PSTextMerge

PSTextMerge is the new name for the program formerly known as TDF Czar.

This program merges lists of data into text templates to create fully populated text files. The output files can be Web pages, XML files, RSS Feeds or any other varieties of text files. The input data can be obtained from a tab-delimited data file, or directly from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. You can record and easily play back recorded scripts, making it easy to re-generate your output text files when your data changes. Tab-delimited files can be easily exported from most spreadsheets, databases, address book, and many other programs.

PSTextMerge can also perform other operations with tabular data, extracting and merging data from multiple bookmarks files, address books, and other formats.

Frequently Asked Questions

Have a question about PSTextMerge? You might want to try our Frequently Asked Questions page to see if your question is answered there.

Prospective User Quiz

Not sure if PSTextMerge is for you? Take our quiz and see what it recommends, based on your answers to a few simple questions.

Operational Overview

PSTextMerge can perform all of the following functions with lists of data.

Input — Read a file in and prepare for further processing, optionally converting or cleaning up the data. In addition to reading tab-delimited data, PSTextMerge can parse HTML (most notably bookmark files), XML, plus read file directories and Excel spreadsheets.
View — View the input data in a tabular format.
Sort — Arrange the records in the file based on any combination of key fields. Once sorted, records with duplicate keys can be intelligently combined, minimizing or eliminating data loss.
Filter — Show only selected records, based on one or more selection criteria.
Template — Create an output text file (such as an HTML file) by merging the tab-delimited data with a template file. One or more Web pages can be created from a single data source.
Output — Write the processed data back out to a new tab-delimited text disk file.
Script — Record and playback sequences of any of the above actions.

Final Release Version

The final release of PSTextMerge version 3.4 is now available. Visit the version history page to see the changes. Visit the downloads page to obtain the new version.

Documentation

We provide a wealth of online documentation for PSTextMerge. You can access this from our Web site, or from your local installation of the software.

Workshop — Let's look at some specific tasks that PSTextMerge can take on.
Examples — Examples of input, output and script files are given for many different scenarios.
Tutorials — These documents give you detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish tasks using PSTextMerge.
Operating Guide — This document provides detailed instructions on all aspects of PSTextMerge's operation.
Troubleshooting — If you are having problems getting PSTextMerge to work as you expect, then this is the first place to look for answers.
Version History — This document will show you a detailed history of all the enhancements that have been made to the program over time.

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