UT Austin Facilitation Software History

This is a short history of the different versions of the UT Austin Facilitation Software (SP_MENU.EXE)
(For Help contact Wally Reeves)



Version 2.76 (beta) 5/31/2000
           Acknowledgement Module
               Modified the program fix a bug involving the reference number
                having leading spaces (ISA, GS, ST, SE, GE, IEA segments).

Version 2.75b (beta)  03/07/2000
           ETN to SPEEDE Conversion Module
                Modified to handle ETN semester year 00 and convert it to 2000
            SPEEDE Print module
                Now allows printing to a file in addition to the printer/screen

Version 2.74b (Not Released)

Version 2.73b (beta)   05/11/99
            ETN to SPEEDE Conversion Module
                Modified the program to handle the case when the high school
                name is available, but the code is not;  the N1 HS segment
                will only have data elements N1 01 (HS) & 02 (hs name)

Version 2.72b (beta)   03/29/99
             SPEEDE to ETN Conversion Module
                 Modified the program to handle decimals in the SUM records:
                     hours attempted, hours earned, grade points

Version 2.71b (beta)   01/12/99
             SPEEDE Print Module
                 Modified the program to allow Version 4 transcripts to print
                     (Warning: Version 4 has NOT been tested !)

Version 2.70b (beta)   01/04/99
             SPEEDE Print Module
                 Modified to fix a problem with printing the PCL05 data
                     element (Higest Degree Awarded)
                 Modified to fix a problem with printing the N1 AS address
                     data

Version 2.69b (beta)   12/10/98
             SPEEDE Print Module
                 Modified to fix a problem with printing the SES14 data
                     element (Honors or Delinquency Code)
                 Modified to fix a problem with printing the SST04 data
                     element (Eligible to Return code)
                 Modified to fix a problem with printing the CRS19 data
                     element (Student Drop Date)

Version 2.68b (not released)

Version 2.67b (beta)   06/19/98
            SPEEDE Print Module
                 Updated it to handle the RAP segment - does well on Texas TASP
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Now handles converting the note with TASP info into a RAP segment
            SPEEDE to ETN Module
                 Now handles converting the RAP segment into the ETN note

Version 2.66b (beta)   06/19/98
            SPEEDE Print Module
                 Fixed a bug involving the printing of the PER segment element 01 - OA & MD
                 Fixed a bug involving the printing of the NTE segments prior to the first SES segment
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Fixed a bug involving the test scores to TST/SBT/SRE elements - missing codes
            Acknowledgment Module
                 Fixed the programs to allow them to handle files without explicit end-of-segment terminators

Version 2.65b (beta)   05/29/98
            SPEEDE Print Module
                 Fixed a bug involving the printing of the Previous College dates (format RD5)
                 Added the ability to print RAP segments
                 Added Grade (Quality) Points to the SUM print
            Standalone Module Added
                 Added SPTOETN$.EXE to handle standalone SPEEDE to ETN conversions

Version 2.64b (beta)   04/29/98
            SPEEDE Print Module
                 Fixed a bug involving the test date when the same test was taken more than once

Version 2.63b (beta)   02/06/98
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Fixed a bug involving the degree date when the DD in ETN date was 00
            ExPRESS Print Module (NEW and very Beta; tested with AISD & REG20)
                 Added a new ExPRESS print module that prints in a more traditional format

Version 2.62b (beta)   11/05/97
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Added the ability to specify the ISA 15 Production/ Test Switch to the menu
                 Fixed a problem with the N1 AS Institution Name Search

Version 2.61b (beta)   10/13/97
            Acknowledgment Module
                 Fixed a problem processing acks from certain schools where the N1 AS and N1 AT were reversed

Version 2.60b (beta)   06/09/97
            Acknowledgment Module
                 Fixed an error involving the ST & BGN segments when processing a file from many different schools
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Reduced the memory required to run the module

Version 2.59b (beta)   05/29/97
            SPEEDE to ETN Module
                 Fixed bug involving grade points; fixed bug that involved converting Transfer Work & Repeat Flag
                 Fixed bug involving summary record
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Reduced memory requirements

Version 2.58b (beta)   05/12/97
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Changed the ETN to SPEEDE module to put code 4 (Raw Score) in SRE01: Test Score Qualifier
                 (instead of code 1 (Scaled Score)

     Version 2.57b (beta)   04/15/97
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Lowered memory requirements in the SPEEDE to ETN and Incoming Acknowledgment Modules

     Version 2.55b (beta)   02/24/97
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Fixed a bug that corrupted the GPA data
            Incoming Acknowledgment Module
                 Added logic to the Incoming Acknowledgment logic that handles 997 Acknowledgments

     Version 2.54b (beta)   01/21/97
            ETN to SPEEDE Module
                 Updated code to SPEEDE version 2
                 Changed CRS 12 (quality points) from N2 format to R format
                 Fixed a bug that put 000 in CRS 05 (Academic Grade Qualifier) when grade was IP; now puts 500
                    in CRS 05 (Academic Grade Qualifier) when this occurs

     Version 2.53b (beta)   12/20/96
            SPEEDE to ETN Module
                 Fixed problem with sender code not showing up in ETN record
                 Fixed problem with course record when semester type not being sent

     Version 2.52b (beta)   12/19/96
            SPEEDE to ETN Module
                 Fixed Test Scores bug
                 Fixed problem with courses when course type was 0
                 Fixed problem with student address carrying over to next record when that address was blank
                 Fixed problem with GPA when more than 3 decimals
                 Fixed problem with high school code when incoming code was more than 7 characters

     Version 2.51b (beta)     12/12/96 First version on the web


last updated May 31, 2000