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From: labben@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Bodin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Mail-Merge
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.094020.3400@iesd.auc.dk>
Date: 13 Nov 90 09:40:20 GMT
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Organization: Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Aalborg
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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.