$Id$ This package contains a library that can read and write german DTAUS files. DTAUS is an acronym for DatenTrägerAUStausch. It is used by credit institutes in order to transfer commands for money exchange between accounts. DTAUS files use a special but simple and freely documented format. I've attached a written down version in dtaus.txt in this distribution. As DTAUS uses very long integer values you can't rely on regular C long integer variables. Therefore I've written a small (and incomplete) library that deals with big integer numbers. At the moment it only contains routines that are needed by dtaus but you're invited to improve it and send back appropriate patches to me. The library is called bigint and is included in this package. Supported Currency ------------------ At the moment the only currency supported is DM. There are some hooks for supporting the new european currency Euro but it is not yet implemented. What needs to be done: . Simple support for Euro in record A . When writing records C and E, divert the field for amount . Ignore specified currency for record C . Reading dtaus, simple support for currency field . When reading dtaus, divert the field for amount More Information ---------------- I have set up a couple of web pages describing the dtaus package as well as collecting additional information that may be useful to dtaus users. Please check out: There is a mailing list set up on lists.infodrom.org that deals with DTAUS and appropriate issues. If you have questions or suggestions please subscribe to the list and post there. Please don't contact me personally if you don't have confidential questions. Using the mailing list your question and comments are archived properly so they can be used later as well. As another bonus somebody else than me could answer a question, hence not incrementing my workload. The submission address for the mailing list is: infodrom-dtaus@lists.infodrom.org To subscribe, send a mail to majordomo@lists.infodrom.org with the body "subscribe infodrom dtaus" -- or send a mail to SmartList at infodrom-dtaus-request@lists.infodrom.org with the subject "subscribe". Good luck! Martin Schulze