AlJTOMAT ION OF HARDWARE INVENTORY OF PAKISTAN REVENUE AUTOMATION (Pvt.) LTD. ISLAMABAD

Abstract

III the process or Islmnic Renaissance, it is essential to llIake full lise of the modern technology. Keeping this in view, the decision or Quaid-i-AzClIll University Islamabad to computerize the Hardware Inventory System or PRAL was a hig stcp llhcad . /\ big machine the /\S/400 Illinil'rame was selected ror this plll'pose. IBM 's /\ ppl icatioll System/400 uses a multitaskinghllul t i-user opcmt ing envirollment, the OS/400 operating system. For programming purposes, II ,E RPG/400 ' was lIsed, because running under OS/400 it provides a very lIser friendly interface, as well as a multilevel security. Many utilities supplied with the OS/400 were also used for creating various file types. For example, DDS, SDA, RLU, DFU, QuelY Manager/400 etc .. After a careful system study different modules were designed . There after various reports and quires were made using logicnl. display Illes. These flies were than integrated IIsillg tlsl:r- f'ril:lldly IIll:llll lites which ]Jl'Ovides menu driven displays with ready on line help