NAME

ACH::Generator - Generates an ACH formatted file from an ACH perl object

VERSION

        Version: 0.01
        May 2006

DESCRIPTION

        ACH::Generator is a simple, generic subclass of ACH used to generate ACH files.
        It's intentional use is for testing purposes ONLY.  ACH-Generator will allow a 
        developer to create an ACH formatted file.

USING ACH-Generator

use ACH::Generator;

        my $newACH = new ACH;
        my $newACHfile = 'newACHFile.ACH';      # The name of the ACH file to be generated
        
        ...
        
        $newACH->generate($newACHfile);

METHODS
generate

Generates an ACH file from the data in the ACH object

CAVEATS

        This package is created for testing purposes only.  It shouldn't be used 
        for production programs or scripts.  There are other commercial products
        out there that may be a more efficient solution for accomplishing your
        goals.
        All records in an ACH file must be formatted in the following sequence
        of records.  IF the file is not formatted in this exact sequence, it
        may be rejected.
        ACH File Layout:
        1 - File Header Record
        5 - First Company/Batch Header Record
        6 - First Entry Detail Record
        7 - First Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional)
                |
        Multiples of Entry Detail Records
                |
        6 - Last Entry Detail Record
        7 - Last Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional)
        8 - First Company/Batch Control Record
                |
        Multiples of Company/Batches
                |
        5 - Last Company/Batch Header Record
        6 - First Entry Detail Record
        7 - First Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional)
                |
        Multiples of Entry Detail Records
                |
        6 - Last Entry Detail Record
        7 - Last Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional)
        8 - Last Company/Batch Control Record
        9 - File Control Record
        9999...9999 (optional)

AUTHOR

        Author: Christopher Kois
        Date: May, 2006
        Contact: cpkois@cpan.org

COPYRIGHTS

        The ACH-Generator module is Copyright (c) May, 2006 by Christopher Kois. 
        http://www.christopherkois.com All rights reserved.  You may distribute this 
        module under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL). 

SUPPORT/WARRANTY

ACH-Generator is free Open Source software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT OF ANY KIND.

KNOWN BUGS

This is version 0.01 of ACH::Generator. There are currently no known bugs.

SEE ALSO

ACH, ACH::Parser