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ACH::Generator - Generates an ACH formatted file from an ACH perl object
	
=head1 VERSION

Version: 0.01
May 2006

=head1 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.

=head1 USING ACH-Generator

	use ACH::Generator;

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

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  # Print data out to ACH file
  print OUTPUT "$data";

  # Close the ACH file
  close (OUTPUT);
}


=head2 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