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VERSION</PRE> <P>Version: 0.01 May 2006</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``description''>DESCRIPTION</A></H1> <P>ACH::Parser is a simple, generic ACH file to ACH object parser. It's intentional use is for testing purposes ONLY. ACH-Parser will allow a developer to look at the particular fields in an ACH formatted file.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``using achparser''>USING ACH-Parser</A></H1> <PRE> use ACH::Parser;</PRE> <PRE> my $file = 'RETODC0104A.ACH'; my $ach = new ACH; $ach-&gt;parse($file);</PRE> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``methods''>METHOD/A</H1> <P> <H2><A NAME=``parse''>parse</A></H2> <P>Parses the ACH data into the ACH object</P> <P> <H2><A NAME=``caveats''>CAVEAT/A</H2> <P>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.</P> <P>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.</P> <P>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)</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``author''>AUTHOR</A></H1> <P>Author: Christopher Kois Date: May, 2006 Contact: <A HREF=``mailto:cpkois@cpan.org''>cpkois@cpan.org</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``copyrights''>COPYRIGHT/A</H1> <P>The ACH-Parser module is Copyright (c) May, 2006 by Christopher Kois. <A HREF=``http://www.christopherkois.com''>http://www.christopherkois.com All rights reserved. You may distribute this module under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL).</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``support/warranty''>SUPPORT/WARRANTY</A></H1> <P>ACH-Parser is free Open Source software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT OF ANY KIND.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``known bugs''>KNOWN BUG/A</H1> <P>This is version 0.01 of ACH::Parser. There are currently no known bugs.</P> <P> <HR> <H1><A NAME=``see also''>SEE ALSO</A></H1> <P><A HREF=``../../../site/lib/ACH.html''>the ACH manpage</A>. <A HREF=``../../../site/lib/ACH/Generator.html''>the ACH::Generator manpage</A></P> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=100%> <TR><TD CLASS=block VALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=``#cccccc''> <FONT SIZE=+1><STRONG><P CLASS=block>&nbsp;ACH::Parser - Parse an ACH formatted file to ACH perl object</P></STRONG></FONT> </TD></TR> </TABLE>

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