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Joshua M. Ferraro wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The documentation at kohadocs.org seems to suggest that since
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<pre wrap="">2.2 none of the scripts for calculating fines work. Is this true?
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<pre wrap="">I'm still curious which fines script I should use.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->The fines module in Koha is a fine example of a feature that hasn't
been fully exposed to the system administration section of the admin
interface. For now, the assumption is that if you need to enable
fines and you're managing Koha yourself (as opposed to getting
commercial support from one of the available providers), you'll be
spending some time customizing the fines script and module to suit
your needs. That said, have a look at the fines2.pl in misc/ that
relies on C4/Circulation/Fines.pm, it's a good example of how to
start out with fines management in Koha.
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Thanks for the information. So it looks like the documentation is
wrong and fines2.pl does work, but needs customisation. I've had a
look at it and it's not pretty, there are far too many magic numbers in
there. For example, there's a maximum fine variable buried in the
code, set to 5. However, here in Nigeria that's far too low (there are
about 130 Naira to the US Dollar). If I had the time I'd rewrite it to
read things out of system preferences.<br>
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Would I be right in saying that for each "fine cycle" (7 days or
whatever) this will add an additional line item to the borrower's
record?<br>
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Getting support from one of the available providers would be great, but
Nigerian educational organisations just don't have the money.<br>
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Kevin O'Rourke
ICT Coordinator, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria
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