-------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes for DrugPak v 5.5.70703 3 July 2007 -------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------- This text is stored in a file called UPDATE.TXT. It will be installed into the program directory, so you can read or print it at your convenience. These release notes are provided to help you learn about changes to the software that have occurred too late to include in the on-line manual and help systems. Review the Contents section (next) to see if any of the Release Notes may be of interest to you. -------------------------------------------------------- 2. Contents -------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction (prior section) 2. Contents (this section) 3. Instructions for New Users 4. Important Notes for Current Users 5. Enhancements 6. Fixes in the CD release 7. Known Issues 8. Post-CD Fixes and Enhancements -------------------------------------------------------- 3. Instructions for New Users -------------------------------------------------------- This fully-functional software can be installed for a risk- free 30-day trial period. Please call us at 800-321-7826 if you have any questions. You can test the system with live data. If you purchase the software, you will be given a registration key to unlock the software for permanent use. You will not need to reinstall anything or re-enter any data. If you would like to evaluate DrugPak in a multi-user environment, you can install the software on your network. The recommended installation path is ...\scanlon\dp50. To set up an additional workstation to run DrugPak, follow these steps: 1) From your Start menu select Run. 2) In the "Run" window, click the "Browse" button. 3) In the "Browse" window, browse the network to locate the DP50 program directory. Click WKINST.EXE so that it is highlighted, then click the "Open" button. 4) In the "Run" window, click the "OK" button to run WKINST.EXE. 5) The workstation setup program will run. Follow the on- screen instructions to finish configuring the workstation. When running the software, press F1 at any time to instantly view a pertinent topic from the help system. A printable User's Manual in MS Word format will be installed with the software. You can access additional help features via the Help menu in the program, or via "Start |Programs | DrugPak 50 | Help" menu. If you are installing from our CD, you can also learn more about the software by watching the "Introduction" presentation. Call us at 1-800-321-7826 to schedule a complete walkthrough of the software. -------------------------------------------------------- 4. Important notices for current users ------------------------------------------------------- There is a slight chance that some individuals with customized Billing Invoice forms may require updated reports. If you have custom invoice forms, Scanlon Associates suggests running a test billing cycle on the DEMO company to test the invoice printing process. ***DrugPak Client/Server Users*** Before installing DrugPak 5.5, you must first update your Advantage Database Server to the latest version (6.2), if you have not already done so. If you are already running DrugPak 5.3 or later, then your Advantage Database Server is already up to date. If not, please contact DrugPak technical support for assistance. -------------------------------------------------------- 5. Enhancements -------------------------------------------------------- -- Modified the "Instant Audit" and "Incomplete Test Results Report" to NOT report an exception if the COC Received date is missing from Alcohol tests. -- Added MRO Access flag to users file. This flag controls whether the specified user may access MRO Management. -- Profiles which use their own audit trail report settings can now be reverted to the default settings with the "Use default options" button on the Reports tab of the Random Selection Profiles screen. When the default options are used for a profile, the random selection experts now give the user a choice either to modify the default settings or to create profile-specific settings. The "new" expert now displays which report settings are used for each profile. -- If a test is cancelled, DrugPak no longer warns about missing COC date. -- "Obey alternate list grouping" option has been removed when printing Notification Letters for alternates. Now the alternate list grouping is always obeyed when printing notification letters for alternates. -- "Would you like to lookup a batch?" option when Selecting an -Alternate can now be re-enabled via the Optional Prompts user preferences. -- If "Prompt to print on letterhead" is checked, reports now suppress the business address. -- Updated the Export to MRO dialog - Added support for using the Translation Engine. No standard layouts are available at this time. Assistance with this feature is subject to custom programming charges. - The "Use Preferred Layout" checkbox has been replaced with a drop-down list with the following options: Simple Delimited File "Preferred" MRO Management Delimited Format Use Translation Engine When "Simple Delimited File" is chosen, then an additional page appears in the dialog: "Field Sequence." The Field Sequence page allows you to create different output formats and save them to a file. These output formats are saved in the Common directory with a *.MXF extension. ORIGINAL.MXF comes pre-installed with this release of DrugPak, and will output fields in the same order as they did in version 5.2. Added "Carriage Return Replacement Text" and "Line Feed Replacement Text" settings to the Simple Delimited File options. These settings provide alternative text to output when memo fields