No other changes other than those identified and listed in the Specifications Changes and Corrections log will be implemented. The next specification release will be July 2001. With the release of Version 5.0 Client Suite, the enhancement to transmit Delete and Change transactions without transmitting the 1000 transaction will be enabled. Vendors should develop their test flat files according to the changes made to the Specification Changes and Revisions Log posted on the Design Documentation Page. Vendors are to continue using the current version of the Vendor Validation Tool, 4.02 to test their files for compliance.
Final testing is underway.
Monitor this page for further information. A list server message will be sent to registered, activated users to notify them when the software is available for download. Information about the version 5.0 software release has been posted on the News Page . Software Version 4.0 included a database translation utility which converted, updated and copied incident data to the new 4.0 database. The Database Translation Tool translates UTC to Real Times and null identifiers to 0 values in the local Access 97 tables.