0.003/13/99 GERRY LIETTE 1.0 PROGRAM NARRATIVE: THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SELECT TWO CATEGORIES OF STU- DENTS WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACEMENT TESTS. STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRIC- ULA AND NON-CURRICULA CAN BE SELECTED, IF THEIR COMPLETED CUMM- ULATIVE HOURS ARE EQUAL OR GREATER THAN 9.00 BUT THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGE IS LESS THAN 2.0. A PREPARED LETTER MAINTAINED IN A PARTITIONED DATA SET IS ACCESSED BY THE PROGRAM AND PRINTED ALONG WITH A SET OF LABELS IF SELECTED, AND A STUDENT LISTING. TWO TERMS MUST BE ENTERED ON A PARMCARD ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM SELECTION. THE TERMS REPRESENT THE RANGE OF TERMS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REGISTRATION. THE FIRST TERM REPRESENTS THE LATEST TERM, THE 2ND TERM REPRESENTS THE RANGE TERM. BOTH TERMS CAN BE IDENTICAL IF ONLY ONE REGISTRATION TERM NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. ONE OR ALL CAMPUSES CAN BE SELECTED VIA THE PARMCARD. REG742S IS CALLED TO CREATE LABELS OR ENVELOPES. LETTERS AND LABELS ARE SORTED ALPHABETICALLY WITHIN CAMPUS ORDER. BOTH REPORT OPTIONS PRODUCE LISTINGS. OPTION 'C' WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE THE LETTER, PRINTING ONLY NAMES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. OPTION 'R' WILL PROVIDE A REPORT OF STUDENTS REVIEWED ALONG WITH THEIR CURRICULUM, CURRENT GPA AND COMPLETED CUMMULATIVE HOURS. THE 'R' REPORT INDICATES THOSE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED THE LETTER, REGISTERED AGAIN AND HAVE STILL NOT TAKEN THE PLACEMENT TESTS. THE PROCESSING IN THE PROGRAM, REQUIRES THAT THE PARMCARD IS FIRST EDITED FOR ERRORS. IF THE OPTION IS TO CREATE LETTERS AND LABELS, THE STUDENT DATA BASE IS READ TO RETRIEVE STUDENTS MATCHING THE CURRICULA CRITERIA SELECTED. NOTE THAT IF CURRICULA STUDENTS ARE SELECTED VIA THE PARMCARD OPTION, THE DEGREE TYPE OF THE STUDENT'S CURRICULUM IS USED IN THE SELECTION. IF NON- CURRICULA STUDENTS ARE SELECTED VIA THE PARMCARD, STUDENTS WITH A CURRICULUM THAT IS BETWEEN 021 AND 030 ARE SELECTED. REGISTRATION SEGMENTS ARE CHECKED USING A BOOLEAN CALL TO DETER- MINE IF THE STUDENT HAS RECORDS IN THE PARMCARD RANGE. WHEN FOUND IN THE RANGE, THE STUTESTD SEGMENTS ARE RETRIEVED TO CHECK FOR PLACEMENT TESTS. IF THE PARMCARD OPTION IS ON TO READ ALL ACTIVE AND HISTORY REGISTRATION RECORDS, AND A MATCH IS FOUND FOR AN ENGLISH COURSE, THE STUDENT IS BYPASSED, OTHERWISE THEY ARE WRITTEN TO THE SORT AND CONTROL FILE. IF THE OPTION IS NOT ON, AND NO STUTEST RECORD IS FOUND, STUDENT DATA IS WRITTEN TO A SORT FILE AND CONTROL FILE. THE CONTROL FILE IS USED FOR FOLLOWING UP THE STUDENT LATER. AFTER ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN SORTED IN ALPHABETICAL WITHIN CAMPUS ORDER, A LETTER IS FORMATTED FOR EACH STUDENT ALONG WITH LABELS AND A LISTING. THE LISTING PROVIDES SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND NAME OF STUDENTS RECEIVING LETTERS. WHEN SELECTING THE REVIEW OPTION, PARMCARD EDITING IS FIRST DONE, THEN THE CONTROL FILE IS READ. IF THE STUDENT HAS REGISTERED FOR THE ONCOMING TERMS PASSED VIA THE PARMCARD, AND HAS STILL NOT TAKEN THE PLACEMENT TESTS, THE STUDENT IS ONCE AGAIN LISTED ON A REPORT. INFORMATION LISTED ON THIS REPORT IS NAME, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, CURRICULUM CODE, GPA AND COMP-HOURS-CUMM. CAMPUS AND FINAL TOTALS ARE PRINTED. