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Release Notes: Item 2407-02

IRS Map updates

This release updates the IRS map, to allow more help- F1 fuctionality. We have also added the ability to pull up the IRS map, using F6 from any of the Full/compressed FAFSA screens.

• The dictionary was updated for the file: WFISR25D, to update the F1-help for each field on the IRS map. To save some coding, the help description does not refer to student/spouse/p1/p2 in the help description. In doing this, once you F1 again to see the field name, what displays is the STUDENT field, regardless of whether you're sitting on a spouse/p1/p2 field. This is ONLY a display issue. Each field is still accurately mapped to the correct field name. We will fix this in a future release, so that when you F1 twice, you will see the true field name for the field you are on.
• The dictionary was also updated to fix some fields where the discription in the dictionary header did not match the field name appropriately.
• The federal values(as opposed to the user-friendly) were added to the Tax filing status fields on the IRS map fields in order to assist the schools.
• A new program was added to allow for viewing of Federal Tax Information (FTI) on any page of the Federal screens. F6 is now available on all pages of the Federal and Federal Compressed screens (for the 2024-2025 Aid Year). Please note that the map is very large (and is the same as the last page of the Federal Compressed screen) and therefore there is no room for the traditional yellow border on presented on a "pop-up" window. It will however function as one, and will require the user to hit F11 to return to the calling screen/program.
• It was possible to enter a very large negative masked number (> 15 bytes in length) and have the negative byte ignored. To minimize changes throughout FINANCIER, but also allow for the negative value, a MOVE RIGHT JUSTIFIED has been added to the WWEDITRN routine.