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1.1     ! raeburn     1: Where scantron exams are used in a course, the format of data in the
        !             2: file generated from the processing of bubbled-in scantron sheets may
        !             3: vary between institutions. The format definitions available when performing
        !             4: scantron grading in LON-CAPA were originally listed in the scantronformat.tab
        !             5: file, stored in /home/httpd/lonTabs, which might have been modified
        !             6: locally on each server. 
        !             7: 
        !             8: Starting with LON-CAPA 2.7, scantron format information is read from
        !             9: either a custom.tab file, or a default.tab file both of which belong
        !            10: to the special domain configuration user (\$dom-domainconfig, where
        !            11: \$dom is the name of the domain) and which are automatically published
        !            12: into resource space. 
        !            13: 
        !            14: For LON-CAPA installations older than 2.7, when the primary library
        !            15: server for the domain has been updated, a Domain Coordinator should
        !            16: display the \char`\"{}Scantron format file\char`\"{} configuration
        !            17: page via \char`\"{}Domain Configuration\char`\"{}. The first time
        !            18: this page is displayed, a default.tab (a copy of the standard LON-CAPA
        !            19: scantronformat.tab file), and a custom.tab (if the scantronform.tab
        !            20: file currently on the server differs from the standard file) will
        !            21: be copied and published. Thereafter any changes to scantron format
        !            22: files to be used for grading scantron exams in courses from the domain
        !            23: will be made via the Domain Configuration menu. Any scantronform.tab
        !            24: files in /home/httpd/lonTab directories on servers in the domain will
        !            25: no longer be used.
        !            26: 
        !            27: The settings available via \char`\"{}Scantron format file\char`\"{}
        !            28: support upload of a new custom file, or deletion of an existing custom
        !            29: file (in which case grading will default to use of the default.tab
        !            30: file). An uploaded scantron format file contains one or more lines
        !            31: of colon-separated values for the parameters in the following order:
        !            32: 
        !            33: name:description:CODEtype:CODEstart:CODElength:IDstart:IDlength:Qstart:Qlength:Qoff:Qon:PaperID:PaperIDlength:FirstName:FirstNamelength:LastName:LastNamelength 
        !            34: 
        !            35: \begin{itemize}
        !            36: \item name is the internal identifier used within LON-CAPA
        !            37: \item description is the text displayed for each option in the   
        !            38: the {}``Format of data file'' dropdown in the Scantron grading
        !            39: screen.  The user will choose the appropriate format for the scantron
        !            40: file currently being used for scantron grading.
        !            41: \item CODEtype can be either 'none' 'letter' 'number' 
        !            42: \item Qon can be either:
        !            43: 
        !            44: \begin{itemize}
        !            45: \item the symbol that says a bubble has been selected, or
        !            46: \item 'letter' (for when the selected letter appears), or 
        !            47: \item 'number' for when a number indicating the selected letter appears 
        !            48: \end{itemize}
        !            49: \end{itemize}
        !            50: As an example, below are four different format lines: the first two
        !            51: were used at MSU prior to 2006; the last two have been used since
        !            52: then.
        !            53: 
        !            54: \begin{itemize}
        !            55: \item msunocode:MSU without any CODE:none:0:0:57:9:77:10: :1:5:5:51:1:41:10 
        !            56: \item msucode:MSU with CODE in separate location:letter:69:6:57:9:77:10:
        !            57: :1:5:5:51:1:41:10 
        !            58: \item msucodelet:MSU with CODE in separate location (letter format):-1:69:6:57:9:77:1:
        !            59: :letter:5:5:51:1:41:10 
        !            60: \item msucodenum:MSU with CODE in separate location (number format):-1:69:6:57:9:77:1:
        !            61: :number:5:5:51:1:41:10
        !            62: \end{itemize}