contain carriage return (#13) or line-feed (#10) characters. Leave these fields blank to simply replace these characters with a single-space. -- Added the ability to reprint the random selection audit trail for multiple batches at one time. Batches are selected using a range of selection dates, and checkboxes are available to turn printing on or off. Report settings for each batch are set using the settings for the corresponding random selection profile, so make sure that these settings are correct before reprinting the audit trail. Just as in the new random selection expert, the selected audit trails will be sent directly to the printer. To use this feature, select "Reprint selection audit trail" from the Randoms menu, and choose the "Multiple batches" option. -- Upgraded the Lab Usage Report and Collection Site Usage Report. -- Added ability to sub-group by company. -- Added ability to print totals only, suppressing test type sub-groups, (short form only). -- Many new data fields have been added to the Collection Site file. -- Updated the random selection statistics reports to exclude "Test not Performed" statuses from the "Completed" tally, in accordance with CFR 40.207(b). -- Added new options for Random Selection Profiles: On the Participants tab of the Random Selection Profiles screen, the Home Base, Occupation, and Pool Group lists have a new "All" check-box. To include all Home Bases in a profile's random selection, check the "All" check-box above the list. When you add a new Home Base in DrugPak, it will automatically be included in that profile's random pool. Previously, profiles that included all Home Bases had to be updated manually when a new Home Base was added to DrugPak. The new "All" check-boxes work the same way for Occupations and Pool Groups. The Home Base, Occupation and Pool Group lists now allow blank codes to be explicitly included in or excluded from the random pool. Previously, participants with no assigned Home Base were only included in the pool when the "Home Bases Selected" list either included all Home Bases or was empty. To include blank Home Bases, move the "*BLANK" code to the "Home Bases Selected" list (the "*BLANK" code will always be displayed at the top of the list). This new option works the same way for Occupations and Pool Groups. To implement this new option, a database upgrade will be performed. The upgrade will add the "*BLANK" code when the current list is empty, and will set the "All" option for lists that currently contain all codes. Put simply, DrugPak's behavior will not change from the current settings. -- A new option has been added for Result Letters. The MRO signature image can be printed on all letters, on no letters, or only on letters for negative results. To use this option, select "Always," "Never," or "Negatives" for "Print MRO Signature" on the Results Letters screen (Reports | Results Letters on the DrugPak main menu). The option will be set initially to "Never." -- Added activity tracking to track when a DrugPak user changes a result record's task_id on the results page. -- Added process to remove invalid characters from home base codes, occupation codes, and pool group codes when importing participants data. The only valid codes are: A through Z, 0 through 9, underscore (_), and hyphen (-). -- Added feature to help prevent companies from being mistakenly set to inactive. When a user turns off a the Active check box, and posts the record, the user will be warned, and asked to type YES (in all caps), to verify that the does, in fact, want to de-activate this company. Once the user types YES, then the user can post the record. -- Added "RANDOMS" option to the USERS file. The database upgrade turns this option ON for all existing users. If this option is turned OFF, then the specified user is not able to access any features related to Random Selections, including Random Selection Audit Trails and Random Program Statistics, nor can the user modify any property of a participant record that affects the participant's eligibility for random selections, including "Terminated" status, "Include in Randoms" status, DOT Administrations, Home Base, Occupation, or Pool Group. -- Added new menu item to the Randoms Menu: "Cancel Individual Result" Select a participant that needs to have pending tests canceled. Normally this is only necessary if the participant has been terminated prior to collection, or if the participant will be on an extended leave of absence throughout the testing period. All of the pending tests will be displayed in the grid. Several options are available: "Reason for Cancelation" This is required text. It is placed in the INTERNAL notes field along with a log of who canceled the test. "Mark Participant Terminated" This option will only be enabled if the participant is not presently terminated. Mark this checkbox ON to Terminate the participant after canceling the test(s). "Make Participant Ineligible for future Random Selections" This option will only be enabled if the participant is not presently terminated and is presently marked "Include in Randoms". Mark this checkbox ON to set the participant's "Include in Randoms" flag to FALSE after canceling the test(s). "Select an Alternate" Turn this checkbox ON if you would like to display the "Select an Alternate" window after canceling the random tests. -- "View Participants Results" list of results is now listed in Collection Date order. Results with no collection date will appear at the top of the list. -- The DrugPak main module now includes new option on the Help menu "Connect with a Technical Support agent". You should use this option only under the guidance of a technical support