Patent ID: 8683324

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating a file, comprising: receiving from a user a selection of a template file from a plurality of template files, wherein a template file includes changeable fields associated with corresponding field delimiters and prompting labels, wherein at least two different template files have different quantities of changeable fields; accessing an incomplete software program file containing identifiers of variable name locations, the incomplete software program file being separate from the template file, wherein, when the template file is a text file type, the incomplete software program file is generated by obtaining data from the template file with user inputs, and when the template file is a non-text file type, the incomplete software program file is generated by copying the template file to the incomplete software program file; parsing the program file to locate the variable name locations; inserting the labels obtained from the template file selected by the user in the corresponding variable name locations into the program file; and executing a program associated with the program file, wherein the program generates a user interface, separate from the program file and the template file, containing the inserted labels and corresponding user input fields via which the user can provide data corresponding to the changeable fields in the selected template file.