#=pod

    #no warnings 'all';		# doesn't seem to prevent error messages....
    my $xform = new RTF::TEXT::Converter->new( 
                                    output => \$output_string
                                                 );
    $xform->parse_string( $input_string );

#=cut

##</code><code>##

do {
	# Should be unnecessary to see this; the data is in the dd_config_info file
	my $msg = Dumper(
			\%ddcon_contents,
			\@ddcon_order,
			$dd_con_defaults,
			);
	esdw "ddc_data2 $msg\n";
}
if 1;