Patent ID: 6993717

Claim:
A system for transforming data of a first data structure to a different second data structure compatible with an executable application, comprising: a pre-processor for acquiring data element values from a first data structure and collating said acquired data element values into a source file having a source data format; a mapping processor for automatically mapping data element values in said source file having said source data format into an output file having a different second data format in response to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined control data files determining a corresponding plurality of different second data formats, said mapping processor automatically mapping data element values in said source file into an output file by using selected predetermined individual control data file to identify an output file data element value corresponding to a source file data element value and to map said source file data element value in said source data format to said identified corresponding output file data element value in said second data format without user intervention; and an output processor for storing said output file for use by said application.