README file for X-Merge (DayMoon Software)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is Freeware?
Installing X-Merge
The User's Manual
Technical Support
Distributing
Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
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What is Freeware?
Freeware is software that is given away for free.
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Installing X-Merge
X-Merge has been compressed using WinZip32 version 6.2 for Windows 95 and Windows NT.
You can obtain a copy of this shareware at http://www.winzip.com.
Once you have it decompressed, copy xmerge.exe to a directory in your path.
This way you can execute it from any directory.
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The User's Manual
Summary:
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X-Merge is a utility that lets you create new files based on a template,
and a source file.
For example, let's say every time you make a web page, you always have a
picture at the top. With X-Merge, you can have all your pages always have
this picture.
Even better, if you change the picture in the future, you update one
file (the template) rather than every web page. Then, you run X-Merge to
update all your web pages in one step.
Terminology:
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X-Merge requires one or more "Template" pages, and one or more "Insert"
pages.
You can think of Template pages in the same way applications like
Microsoft Word uses templates. These make up the backbone of other
documents.
Insert documents are like the data you enter into Word. Most people make
many insert documents to be used with one template.
One neat feature of X-Merge is you can have multiple template files for
multiple insert files. With this feature and a web page, you could have
multiple views for the same data.
When the data changes, you recompile, and all the views are
automatically updated with the new data. When the template changes, you
recompile, and are assured that the data is the same in every location.
How to use:
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With X-Merge, you need a template file. This file contains the blueprints
on how you want your destination file to look. It also specifies the
destination location on where you want the destination files to go.
Here's an example web page:
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Hello There!
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