TCM: Text Collection Management System In many computer applications there is the need to enter both fixed length information and variable length descriptive text. This is especially true in medical applications where certain information can vary from a single phrase to several pages in length. FMS-11 aids a program in the interactive entry and updating of fixed fields but does not deal well with long text fields. This software package provides an easy to use mechanism for acquiring free form textual data from a CRT that is concurrently being used by FMS. This package allows a program to reserve one or more rectangular areas on the screen for the entry and editing of variable length text fields. Within these windows the user is given full text editing capability in a manner that is compatible with the user FMS interface. The text collection managment system is being implemented in a manner which gives flexibility to an RSX-11M based application with a small impact on the program's address space. This program runs as a separate task under RSX-11M or RSX-11M+. It is written in DECUS C and callable from either AIS-PL/I (tested) or DECUS C (untested). See TCM.DOC for a full description and TCMNOTES.DOC for the current state of this program. The idea of this sub-routine package is to allow any program to use full screen editing or "Windows". Daniel T. Soldahl Medical Methods Research 3151 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, Ca. 94611