NOTE - THIS IS THE TEXT FOR THE USER FORM LETTER * * - the text presented here describes how to generate the * - letter. The user will put in own text. ? 'This is the body of a form letter. It was first written with a word' ? 'processor and then modified to become a command file. The modifications' ? 'are: placement of question marks at the beginning of each line and' ? 'enclosing the text in single quotes or square brackets. In this way,' ? 'each line of text is written to the ALTERNATE file by means of the SET' ? 'ALTERNATE commands in MAILLTTR.CMD (which calls this command file).' ? ? 'The text of the letter can be altered based on the database data fields.' ? 'For instance, if the content of the letter should change for different' ? 'states, then this condition can be checked and the appropriate action' ? 'can be taken.' ? ? ? ' Yours truly' ? ? ? ? ? ' Mike R. O. Chip' ? ? 'Example:' ? IF STATE='CA' ? 'California residents add 6% sales tax' ENDIF RETURN