Hi, On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jeramey Valley <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion of modifying the items in Koha. > One of the issues is that we don't know which materials have the "funky" > barcodes, so there is no list to pull up and modify in Koha. We don't know > until a material is physically examined if it has a regular or modified bar > code. The rough guess is that about half of the materials have different > bar code formatting.
In that case, three other approaches occur to me: [1] Inventory time! [2] Customize the barcodedecode() function in C4/Circulation.pm to add another ItemBarcodeInputFilter mode. Your situation may ore may not be common enough for you to also submit the changes as a patch to the community. Pro: you can munge the barcodes exactly how you need them to. Con: it's a customization to account for each time you upgrade. [3] Write some JavaScript to add to the intranetuserjs system preference to munge item barcode values prior to submitting them to the checkout and checkin forms. Pro: The customization doesn't need to be reapplied after each upgrade, although it may need to be checked in case the structure of the circulation forms changes. Con: May take more time to implement than adding another ItemBarcodeInputFilter mode. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
