May 2003 - Koha - lists.katipo.co.nz

Ding, ding... koha 1.9.3 just arrived at sourceforge airport. Welcome onboard
by paul POULAIN 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

This release add a lot of bugfixes, a 1st z3950 support, and a script for migration from previous ILS. FEATURE FREEZE ! --------- This version is the last version with new features before 2.0. Please, report bugs on bugs.koha.org, and feel free to fix them (through patch or cvs commit) PACKAGE NEEDED : --------- Update your MARC::Record to get the latest version (1.26). Koha won't work with old versions, and bulkmarcimport.pl need MARC::Batch.pm, whichi is recent. MARC::Record 1.25 works to, but reports hundred of warnings in error_log. pls upgrage to 1.26 ! DB modifications : --------- * the marc_breeding table has been modified. A row "encoding" varchar(40) has been added. It's used to manage character encoding. * the z3950_servers table has been modified. A row "syntax" varchar(40) has been added. It's used to manage character encoding. z3950 : --------- * the z3950 script in admin part of Koha has been fixed and can be used and translated. * z3950 cataloguing : when you reach the MARC-cataloguing screen, a new link appear : z3950 search. * If you click on this link, a popup appears, and the search begins. The window is refreshed every 2 seconds, until all servers answered. * The avaible records are shown in the popup. Click on the one you want, and... the popup closes and the biblio is copied in the cataloguing screen. This works ONLY IF the z3950 daemon is launched. It's located at $kohadir/scripts/z3950daemon/ * MODIFY the scripts to fit you directory structure. * Warning : due to a small bug, processqueue is in $kohadir/cgi-bin/z3950/ directory, not in the script one. * Start daemon in a non-X shell, or launch processqueue in a shell, and KEEP IT OPEN. iso2709 file import : --------- This tools is very important and was waiting by libraries that plans to migrate from a previous ILS. VERY IMPORTANT : BEFORE using this script, take care of your MARC parameters, and check them twice. If they are wrong, you will get wrong results... It's located (in CVS tree) at $koharoot/misc/bulkmarcimport.pl It loads an iso2709 file into the ACTIVE Database. My 1st tests on sample files shows it works quite fine. Feel free to try it. How it works ? enter ./bulkmarcimport in a console, and look. KNOWN LIMIT : If the barcode of an item does not exists, the scripts report an SQL error, and continue. BUT the corresponding item is not in the non-marc db, so it can't be requested or loaned. sample file : --------- The sample file has been removed from this release, as it's buggy (no MARC datas, making it quite useless) BUG FIXED (see bugs.koha.org for more infos) ========= A lot... (around 35). Thanks to Mike that fixed a lot, Steve that fixes some, MJ Ray that upgraded the installer for non-root install, and Chris that fixed some and begins backport of non-marc stuff from 1.2 Bugs still open in bugs.koha.org ======================= A lot... (around 60. some being really trivial to fix, some being more important) TODO ===== * some GUI reordering, as planned with Rachel from Katipo and others (paul & others) * finishing backport of non-marc cataloguing & non-marc simple acquisition from 1.2 version (chris) * bug fixes (everybody) * cleaning z3950 old searches (more than 1 hour/day old ?) (paul) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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tropheesdulibre.org competition results.
by paul POULAIN 31 May '03

31 May '03

Hi Guys, I'm back from Soissons, Tropheesdulibre. I'm sure you're interested to know who wins. So, here is the answer... In Game category, it's VegaStrike. In General Public category, it's Weasel Reader In Accessibility, it's Gok, In Educational, it's Gcompris In TodoManagement, it's Dolibarr, In Application Agencies. Hmm... let me remember... I think I forget... One minut, there was 3 candidates : Localis, from Mose, mm... no, that was not him. A nice guy anyway. CPS... ah, yes, i remember this guy. But I don't remember seeing it winning anything. Koha. Was Koha the winner ? Let me think a little second. hmmmm.... Ah, that's it, I remember : yes, Koha wins. :-D :-D Note : I just arrived at home. Some more information tomorrow morning for me (GMT+2) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Re: koha español...
by Pat Eyler 30 May '03