agent. -------------------------------------------------------- 6. Fixes in the CD-Release -------------------------------------------------------- -- Modified the Copy Result routine to "recycle" the database record when the user opts to "delete" the original result. This way the any images associated with the original result will remain associated with it. -- Fixed a problem in the FUP Test schedule that prevented printing for two FUP tests for the same person scheduled on the same day. Only the first scheduled test would print. -- Fixed a problem in the FUP Test Schedule database that prevented the PREC_ID field from being recorded. -- Numerous small fixes to the MIS Reports -- Corrected problem on Lab Usage report, where the Fax number was always incorrect. -- The "prompt to print on letterhead" global settings are now being obeyed during audit trail printing -- The new random selection expert now prints alternate notification letters properly. -- Code and Contact entries were allowing spaces in the "Code" field. This is now prevented. -- Error 5016 when copying result to another participant, if the participant already has a result with the same Batch ID, has been fixed. -- Company short form report was not keeping company together across a page break. -- Fixed a problem in which selecting an alternate did not update the home base in the tests table. -- Fixed a problem for users upgrading from DrugPak v5.2, SQL error "Field PREC_ID does not exist." -- Fixed a bug in the Participant Import PIM file interpreter. When importing NON-DELIMITED data files, the wrong checkbox settings would be returned. There was no problem when loading .PIM files for DELIMITED files. -- Linked Document Manager documents were not being found when a test record is posted. -- Updated Random Selection Parameters proof list and audit trail reports to solve "Error 5005: The supplied buffer was insufficient for the information returned. The data may have been truncated" when printing these reports with many thousands of companies in the list. Now the reports use subreports to present the data. -- Previously the file path length of the *.CSV file to be used when importing participant data was limited to 80 characters. That limit has been removed. -- The Copy Result tool did not update the last test date for the destination participant. This has been rectified. A database upgrade was created to update the last test date for all participants who: A) currently have an empty last test date; and B) have an existing result with a collection date entered. -- Fixed a bug which caused the Collection Site mailing labels not to print; the standard Collection Site report would print instead. -- Fixed misspelling of "offical" (official) on the MIS report. -- resltimp.dbf table was being locked, resulting in inability to import MRO anagement data. -------------------------------------------------------- 7. Known Issues -------------------------------------------------------- You can keep up-to-date with the latest version of DrugPak by visiting our Update page on the web: http://drugpak.com/dp55 -------------------------------------------------------- 8. Post-CD Fixes and Enhancements -------------------------------------------------------- 02/10/2005 Modified the installation program; recompiled and reversionized DRUGS.EXE without program changes. 05/04/2005 Integrated new image tables for document manager. 04/11/2006 --When posting a test record, the last test date of the participant would be updated with the date of a canceled test. --When attempting to link to a document in Document Manager, an error would occur if the field being linked to was a blank date. 05/02/2006 New global option to allow the user to update last batch and last test date in the participants file. The new option is on the Participants page. 08/28/2006 --Fixed a bug in the import process that could cause a record to "remember" a value from the previous record, if the corresponding value in the current record is blank. Only certain fields were affected by this bug, namely the address fields. 08/30/2006 -- Document Manager interfaces are now compatible with MS IE7. 09/06/2006 -- Fixed incompatibilities with Win98 caused by fixing incompatibilities with IE7 09/15/2006 The "examine results collected in the last N days" Document Manager setting did not take effect until a restart of DrugPak. It now takes effect immediately. The "examine results collected in the last N days" setting was sometimes not being obeyed when linking to Document Manager documents. DrugPak will now prompt to remove links from a record when the links no longer match the Document Manager document. This occurs any time a record is posted. 09/21/2006 New options are presented when a record's link to a Doc Manager document is no longer valid, allowing the user to fix the link or discard it. 09/27/2006 The user can now customize options for each field when a record's link to a Doc Manager document is no longer valid. 11/29/2006 Added profiling information to the MIS report. 12/07/2006 [6924] The MIS report was failing to include subsequently deleted participants in the totals for sections II A and B. Also, the averages that make up these totals were always being rounded down. Banker's rounding is now used. 12/21/2006 Document Manager "discard" keys are no longer deleted when a link is made. 1/4/2007 Added additional fields to the Standard Export-To-MRO "Preferred Layout" Added checkbox to "Omit INTERNAL Comments." Check this box ON to prevent INTERNAL comments from being exported. 1/31/2007 [7097] Fixed incompatibility with Windows 98. 03/22/2007 MRO Export now gets the home base and occupation from the test result being imported, if there is one specified.