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# Create Template Merge Files

You must create string templates for all data files. To do so, use the OSAS Software Development Utilities or ODBC Kit to set up and maintain the BASIS data dictionaries for each file, and then use the Software Development Utilities to create the template information file from the data dictionaries.

When you use the Software Development Utilities application to set up field information, you must enter a template name. This name is used by the Create/Update Template File function to create an application-specific xx.TPL file. You can then include this file in the xxSYSFIL ZIP file on the distribution media. When the user installs the application, the installation program merges the file into OSTPL.