30 May '03

On Wed, 28 May 2003 Pablo.Reyes-cabrera(a)lium.univ-lemans.fr wrote: > Hello, > i have a problem with the subscription.... Ahh, it seems there was a small misconfiguration that affected incoming mail from external servers. If you've previously tried to subscribe and it hasn't worked, please try again ... everything should be fine now. -pate > > pAblO > > > Hola Javier, > There are a couple of groups working on a spanish translation of Koha > right now. Since interest seems to be growing, I've started a mailing > list to coordinate the work. > > If anyone is interested in joining the mailing list, please send an email > to: > koha-subscribe(a)es.koha.org > > and follow the instructions you recieve in return. >

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Perls Instalation error on Win XP
by Julio Mantecon Valdes 30 May '03

30 May '03

Hi all: I succesfully install the apache and MySQL but when start the Perl installation (5.6.1 Build 635) it gave me the next error almost at the end of the installation process. "There is a problem with this windows Installer package. Ascript required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personal or package vendor." I redownloaded the installation package and got the error again. Anyone has any idea what's wrong???? Was posted 2 days ago at win list but no answer. Thanks.

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Barcodes?
by Timothy R. Butler 27 May '03

27 May '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I believe someone here recommended KBarcode to me awhile back for barcode printing. So, I have a small question -- if I'm using KBarcode, is there anyway to link it to the existing data in the Koha database (rather than using seperate data) so that I can have the label data automagically filled? Is there perhaps another way I could do this if not? Thanks, Tim - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <tbutler(a)uninet.info> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+xvdBK37Cns9gJ0gRAo7LAJ49Kx6OgW61ggquZrF68ur2savY6wCZAbIu IaSa45N808nQqimS1CR6eO0= =DDcb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Koha in Spanish????
by JAVIER RICARDO MEJIA C. 27 May '03

27 May '03

Hi, I´m Javier want to kwon is exist a version of Koha in Spanish ??? or what can i do for change the lenaguaje???? Thanks, Javier

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Where can I find info about Windows installation?
by Dra. Marcela Tardivo 27 May '03

27 May '03

Hi My name is Julio Mantecon and I'm a library student searching for a ILS to use in med public librarys. I'm not familiar with Linux, so, I want to try it at a desktop puter with Win 2k or XP. I'm needing help cause all the language about Linux is like Chineese languaje for an Argentinian:-) Thank for the help Julio

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RE: [Koha] dependancies ~ RH9 and Debian 3.0 r1
by Jones, Steven 26 May '03

26 May '03

Is there a list of dependancies for Koha on the above 2 platforms? Im getting similar issues on both platforms. I am working through an install and yet to succeed ie Perl modules, etc. Anyone know if the dependancies have rpms and debs rather than having to untar and make, install? I found (I think or it maybe me screwing up the install!) a problem with 1.2.3. My koha.conf looks like this (so far), database=Koha hostname=localhost #user=kohaadmin user=koha pass=******** includes=/var/www/koha/htdocs/includes opachtdocs=/var/www/koha/htdocs intrahtdocs=/var/www/koha/htdocs I have had to add the last 2 lines as the path seems otherwise to be absolute from / and not relative to /var/www/koha in Output.pm (have I missed something?) I might be screwing up by missing a setting somewhere else but adding those lines fixes it based on the file, /var/www/koha/modules/C4/Output.pm calling one of them at lines, /var/www/koha/modules/C4/Output.pm: $htdocs = $configfile->{'opachtdocs'}; /var/www/koha/modules/C4/Output.pm: ($htdocs) || ($htdocs=$configfile->{opacdir}."/htdocs"); /var/www/koha/modules/C4/Output.pm: $htdocs = $configfile->{'intrahtdocs'}; /var/www/koha/modules/C4/Output.pm: ($htdocs) || ($htdocs=$configfile->{intranetdir}."/htdocs"); regards Steven

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Re: [Koha] Barcode scanner - keyboard wedge or not
by Waylon Robertson 26 May '03