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A TRACKING TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES. WHEN RUNNING THIS PROGRAM, THE CONTROL FILE CAN BE USED BY BOTH OPTIONS PROVIDING THE 'DISP' ON THE EXEC JCL IS SET TO 'MOD'. IF THIS IS NOT DONE, PREVIOUS STUDENT DATA WILL BE OVERLAID AND A REVIEW OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE USING THIS PROGRAM. USING THE DISP PARAMETER:1ST RUN OF LETTERS - DEFAULT 2ND RUN OF LETTERS - MOD (APPENDS TO FILE) REVIEW OF STUDENTS - SHR (READS FILE) LETTER SETUP 1. LINE COUNTER CHECK FOR NEW PAGE IS AT 51 LINES. THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LINES WHICH CAN BE USED IN LETTER IS 90. A PAGE OF 'XXXX'S IS USED TO SEPARATE LETTERS WHEN A CHANGE OF CAMPUS OCCURS. 2. COLUMN 1 SHOULD BE USED FOR THE PRINT CONTROL CHARACTER, AND EACH LINE IN THE LETTER MUST CONTAIN A CONTROL VALUE. TO PLACE A FIELD ON THAT LINE, ANOTHER PRINT CODE MUST BE USED WHICH WILL INDICATE TO THE PROGRAM WHERE THE FIELD WILL START. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CODES WHICH ARE USED IN THE LETTER AND THEY ARE EXPLAINED BELOW: CONTROL CODE USAGE 'T' - THIS DENOTES A TEXT LINE. THE PROGRAM WILL PRINT THE LINE PREFIXED WITH THIS CODE REGARD- LESS OF IT BEING BLANK OR HAVING DATA. 'N' - THIS DENOTES THE LINE WHERE THE STUDENTS NAME WILL PRINT. THE SECOND COLUMN MUST CONTAIN AN '@' WHICH WILL INDICATE TO THE PROGRAM WHERE WHERE THE NAME WILL BEGIN. THE NAME IS 31 CHAR- ACTERS IN LENGTH, SO ANY OTHER DATA ON THAT LINE WHICH IS WITHIN THE 31 CHARACTERS WILL BE BE OVERLAID. * 'A' - THIS DENOTES THE LINE WHERE THE STUDENTS ADD- RESS IS TO BE PRINTED. THE SECOND COLUMN MUST CONTAIN AN '@' WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE STUD- ENT'S ADDRESS WILL PRINT. THIS FIELD IS 22 CHARACTERS, AND ANY OTHER DATA WHICH FALLS WITHIN THESE 22 CHARACTERS WILL BE OVERLAID. 'Z' - THIS DENOTES THE LINE WHERE THE CITY, STATE AND ZIPCODE WILL PRINT. THE SECOND COLUMN MUST CONTAIN AN '@' WHICH INDICATES WHERE THE CITY WILL PRINT. BECAUSE THE THREE FIELDS TOGETHER USE 30 CHARACTERS, OTHER DATA WHICH FALLS WITH- IN THESE 30 CHARACTERS WILL BE OVERLAID. 