# this method views an existing address record
  def loadnamerecord
 
         require 'fileutils'
        @a_filename = $currentnametext
	      
        begin # exception trapped block
       
       
	      fileName = $addressfiles_directory + "/" + $currentnametext + ".nam"
        
	      fd = File.open(fileName,"r")
	      @a_name =        fd.readline.chomp
        @a_address = fd.readline.chomp
         @a_citystatezip  = fd.readline.chomp
         @a_phone = fd.readline.chomp
        @a_email = fd.readline.chomp
         @a_comment1 = fd.readline.chomp 
          @a_comment2 =fd.readline.chomp
          @a_comment3 = fd.readline.chomp
	 
	      while ! fd.eof?
	        @extranamedatadisplay = fd.readline
	      end
        fd.close
        rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
            $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
        end # exception rescue

  end