labben@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Bodin) (11/13/90)
Hello all net-users!
I have just finished working on a data-base project, and am now working on an
upgrade, where i would like to include a mail-merge function.
I am using ProWrite myself, and have allready made a mail-merge function,
which will write out contents of the data-base in ProWrite format.
Now I would like to make my program compatible with other word-processors, so
if you have a word-processor, which supports mail-merging, please mail me a
sample mail-merge data file. If your program requires a specific .info file,
please uuencode this and mail it too.
ProWrite uses this format:
The mail-merge data-file is a simple ASCII file, where the first line
defines the fields in each record. Each field is separated by a TAB, and the
line is terminated with a RETURN.
The following lines contain the records to be mail-merged with. Once again
the fields is separated by a TAB, and each record is terminated with a RETURN
As an example, consider a data-base with to records, each containing two
fields: a name and a phone nymber:
Name Lars Bodin
Phone 98 12 25 86
Name John Johnson
Phone 12 34 56 78
In ProWrite format, the data-file would be written as this:
Name<TAB>Phone<RETURN>
Lars Bodin<TAB>98 12 25 86<RETURN>
John Johnson<TAB>12 34 56 78>RETURN>
If your word-processor uses the same format, please mail me the name of the
program.
Please email your respose directly to me. Don't post it - There is allready
to much junk in c.s.a. :-)
I will post a catch-up article, when I get some responses from all you
nice guys/girls.