'U' - THIS DENOTES THE LINE WHERE STUDENTS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WILL PRINT, AND THE DATE OF THE LETTER. AN '@' INDICATES WHERE THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WILL PRINT. THIS FIELD WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 10 CHARACTERS. ANY DATA FALLING WITHIN THESE 11 CHARACTERS WILL BE OVERLAID. A 'X' INDICATES ON THIS LINE WHERE THE DATE WILL PRINT. THIS FIELD IS 8 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH, AND ANY DATA FALLING WITHIN THESE 8 CHARACTERS WILL BE OVERLAID. NOTE: THE CODE USED TO PLACE DATA ON THE LINE SUCH AS '@' OR 'X' CAN BE POSITIONED ON THE LETTER WHERE THE LETTER WRITER DEFINES. * SAMPLE OF LETTER USED IS AS FOLLOWS: T TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE T T T TCHESAPEAKE CAMPUS PORTSMOUTH CAMPUS VIRGINIA BEACH CAMPUS T1428 CEDAR ROAD STATE RTE. 135 1700 COLLEGE CRESCENT TCHESAPEAKE, VA 23320 PORTSMOUTH, VA 23703 VA. BEACH, VA 23456 T T N@ A@ Z@ T U SOC. SEC. NO.: @ DATE: X T TTIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S PLACEMENT POLICY IS: TALL STUDENTS WHO WISH TO TAKE ENGLISH OR MATH COURSES, AND STUDENTS TAPPLYING FOR ACCEPTANCE INTO A CURRICULUM MUST TAKE THE APPROPRIATE TPLACEMENT TEST OR TESTS PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT. ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS TWHO HAVE COMPLETED NINE CREDIT HOURS AT TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE TOR AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION AND HAVE A GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) BELOW T2.0 MUST ALSO TAKE THE PLACEMENT TESTS BEFORE ENROLLING IN ANY TADDITION CREDIT COURSEWORK. ENROLLMENT IN DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES IS TREQUIRED FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ACHIEVE THE APPROPRIATE SCORE(S) TON THE ENGLISH AND MATH TESTS. DEVLOPMENTAL COURSES IN READING ARE TRECOMMENDED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PLACEMENT SCORES INDICATE A NEED FOR TADDITIONAL WORK. T TACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS YOU HAVE COMPLETED 9 OR MORE CREDITS HOURS, THAVE A GPA BELOW 2.0, ARE NOT ENROLLED IN A CURRICULUM, AND HAVE TNOT TAKEN THE COLLEGE'S PLACEMENT TESTS. TO COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY TTHEREFORE, YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE THE PLACEMENT TESTS PRIOR TO TENROLLING IN ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSES AT THE COLLEGE. TO SCHEDULE AN TAPPOINTMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT TESTS, PLEASE CALL A COUNSELING OFFICE TAT YOUR HOME CAMPUS. THE COUNSELING CENTER PHONE NUMBERS ARE: T TCHESAPEAKE 547-9271 VIRGINIA BEACH 427-7211 PORTSMOUTH 484-2121 T TIF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT TESTS OR YOUR STATUS AT TTHE COLLEGE, PLEASE CALL THE COUNSELING CENTER. T * T T SINCERELY, T T T T XX. XXXXXX XXXXXX T DEAN OF INSTRUCTIONAL AND T STUDENT SERVICES 2.0 SAMPLE JCL ---------- 2.1 RUN JCL ______ //TCTRK840 JOB (XXXX,YYYY),TRK840, // MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),CLASS=F,PTRY=3, /*ROUTE PRINT PPPPPP //TRK840 EXEC TRK840, // AGENCY=295, // COLLEGE=TC, // DISP=MOD //TRK840.LTRFILE DD DSN=TCAD.SIS.PARTPROD.DATA(PLCELTR), // DISP=SHR //TRK840.PARMCARD DD * *** INPUT PARAMETERS *** /* // WHERE (XXXX,YYYY) IS YOUR ACCOUNTING INFORMATION PPPPPP IS YOUR OUTPUT DESTINATION * SYMBOLIC DESCRIPTION -------------------- REQUIRED -------- AGENCY DENOTES THE THREE CHARACTER AGENCY IDENTIFIER (EX. AGENCY=295) COLLEGE DENOTES THE TWO CHARACTER COLLEGE ABBREVIATION (EX. COLLEGE=TC) OPTIONAL -------- CENSUS THREE CHARACTER CENSUS DATA BASE IDENTIFIER DEFAULT: NONE (EX. CENSUS=CEN) DBTYPE INDICATES WHETHER TO USE THE TEST OR PRODUCTION DATA BASE FILES. DEFAULT: PROD (E.G., DBTYPE=TEST) FORM1 FORM NUMBER TO WHICH THE REPORT IS TO BE SPOOLED DEFAULT: A000 (E.G., FORM=0001) FORM2 FORM NUMBER TO WHICH THE LETTER IS TO BE SPOOLED DEFAULT: A000 (E.G., FORM=0001) FORM3 FORM NUMBER UNDER WHICH LABELS ARE TO BE STORED DEFAULT: H103 (E.G. QUEUE=A) QUEUE1 QUEUE UNDER WHICH THE REPORT IS TO BE SPOOLED DEFAULT: * (E.G. QUEUE=A) * QUEUE2 QUEUE UNDER WHICH THE LETTER IS TO BE SPOOLED DEFAULT: * (E.G. QUEUE=A) QUEUE3 QUEUE UNDER WHICH THE LABEL IS TO BE SPOOLED DEFAULT: J (E.G. QUEUE3=J) FCB CARRIAGE CONTROL BUFFER NAME FOR LABELS (DEFAULT: H103) (E.G. FCB=H103) RUNTYPE INDICATES WHETHER TO USE THE TEST OR PRODUCTION FILES. DEFAULT: PROD (E.G., RUNTYPE=TEST) SRTSIZE AMOUNT OF DASD STORAGE IN CYLINDERS ALLOCATED TO EACH SORT WORK FILE. DEFAULT: 3 (E.G., SRTSIZE=4) DISP DISPOSITION OF STUDENT FILE WHEN ACCESSED DEFAULT: OLD (E.G. DISP=MOD (APPEND TO FILE) DISP=SHR (READ FILE) NOTE: REFER TO PARAGRAPH 1.0 - PAGE 2, FOR MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION OF DISP PARAMETER. * 2.2 INPUT PARAMETERS ---------------- CC CONTENTS -- -------- 01 - 01 SELECTED REPORT OPTION I.E C - CREATE LETTER, REPORT, LABELS AND FILE I.E. R - REVIEW REPORT ONLY 02 - 04 SELECTED CURRICULUM TYPE I.E. NON - NON CURRICULUM STUDENTS I.E. COL - CURRICULA STUDENTS 05 - 10 REGISTRATION END TERM (I.E. FALL) USUALLY CURRENT 11 - 12 REGISTRATION END YEAR (I.E. 91) TERM/YEAR 13 - 18 REGISTRATION BEG TERM (I.E. FALL) 19 - 20 REGISTRATION BEG YEAR (I.E. 90) 21 SELECTED CAMPUS OR '@' FOR ALL 22 SELECTED LABEL TYPE I.E. S - STANDARD I.E. 1 - 1 UPS I.E. 3 - 3 UPS 23 READ ALL REGISTRATIONS FOR MATCH OPTION NOTE: USE THIS OPTION WHEN CREATING LETTER ONLY I.E. 'Y' - READ BOTH ACTIVE AND HISTORY ' ' DO NOT READ THE REGISTRATIONS 24 BLANK - PROGRAM WILL CHECK STUDENT'S GPA AND HOURS-COMPLETED-CUMM WHEN SELECTING 'Y' - PROGRAM WILL NOT CHECK STUDENT'S GPA OR HOURS-COMPLETED CUMM WHEN SELECTING 25 - 80 NOT USED EX: CNONFALL 91SPRING90@3(RANGE OF REGISTRATION TERMS) RNONFALL 91SPRING92@ YY (TWO TERM REGISTRATION) CCOLFALL 91FALL 91AS(ONE TERM REGISTRATION) * 3.0 JOB SETUP INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------- SPECIAL FORMS QUEUE: STANDARD FOR REPORT AND FOR LETTER FORMS BUFFER: STANDARD FOR REPORT AND FOR LETTER ALIGNMENT INSTRUCIONS: STANDARD PRINTED OUTPUT: PRE-FORMATTED LETTER LIST OF STUDENTS RECEIVING LETTERS CURRENTLY REGISTERED STUDENTS WITH NO PLACEMENT TESTS LABELS FORMS TYPE: 11 X 14 7/8 (REPORT) MAIL PAPER (LETTER) 1 UP, 3UP OR STANDARD LABELS *** NOTE: PLEASE CONTACT THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR TO SETUP A PERMANENT FILE. TO ALLOCATE STUFILE FILE VIA 3.2: TCAD.SIS.PSEQPROD.STUFILE