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****************** COBOL PROGRAMS ****************** 

ALERT-C-ANSWER.COB
ALERT-C-INQ.COB
ALERT-C-PROCESS.COB
ALERT-COUNSELOR.COB
ALERT-CREATE.COB
ALERT-DEL.COB
ALERT-EDIT.COB
ALERT-FACULTY.COB
ALERT-INQ-ADV.COB
ALERT-INQ-ORG.COB
ALERT-PRINT.COB
ALERT-PROCESS.COB
ALERT-READ-RESP.COB
ALERT-RD.COB
ALERT-SEND.COB
COUNSELOR-ADD.COB
COUNSELOR-CHG.COB
COUNSELOR-DEL.COB
COUNSELOR-UPD.COB
UPDATE_ALERT.COB

****************** COBOL I/O SEGMENTS ****************** 

ALERT-CLOSE.RTN
ALERT-COUN-CLOSE.RTN
ALERT-COUN-DELETE.RTN
ALERT-COUN-OPEN.RTN
ALERT-COUN-READ-NEXT.RTN
ALERT-COUN-READ.RTN
ALERT-COUN-REWRITE.RTN
ALERT-COUN-START.RTN
ALERT-COUN-WRITE.RTN
ALERT-DELETE.RTN
ALERT-OPEN.RTN
ALERT-READ-NEXT.RTN
ALERT-READ.RTN
ALERT-REWRITE.RTN
ALERT-START.RTN
ALERT-WRITE.RTN
COUNSELOR-CLOSE.RTN
COUNSELOR-DELETE.RTN
COUNSELOR-OPEN.RTN
COUNSELOR-READ-NEXT.RTN
COUNSELOR-READ.RTN
COUNSELOR-REWRITE.RTN
COUNSELOR-START.RTN
COUNSELOR-WRITE.RTN
WS-IO-NAMES.RTN

****************** OPENVMS FMS FORMS ****************** 

ALERT_C_ANSWER.FRM
ALERT_C_INQ.FRM
ALERT_C_PROCESS.FRM
ALERT_COUNSELOR.FRM
ALERT_CREATE.FRM
ALERT_DELETE.FRM
ALERT_EDIT.FRM
ALERT_FACULTY.FRM
ALERT_INQ_ADV.FRM
ALERT_INQ_ORG.FRM
ALERT_PROCESS.FRM
ALERT_READ.FRM
ALERT_READ_OVL.FRM
ALERT_READ_RESP.FRM
ALERT_SEND.FRM
COUNSELOR_ADD.FRM
COUNSELOR_CHG.FRM
COUNSELOR_DEL.FRM
COUNSELOR_UPD.FRM

****************** FOCUS PROGRAMS ****************** 

GE-FST-ALT-EXT.FEX

****************** OPENVMS DCL COMMAND PROCEDURES ****************** 

ALERTC.COM
ALERTF.COM
COMP_ALERT.COM
GE-FST-ALT-EXT.COM
UPDATE_ALERT.COM

****************** COBOL DECLARATIVE SEGMENTS ****************** 

ALERT.DEC
ALERT-COUN.DEC
COUNSELOR.DEC

****************** FILE DEFINITION LANGUAGE FILES ****************** 

ALERT.FDL
ALERT-COUN.FDL
COUNSELOR.FDL

****************** FOCUS MASTER FILE DESCRIPTION FILES ****************** 

ALERT.MAS

****************** DOCUMENTATION FILES ****************** 

ALERT-DOC.TXT (this file)
ALERT-PROCEDURE.TXT


    ===================================================================


Directions :


1)  Add the following lines to SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM and run it to
activate these new logicals:
	$  DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC    ALERT          ALERT.DAT
	$  DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC    ALERT_COUN     ALERT_COUN.DAT
	$  DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC    COUNSELOR      COUNSELOR.DAT

2)  Use the following command on all of the FMS forms (*.FRM files) to add your
institution name.
	$  FMS/EDIT (file name) 

3)  Once the files have been arranged, use the COMP_ALERT command procedure to 
create the executables.

4)  Create three data files (ALERT.DAT, ALERT_COUN.DAT, and COUNSELOR.DAT).  
Use the following commands :
	$  CREATE/FDL=ALERT.FDL      	ALERT.DAT
	$  CREATE/FDL=ALERT_COUN.FDL 	ALERT_COUN.DAT
	$  CREATE/FDL=COUNSELOR.FDL  	COUNSELOR.DAT

5)  Use ALERTC command procedure for the counselors and ALERTF command 
procedure for the faculty.

6)  The file ALERT-PROCEDURE.TXT explains the functional processing.

    ===================================================================


Special Notes :


This process was originally designed to access the SIS data directly.  I felt
this could cause problems so I modified it to access an extract of the SIS 
data.  The UPDATE_ALERT command procedure (and its associated programs) is
used for this purpose.  However, I did leave the original code in so you can
run it as it was originally designed.  


On most of the screens there is a "status" bar near the top.  The following
status values are used :
		C - Created : created but not processed.
		S - Sent : alert record sent to counselor for processing.
		R - Response : responded to, but needs additional information.
		L - Closed : responded to, no further processing needed.
		X - History : alert record on file.
