🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,

I'm looking for beta testers for the first beta release of eLetter
(overview below). If, after looking at the program, you would like to
become a beta tester then, in exchange for feedback on its operation I'll
provide you with a free license.

Overview
========
eLetter is a Macintosh utility that provides facilities for the creation
and editing of a template letter that may then be merged with data from
database records and then either printed or despatched via email or fax.
eLetter achieves this by providing a software interface between the
database product FileMaker Pro and either the email program Eudora or one
of the Fax programs FaxSTF, Fax Express or 4-Sight Fax. 

eLetter allows the maintenance of any number of 'letters' each of which
has eight operational parameters associated with it.  The parameters
define such details as the name of the database from which data is to be
taken to generate the outgoing letters and the name of the database fields
from which data is to be taken to address the outgoing email or fax
transmissions.

The template letter itself consists of styled text with an upper limit of
32,000 characters. The letter may contain any number of constructs that
consist of '<' a database field name and '>'. eLetter provides an easy to
use mechanism for inserting such constructs into the text of the letter. 
When the letters are compiled, these constructs are recognised and
replaced by the appropriate data from each database record. For instance,
the following line...

Dear <Customer Title> <Customer Surname>,

...would be replaced by the associated data from the 'Customer Title' and
'Customer Surname' fields of each record of the database, to produce, for
example...

Dear Mr George,

Once a template letter has been defined it may be tested against the
database. This is done by allowing the operator to step through the
database a record at a time, merging the data from each record with the
template letter to produce a compiled letter that is then displayed. 

Once satisfied with the content and structure of the letter, the operator
may then 'process' the letter. Processing involves reading each database
record in the 'found set' (that subset of records created by the last
'Find' operation) and generating a custom letter for each. The compiled
letters are then either printed or sent via email or fax. 


Requirements
============
a) System 7.5 or later. 
b) AppleScript 1.1 or later.


Helper Applications
===================
eLetter uses the following products -

a) Eudora Light (or any version after version 1.5.0)
b) FileMaker Pro, version 2.1 onwards. NB. eLetter has NOT been tested
against the new relational product (version 3.0) 
c) Fax Express 3.1 Vers. 3.0
d) FaxSTF 3.2
e) 4-Sight Fax  


Where to Get it
===============
The package may be downloaded from the url - 

ftp://ftp.utas.edu.au/mac/eletter/eLetter.1.0b1.sea.hqx

-- 
Tim Barlow        tim.barlow@its.utas.edu.au
  GPO Box 607    
  Sandy Bay
  Tasmania 7005
  Australia