Also, on the Gold CD, there is a formations editor (formationeditor.zip). Unfortunately what it does best for me is crash my computer.
So I am entering the ship types by hand. There really is no need to do them all since I only use a few different formations, so it should be no strain for a big profit.
Thanks Thog for starting this thread. If you hadn't I would have! And thanks to all of you with the helpful replies; you guys should be asking for cash!
Kim