VOLUME SERIAL - COLLEGE DEFINE DEVICE - COLLEGE DEFINE ORGANIZATION - PS RECORD FORMAT - FB RECORD LENGTH - 50 BLOCK SIZE - 5000 1ST EXT TRACKS - 20 SEC. TRACKS - 5 4.0 FILES: 4.1 DATA BASES USED: CONTROL DATABASE 1. CTLCAMPM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. CTLQUART SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 3. CTLPROPT SEGMENT (READ ONLY) STUDENT DATABASE 1. STUDENTM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. STUREGIS SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 3. STUTESTD SEGMENT (READ ONLY) CURDBD DATABASE 1. CURMASTR SEGMENT (READ ONLY) HSTDBD DATABASE 1. STUHIDNM SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 2. STUHREGI SEGMENT (READ ONLY) 4.2 ADDITIONAL FILES USED: 1. STUFILE - CONTROL FILE (WRITE, READ) 2. LTRFILE - FORMATTED LETTER (READ ONLY) RESIDES IN A PDS OR GENERAL LIBRARY. 4.3 INPUT/OUTPUT RECORD LAYOUTS: N/A 5.0 SPECIAL OUTPUT MESSAGES: 1. ERROR MESSAGE: NO PARMCARD..RUN STOPPED MEANING: THE PARMCARD IS MISSING FROM THE JOB STREAM REFER TO PARAGRAPH 2.2 FOR PARMCARD FORMAT. 2. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID REPORT OPTION SELECTED...MUST BE 'C' TO CREATE LETTERS, 'R' TO REVIEW STUDENTS, JOB STOPPED MEANING: FIRST COLUMN OF PARMCARD MUST CONTAIN A 'C' OR 'R' CODE. SEE PARAGRAPH 2.2 FOR GUIDELINES. 3. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID CURRICULUM SELECTION ON PARMCARD...MUST BE 'NON' FOR NON-CURRICULAR, 'COL' FOR COLLEGE TRANSFER. JOB STOPPED MEANING: THE SELECTION OF STUDENTS BASED ON CURRICULUM TYPE IS INVALID. MUST BE EITHER 'COL' FOR TRANSFER CURRIC- ULUMS, OR 'NON' FOR NON-CURRICULAR SELECTION. 4 ERROR MESSAGE: CURRENT TERM CANNOT BE LESS THAN RANGE TERM... JOB STOPPED MEANING: TERMS USED TO RETRIEVE REGISTRATION RECORDS MUST BE THE SAME OR THE CURRENT TERM MUST BE GREATER THAN THE RANGE TERM 5. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID CURRENT TERM ON PARMCARD...JOB STOPPED MEANING: THE TERM WHICH IS USED AS THE END OF THE TERM RANGE OR THE CURRENT REGISTRATION TERM, IS NOT A VALID TERM. VALID TERMS ARE 'FALL ' 'SPRING' AND 'SUMMER'. 6. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID CURRENT YEAR ON PARMCARD...JOB STOPPED MEANING: THE YEAR WHICH IS USED AS THE END OF YEAR RANGE OR THE CURRENT REGISTRATION YEAR WAS NOT NUMERIC. CORRECT THE PARMCARD VALUE AND RERUN JOB. 7. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID RANGE TERM ON PARMCARD...JOB STOPPED MEANING: TERM NAME USED AS THE BEGINNING OF THE TERM RANGE WHEN THE 'C' REPORT OPTION IS SELECTED, IS NOT VALID. VALID TERMS ARE 'FALL ' 'SPRING' AND 'SUMMER'. CORRECT THE PARMCARD VALUE AND RERUN JOB. 8. ERROR MESSAGE: INVALID RANGE YEAR ON PARMCARD...JOB STOPPED MEANING: THE YEAR WHICH IS USED AS THE END OF YEAR RANGE WHEN THE 'C' REPORT OPTION IS SELECTED, IS NOT VALID. CORRECT THE PARMCARD VALUE AND RERUN JOB. 9. ERROR MESSAGE: STUDENT NO LONGER FOUND ON STUDENT DATABASE SOCIAL SECURITY NO. IS ........... PROCESS CONTINUES......... MEANING: WHEN THE RANGE OPTION WAS RUN, A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FOUND ON CONTROL FILE COULD NO LONGER BE FOUND IN THE STUDENT DATABASE. RECORD BYPASSED. 