new Bot { IsAcceptingUserInput = false }; bot.loadSettings(); var combine = Path.Combine(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("aimldirectory"), "Bot.bin"); if (File.Exists(combine)) bot.LoadFromBinaryFile(combine); else bot.LoadAimlFromFiles(); bot.IsAcceptingUserInput = true; return bot; }