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AutoGen is a tool designed to simplify the creation and maintenance
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of programs that contain large amounts of repetitious text. It is
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especially valuable in programs that have several blocks of text
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that must be kept synchronized.
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AutoGen can now accept XML files as definition input, in addition
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to CGI data (for producing dynamic HTML) and traditional AutoGen
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definitions.
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A common example where this would be useful is in creating and
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maintaining the code required for processing program options.
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Processing options requires multiple constructs to be maintained
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in parallel in different places in your program. Options maintenance
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needs to be done countless times. So, AutoGen comes with an add-on
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package named AutoOpts that simplifies the maintenance and documentation
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of program options.
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