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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
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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
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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