26 May '03

15/05/03 20:17:38, "T & J Kotula" <tjkotula(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: Okay. If you have a serial port scanner.. one that plugs into the serial port, you will need to do the following initally: Go into windows control panel (Start menu - Settings -- Control Panel) and go into Accessabilty options and goto the General tap. Toggle the SerialKeys Checkbox so its ticked, then go into options and set its baud rate, et. al. then click okay a number of times until your out of it... and close the control panel. Running: To input a barcode, you will need to put the cursor in the correct location. Depending on your setup, you may need to press enter on the keyboard afterwards. Waylon. Secretary of the Theosophical Society In New Zealand Inc, Palmerston North branch/ Developer of Koha for The Theosophical society in New Zealand. P.S. Would anyone be interested in perl code that creates a form letter for an individual, for overdue books? I.e, the overdue.pl says X borrower has 3 books overdue. You click alongside one, and it pops up with a letter with their current address, city, email, the current date, "You have these books overdue:" and underneath that, has the book name, author and due date for each.. then, at the end says "You will incurr a fine of " <overdue fine> "for each day these books are overdue. Signed ....................................." Ive done this code.. so if anyones interested.. i might analysis the new template system, and see if i can create it. >Thanks for that info. Actually that's exactly what I'm going to do, have a >Linux server and Windoze client(s). What do you mean by "accessibility >control panel and serial keys"? > >Once the scanner is working will I have to place the cursor on the 'book >number' or 'member number' fields before I scan the barcode or can the >scanner be programmed to input the scanned data into specific form fields, >regardless of where the cursor is in the browser's window. It's a bit of a >muddled sentence - I hope you know what I mean. > >Thanks for you reply >tomasz kotula. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Waylon Robertson" <genjimoto(a)ezysurf.co.nz> >To: <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>; "T & J Kotula" <tjkotula(a)paradise.net.nz> >Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:13 AM >Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcode scanner - keyboard wedge or not > > >> Okay.. the easy solution is to use two computers.. one client, one server. >server has linux and koha.. client has win98. Use the accessability control >panel.. and enable serial keys. >> the hard solution is try to get linux to accept serial ports as keyboards. >> >> the easy solution for a linux system is indeed a keyboard wedge. >> 14/05/03 20:02:10, "T & J Kotula" <tjkotula(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote: >> >> >Excuse my ignorance on the subject, but do I need to use a 'keyboard >wedge' >> >scanner or can I just connect one to a serial (or USB) port and somehow >> >expect it to work with Koha - with the help of some software I assume, if >so >> >which one. I will appreciate any hints on how to get the scanner working. >> > >> >I haven't bought one yet, but want to make sure I will get the right one >:-) >> > >> >PS. I intend to use Code39 and a 7-digit book number with a checksum (an >> >excel spreadsheet with a formula was recently posted on this list) >> >PPS. Eagerly awaiting Koha 2.0 >> > >> > >> >Thanks >> > >> >tomasz kotula >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Koha mailing list >> >Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >> >http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > >

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Introduction and qustions
by Andrew Koebrick 26 May '03

26 May '03

Greetings, I am attempting to migrate a @10,000 item catalog into Koha 1.9.2 and would greatly appreciate a little help. This migration is neccessary due to budget cuts here in Minnesota. Our state agency library was "cut" (i.e. no funding for our previous catalog system, PALS; our full time librarian layed off; books to be distributed to work teams). Rather than just throw out what was a quality catalog, my plan is to load the records into Koha and attempt to maintain basic collection management on the subset of books kept. I have a fair amout of Library/Perl/Mysql/Apache experience (I moved from Agency librarian to Web Coordinator/Developer a few years back: www.mnplan.state.mn.us) and hope to reach a point where I understand Koha well enough to contribue code. But first I have to get up and running... As a test I have uploaded a collection of MARC records to the breeding farm (the LOC MarcMaker/Breaker test files). It notes that 8 records were successfully uploaded. However, I am not able to get them into the catalog either by ISBN or title. Is this feature functional yet? When I click on " Add biblio without ISBN/ISSN" I get a list of the numbers 1-10. Clicking on all available links appear to do nothing. What should this page do/display? Has anyone tweeked bulkmarcimport.pl yet for the 1.9 series? Or are the tables structures betwen the 1.2 and 1.9 series different enought that the most efficient way to proceed with mass import would be to create a new script based around the NEWnewbibilio() function? Finally, if Koha 2.0 would solve any/many of these issues I can wait. Is there an estimated data of release? Thank you for any assistance in adopting Koha. Andrew Koebrick Web Coordinator/Librarian MN-Planning (Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning) 658 Cedar St., Suite 300 St. Paul, MN 55155 651-296-4156 phone 651-296-3698 fax www.mnplan.state.mn.us

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