ENTER THE FULL FILENAME.FILETYPE OF THE FILE "A" THAT YOU WISH TO USE AS A BOILERPLATE FILE. THEN ENTER A CONTROL Z THE ORIGIONAL FILES WILL BE UNCHANGED THE RESULTING FILE WILL BE FILE NAME SPECIFIED LATER IN "C" FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU DESIRE TO BOILERPLATE DUM.TXT ENTER DUM.TXT AND A CONTROL Z THIS COMMAND LINE WILL ALLOW THE USER TO BOILERPLATE TWO FILES. THAT MEANS THAT A FORM FILE IS COMBINED WITH A VARIABLE FILE TO PRODUCE A WHOLE SERIES OF FILLED OUT FORMS, MUCH AS MODERN LETTER WRITTING PROGRAMS OPERATE. THE BOILERPLATE FILE IS FILE "A" THE VARIABLE FILE IS FILE "B" - SPECIFIED LATER. THE RESULTANT OUTPUT FILE IS FILE "C" - SPECIFIED LATER. THE BOILERPLATE FILE IS CREATED BY THE USER WITH VARIABLE NAMES IN THE FILE THAT ARE AS FOLLOWS: ~0 ~1 ~2 ... ~9 . UP TO TEN VARIABLE NAMES ARE ALLOWED IN THIS VERSION. THE SECOND FILE CONTAINS THE INFORMATION TO BE FILLED INTO THE BOILERPLATE FILE. THIS FILE SHOULD BE ARRANGED AS A NAMELIST IS - THAT IS THE VARIABLES EACH ON A SEPERATE LINE AND LEFT JUSTIFIED. THE VARIABLES MAY BE ANY ASCII STRING INCLUDING TABS AND/OR SPACES IMBEDDED. SO IF THE BOILERPLATE REQUIRES 2 VARIABLES FOR EXAMPLE. THE FILE WOULD BE ARRANGED AS FOLLOWS: VARIABLE 1 (THE FIRST COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~0 ) VARIABLE 2 (THE FIRST COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~1 ) VARIABLE 1 (THE SECOND COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~0 ) VARIABLE 2 (THE SECOND COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~1 ) " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " VARIABLE 1 (THE n TH COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~0 ) VARIABLE 2 (THE n TH COPY OF THE BOILERPLATE - ~1 ) ETC. ETC. NOTE: IF THE USER IS UNSURE ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF VARIABLES AND THEIR ORDER. THE USER SHOULD RUN A SMALL TEST CASE FIRST! THE USER SPECIFIES THE FILE "A" - BOILERPLATE FILE THE USER SPECIFIES "n" THE NUMBER OF VARIABLES IN THE "A" THE USER SPECIFIES THE FILE "B" - VARIABLES FILE THE USER SPECIFIES THE FILE "C" - RESULTANT OUTPUT FILE THE RESULTING FILE WILL BE NAMED THE "FILENAME.FILETYPE" AS SPECIFIED IN "C". ENTER THE FULL FILENAME.FILETYPE OF THE FILE "A" THAT YOU WISH TO USE AS A BOILERPLATE FILE. THEN ENTER A CONTROL Z