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Online mailing list (ML) procedures are identified on the Mailing List Menu shown below. Before any computer procedure can be run, the user must first sign-on by entering a valid User-ID and password. To start a specific ML procedure, enter the 2-digit number associated with that procedure.
MAILING LIST MENU:
------------------------------------------------------------------------- | MAILING LIST SYSTEM MENU (2005) 01-31-2005 13:25 | |=========================================================================| | | | No Procedure Name No Procedure Name | | -- -------------------------- -- --------------------------- | | 01 - Enter Name Address Records 08 - Process ML Batch Input | | 02 - Select And Sort Names 09 - Reformat AR AP PR Records | | 03 - Print Label Counts By ZIP 10 - Build Mailing Chains | | 04 - Print Mailing List Report 11 - Purge Old ML Records | | 05 - Print Mailing Labels 12 - Import/export PC ASCII File | | 06 - Inquire By Name 92 - Redefine System Printer | | 07 - Print Computer Letters 99 - End ML Menu | | | | Enter ML Procedure Number.......[ ] | | | |=========================================================================| | F1=Help F2=Enter F9=Print F10=Exit | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Data entry procedure ML01 displays fields that comprise each record and performs online file update functions (add, modify and delete). A Name Address Record (name and address information) must be entered into the ML System before any mailing labels or computer letters can be printed. Procedure ML12 is used to reformat PC files into the Name Address Record for subsequent input by procedure ML08.
Vendor, customer, and employee name and address information can be extracted from the Accounts Payable System, Accounts Receivable System and Payroll System and reformatted into Name Address Records and added to the ML System by procedure ML09.
Inquiry procedure ML06 displays a group of selected names on the terminal.
Reporting procedures ML03 and ML04 print reports on line printers (computer-size paper) or laser printers (letter-size paper). Procedure ML05 prints mailing labels of various sizes. Computer letters printed by procedure ML07 are printed on letter-size paper. Before any of these reports can be printed, procedure ML02 must be executed to select and sort the Name Address Records. Each reporting procedure displays a screen for the user to enter selection criteria, report formatting and sorting options. Procedures ML02, ML08, ML09, ML10, ML11 and ML12 print a one-page control report showing the number of records processed for audit trail purposes.
Redefine system printer procedure ML92 allows the user to redefine where the reports are to be printed. If a disk file is specified, the report is written to disk from which it can be displayed in a pop-up report window (92V) and then printed on paper by pressing function key F9.
MAILING LIST SYSTEM FEATURES:
In addition to the operational, security and technical features mentioned in the Accounting Software Summary, some key functional features of the mailing list module are highlighted below:
1. Existing mailing lists can be easily imported and exported using procedure ML12 for easy contact address management.
2. The ML System software handles multiple lists with the List code which is user defined by Code Definition Records for maximum flexibility.
3. Automatic assignment of name-ID numbers for subsequent reference in updating a specific record, such as an address change. Name initials can be used to retrieve a record by ML operating procedure 01.
4. Both 5-digit and 9-digit ZIP codes are handled.
5. Flexible reporting capability allows the user to request and print 30 different mailing list reports.
MAILING LIST SYSTEM INTERFACE CAPABILITIES:
The online ML software references three records in the Database Control System to control basic system functions (Company Control Record), to verify User-IDs (User Control Record) and to validate List codes and other user definable codes (Code Definition Records).
The ML System references master records in the Accounts Payable System, Accounts Receivable System and Payroll System to print mailing labels, memos or computer letters to vendors, customers and employees. These three systems are optional.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
The Mailing List System (MLS) runs on any compatible 386 or higher PC or UNIX based computer, such as the IBM RS/6000 with IBM 3151 terminals using the AIX operating system. The MLS software operates on personal computers running all versions of Windows from Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista in a local area network (LAN) using Microsoft BackOffice Server, NetWare or LANtastic with complete flexibility in specifying the location of all files on the client or server. The Run Time Environment for Micro Focus COBOL support is included at no extra cost with the DOS executable programs of the MLS COBOL software.
The Database Control System from Legler Systems Company is required to support the ML System. The ML source programs are written in COBOL for easy maintenance and portability. More business software is written in the COBOL language than any other programming language. All ML COBOL programs are Year 2000 compliant and allow the user to define different date formats (MO-DA-YR or YRMODA) for data entry and reporting purposes.
MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE:
To request all sample reports and screen formats, a General Information Manual or PC demo on CD-ROM of the ML System, please e-mail Bill Legler in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
New software features are described in the Version 8.0 Summary document.
The ML System software cost is identified in the Software Price Sheet.
Custom versions of the MLS software have been in operation for the past 25 years.