| Title: | FDA PRODUCT CODE BUILDER UPDATE INFO |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1994-11-17 |
| To: | abi |
| Links: | previous, next |
ATTENTION: ALL ABI FILERS PARTICIPATING IN THE FDA INTERFACE
ACS IS PRESENTLY WORKING ON A PROJECT WHICH WOULD ALLOW ABI
FILERS TO RECEIVE UPDATES TO THE FDA PRODUCT CODE BUILDER. THIS
PRODUCT CODE BUILD PROGRAM WAS DISTRIBUTED BY FDA PERSONNEL TO
ALL WHO ATTENDED THE FDA TRAINING CLASSES.
THE PRODUCT CODE BUILD ROUTINE WAS DISTRIBUTED ON DISK AND WORKS
OFF YOUR PC. IT WAS DESIGNED BY FDA AND IS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT
OF ABI. FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS, ABI WILL ASSIST WITH THE FDA
UPDATES TO THE PRODUCT CODE BUILD PROGRAM. ACS WILL NOTIFY THE
THE TRADE (IN THE FORM OF AN ADMIN MESSAGE), ONCE FDA HAS PROVIDED
AN UPDATE. THESE UPDATES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE ABI USER
BY QUERYING ACS FOR THE UPDATE. ONE SPECIFIC UPDATE WILL
CONTAIN NUMEROUS FDA PRODUCT CODE CHANGES. THESE UPDATES WILL
BE IN THE FORM OF RAW DATA SIMILAR TO THE FILES PRESENTLY IN YOUR
PC'S PRODUCT CODE BUILDER.
THIS ENTIRE FDA PRODUCT CODE UPDATE QUERY CAPABILITY WILL BE
VERY SIMILAIR TO THE ABI HARMONIZED UPDATE PROCEDURE. THE NEW
QUERY APPLICATION CODES WILL BE PROVIDED IN A FUTURE ADMIN
MESSAGE.
- NEW ABI SPECIFICATIONS FOR THIS QUERY CAPABILITY WILL BE FORTH
COMING IN A FUTURE ADMIN MESSAGE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THE PRODUCT CODE UPDATES ARE UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT
ABI HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN THE INITIAL PROGRAMMING. ABI WILL
BE ACTING STRICTLY AS A FACILITATOR FROM FDA TO THE ABI FILER
WHO IS TRYING TO UPDATE HIS PC FILES WHICH CONTAIN THE
FDA PRODUCT CODE BUILDER. ACS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE
SPECIFICATIONS ON HOW TO QUERY THIS UPDATE, HOWEVER IT WILL BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ABI USER, SOFTWARE VENDOR OR SELF PROGRAMMER
TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND DOWNLOAD THE DATA TO THE CORRECT
FILES. FOR THIS REASON, THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE WILL
CONTAIN INSTRUCTIONS FROM FDA ON THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR
ACCOMPLISHING THIS TASK. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU
CONTACT YOUR SOFTWARE VENDOR TO ENSURE YOU PROPERLY UPDATE YOUR
PC FILES CONTAINING THE PRODUCT CODE BUILDER.
* THIS IS STRICTLY A VOLUNTARY PROCEDURE HOWEVER, BE AWARE IT WILL
BE THE ONLY METHOD AVAILABLE FOR RECEIVING UPDATES TO YOUR PRODUCT
CODE BUILDER.