10. ERROR MESSAGE: 'FATAL ERROR' 'STATUS CODE IS - ' 'DBD IN ERROR - ' 'SEGMENT IN ERROR - ' 'SEG LEVEL IN ERROR - ' MEANING: A DLI CALL WAS MADE TO A DATABASE AND AN ERROR RESULTED. REVIEW THE STATUS CODE TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE ERROR...JOB STOPPED. 6.0 SPECIAL FEATURES: 5.1 CALLING PROGRAMS: N/A 5.2 SUBPROGRAMS CALLED: UTL550S, UTL001S,REG742S 5.3 MESSAGE SEGMENT CODES: N/A 5.4 MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES: N/A 7.0 PROGRAM OPTIONS: TRK840-01 _________________________________________________________________ COL 1 - 7]8 - 14 ]15 - 21]22 - 28]29 - 35] ETC. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ENG 101]ENGL101]ENGL111] 12 ENGLISH COURSE IDS TO BE MATCHED AGAINST REGISTRATIONS: 8.0 PROGRAM CHANGE HISTORY: 8.1 VERSION NO.: 4.30 CHANGE DATE: JANUARY, 1992 PROGRAMMER NAME: PAT BUCHANAN PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO.: I:08845 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: INITIAL RELEASE 8.2 VERSION NO.: 4.31 CHANGE DATE: 02/07/92 PROGRAMMER NAME: PAT BUCHANAN PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO.: I:00009423 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: CORRECTED PROBLEM OF LABEL SELECTION NOT BEING PASSED TO REG742S, AND INITIALIZED LINE COUNTER SO THAT A PAGE OVERFLOW WOULD NOT OCCUR WHEN LETTER CONTENT TAKES MORE THAN 51 LINES. CORRECTED ADDRESS PROBLEM BY INIT- IALIZING WORKING STORAGE VALUES. ALLOWED LETTER TO BE UP TO 90 LINES OF TEXT. 8.3 VERSION NO.: 4.35 CHANGE DATE: 05/26/92 PROGRAMMER NAME: PAT BUCHANAN PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO.: I:00010004 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: ADDED AN OPTION RECORD TO PROGRAM WHICH WILL CONTAIN UP TO 12 ENGLISH COURSES WHICH WILL BE COMPARED TO STUDENT'S REGISTRATION. A STUDENT WITH NO PLACEMENT TESTS BUT WHO HAS TAKEN ANY OF THE COURSES FOUND IN THE OPTION RECORD WILL NOT BE SENT A LETTER. ADDED A NEW PARMCARD OPTION WHICH WHEN SET TO 'Y' WILL SEARCH A STUDENT'S REGISTRATION (ACTIVE AND HISTORY) FOR AN 'ENGLISH' COURSE MATCH. IF LEFT BLANK NO SEARCH OF ACTIVE /HISTORY REGISTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE. THIS OPTION IS ONLY TO BE USED WHEN SELECTING TO CREATE LETTERS. 8.4 VERSION NO.: 6.08 CHANGE DATE: 01/15/97 PROGRAMMER NAME: PAT BUCHANAN PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO.: I:00017254 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: ADDED AN OPTION RECORD TO PARMCARD SO THAT GPA AND HOURS- COMPLETED-CUMM WILL NOT BE CHECKED, IF SELECTED. SEE PARMCARD EXAMPLES. 8.5 VERSION NO: V7.02 CHANGE DATE: JANUARY 14, 1999 PROGRAMMER NAME: GERRY LIETTE (TTC) PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST NO: 00018008 DESCRIPTION: -CHANGES MADE TO MAKE PROGRAM YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT. -PROGRAM COMPILED AND TESTED USING NEW COBOL COMPILER.