# this method clears the on screen variables
   def cleargemspecscreendisplay
 
       @a_gemspecfilename =""        
       @a_gemspecline1 = ""
       @a_gemspecline2 = ""
       @a_gemspecline3 = ""
       @a_gemspecline4 = ""
       @a_gemspecline5 = ""
       @a_gemspecline6 = ""
       @a_gemspecline7 = ""
       @a_gemspecline8 = ""
       @a_gemspecline9 = ""
       @a_gemspecline10 = ""
       @a_gemspecline11 = ""
       @a_gemspecline12 = ""
         @a_gemspecline13 = ""
           @a_gemspecline14 = ""
             @a_gemspecline15 = ""
               @a_gemspecline16 = ""
                 @a_gemspecline17 = ""
       extragemspecdatadisplay = ""

  end