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Run Date: DEC 27, 2004                     Designation: PSN*4*94
Package : PSN - NATIONAL DRUG FILE            Priority: Mandatory
Version : 4        SEQ #86                      Status: Released
                  Compliance Date: JAN 27, 2005
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Associated patches: (v)PSN*4*80    <<= must be installed BEFORE `PSN*4*94'

Subject: PHARMACY REENGINEERING ENCAPSULATION CYCLE 1 NATIONAL DRUG FILE API UPDATES

Category: 
  - Routine

Description:
============

 This patch contains updated Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that 
 will be used by calling applications that currently do direct global 
 reads or writes to the National Drug File files.  A review of the 
 previously released APIs showed several entry points where additional 
 pieces of data were required to be returned.
  
 If you have already made code modifications, or have made plans to make
 code modifications to use any of the new APIs, please check the latest
 version of the API manual to verify that the API(s) in question have an
 Active status. The API manual has been modified since the original version
 to indicate Active and Inactive APIs. If the API(s) you need have an
 Inactive status, please contact the Pharmacy Re-Engineering team at the
 Birmingham Field Office.
  
  Associated NOISs:                                            
  ================
  N/A
   
  Associated E3Rs:
  ================
  N/A
   
  Test Sites:
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  Amarillo, TX
  Coatesville, PA
  Oklahoma City, OK
  Puget Sound Health Care System, WA
  
  Routine Summary:
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  The second line now reads as follows:
   
     <TAB>;; 4.0; NATIONAL DRUG FILE**[patch list]**; 30 OCT 98
   
  CHECK^XTSUMBLD results:
   
  Routine     Before Patch     After Patch        Patch List
  ==============================================================
  PSN50625         1805344         2472178             80,94
  PSN50626         1805918         2473330             80,94
  PSN50P68         5476697         6656223             80,94
   
  Documentation Retrieval:
  ========================
  Sites may retrieve documentation in one of the following ways:
  
  (1) The preferred method is to FTP the files from
  download.vista.med.va.gov, which will transmit the files from the first
  available FTP server.
  
  (2) Sites may also elect to retrieve documentation directly
  from a specific server as follows:
   Albany          ftp.fo-albany.med.va.gov
   Hines           ftp.fo-hines.med.va.gov
   Salt Lake City  ftp.fo-slc.med.va.gov
  
  The documentation includes:
  
   FILE NAME                        DESCRIPTION
   PHAR_1_API_R1204.PDF             Updated Pharmacy Re-Engineering API 
                                    Manual
  
  Once released, documentation may be retrieved from VISTA Documentation
  Library (VDL) on the Internet at the following address, 
  http://www.va.gov/vdl
  
  Installation Instructions:
  ==========================
  Pharmacy users can be on the system while this patch is being installed.
  Installation of this patch should take no longer than 5 minutes. 
   
  1. Use the INSTALL/CHECK MESSAGE option on the PackMan menu.
   
  2. Review your mapped set. If the routines are mapped, they should be
     removed from the mapped set at this time.
   
  3. From the Kernel Installation & Distribution System menu, select the
     Installation menu.
   
  4. From this menu, you may select to use the following options:
     (when prompted for INSTALL NAME, enter PSN*4.0*94)
   
      a. Backup a Transport Global - this option will create a backup
         message of any routines exported with the patch. It will NOT
         backup any other changes such as DDs or templates.
   
      b. Compare Transport Global to Current System - this option will
         allow you to view all changes that will be made when the patch
         is installed. It compares all components of the patch (routines,
         DDs, templates, etc.).
   
      c. Verify Checksums in Transport Global - this option will ensure
         the integrity of the routines that are in the transport global.
  5. Use the Install Package(s) option and select the package PSN*4.0*94.
   
  6. When Prompted "Want KIDS to INHIBIT LOGONs during the install? YES//"
     respond NO.
   
  7. When Prompted "Want to DISABLE Scheduled Options, Menu Options, and
     Protocols? YES//" respond NO. 

Routine Information:
====================

Routine Name:
  - PSN50P68


Routine Checksum:

Routine Name:
  - PSN50625


Routine Checksum:

Routine Name:
  - PSN50626


Routine Checksum:

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User Information:
Entered By  : TEAGUE,LYN                    Date Entered  : OCT 26, 2004
Completed By: GOYAL,NIHARIKA                Date Completed: DEC 21, 2004
Released By : BARRON,LUANNE                 Date Released : DEC 27, 2004
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