State Utility (UTIL) for Reporting Year 2001

UTIL 2001 has been developed to assist users needing to assemble and migrate TRI submission data from disks and hard-copy submissions to other database applications. This year's release was produced from an updated version of PowerBuilder to improve compatibility with the latest Windows operating systems and features enhanced open database connectivity (ODBC) drivers for improved performance.

• UTIL 2001 Download - (Self-extracting Win-Zip, 4.25 MB)
• UTIL User's Guide - (PDF, 168 KB)

Features

Users who have ATRS 2001 installed and have entered at least one record can use UTIL 2001 to:

• View the names of the facilities and chemicals reported in the ATRS database,
• See what Form R and Form A reports are contained on any submission diskette,
• Print a list of Form R and Form A reports that are contained on a submission diskette, and,
• Export all submissions from the ATRS database into 3 database tables.

All database files created by UTIL are in standard dBASE (.dbf) format. These files are readily accessible by dBASE versions III and higher, as well as by other software packages that read ‘.dbf' files.

Changes For This Year

The Design - UTIL 2001 was produced using PowerBuilder version 7.0 instead of version 6.x to improve compatibility with newer Windows operating systems and make use of enhanced ODBC drivers. Functionally, UTIL 2001 is similar to UTIL 2000.

The Installation - has been simplified significantly. All program files, graphics, .dll's, and other resources are contained in one directory. The user simply unzips the self-extracting UTIL_ZIP.EXE and starts util2001_basic.exe. The application will create the necessary registry entry the first time it is run.

To Uninstall - Delete the installation directory - that's it!

Changes Planned For 2003

In 2003, UTIL will be fully self contained and have all the features currently found in both UTIL and ATRS (ATRS has been discontinued). Additional enhancements will include the reintroduction of the short report ( a 2-page form R) and expanded export and print options.