<s>
Registrar	B-Application
was	O
software	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
personnel	O
or	O
human	O
resources	O
(	O
HR	O
)	O
area	O
of	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Registrar	B-Application
software	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Silton-Bookman	O
Systems	O
(	O
SBS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
eventually	O
incorporated	O
into	O
an	O
LMS	B-Application
when	O
SBS	O
merged	O
with	O
Pathlore	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
Registrar	B-Application
itself	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
SBS	O
about	O
6	O
months	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
working	O
system	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
Registrar	B-Application
was	O
version	O
1.1	O
in	O
1984	O
which	O
ran	O
under	O
the	O
DOS	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
used	O
the	O
Btrieve	B-Application
database	O
management	O
system	O
from	O
Softcraft	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
operating	O
system	O
SBS	O
released	O
a	O
Windows	O
version	O
in	O
1994	O
this	O
time	O
using	O
the	O
Xbase	B-Language
database	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SQL	B-Language
version	O
was	O
released	O
some	O
time	O
later	O
quickly	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Oracle	B-Application
version	O
both	O
running	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	O
Xbase	B-Language
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fact	O
that	O
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
both	O
export	O
and	O
import	O
facilities	O
in	O
various	O
formats	O
made	O
this	O
very	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
was	O
being	O
used	O
in	O
Europe	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
until	O
a	O
distributor	O
was	O
appointed	O
in	O
1989	O
that	O
it	O
really	O
took	O
off	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matchetts	O
were	O
very	O
successful	O
and	O
had	O
over	O
500	O
clients	O
using	O
the	O
Registrar	B-Application
software	O
,	O
not	O
only	O
in	O
Europe	O
but	O
also	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
people	O
held	O
in	O
the	O
Registrar	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
this	O
development	O
would	O
possibly	O
be	O
attending	O
training	O
and	O
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
the	O
facility	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
training	O
that	O
a	O
person	O
was	O
planning	O
to	O
attend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
would	O
also	O
check	O
that	O
the	O
person	O
had	O
met	O
any	O
prerequisites	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
set	O
for	O
the	O
intended	O
training	O
and	O
warn	O
if	O
they	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
met	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
Group	O
people	O
either	O
manually	O
or	O
automatically	O
the	O
later	O
being	O
decided	O
upon	O
the	O
values	O
of	O
a	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Courses	O
caused	O
some	O
confusion	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
as	O
in	O
Registrar	B-Application
speak	O
a	O
Course	O
was	O
not	O
an	O
actual	O
event	O
just	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
events	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
arranged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Class	O
led	O
to	O
some	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
users	O
as	O
people	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
saying	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
“	O
going	O
on	O
a	O
Course	O
”	O
but	O
in	O
Registrar	B-Application
speak	O
they	O
were	O
actually	O
“	O
going	O
on	O
a	O
Class	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
came	O
with	O
six	O
built	O
in	O
registration	O
statuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
do	O
these	O
both	O
manually	O
and	O
automatically	O
either	O
by	O
letter	O
or	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Registrar	B-Application
it	O
had	O
an	O
inbuilt	O
letter	O
writer	O
but	O
later	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
Word	O
became	O
the	O
dominate	O
word	O
processing	O
package	O
,	O
Registrar	B-Application
just	O
linked	O
to	O
Word	O
and	O
passed	O
the	O
data	O
to	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
the	O
letters	O
or	O
emails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
also	O
had	O
several	O
other	O
very	O
sophisticated	O
was	O
of	O
sending	O
letters	O
and	O
emails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
an	O
add	O
on	O
called	O
The	O
Accountant	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Registrar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
could	O
generate	O
a	O
report	O
giving	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
things	O
that	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
administration	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
clients	O
did	O
this	O
once	O
whilst	O
others	O
did	O
it	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
the	O
HR	O
system	O
to	O
create	O
people	O
's	O
records	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
manually	O
doing	O
this	O
in	O
Registrar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
was	O
initially	O
called	O
Personal	O
Registrar	B-Application
but	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Student	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	O
version	O
of	O
Registrar	B-Application
came	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
built	O
in	O
report	O
writer	O
which	O
was	O
adequate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	O
Registrar	B-Application
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Student	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SBS	O
started	O
to	O
run	O
training	O
courses	O
on	O
Registrar	B-Application
about	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registrar	B-Application
had	O
an	O
impressive	O
list	O
of	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
