Hi Oliver, I confess I've never thought to try just saving the item and expecting the barcode to show up. I'm finding that it appears when you shift focus (click in or tab through the barcode box) while entering the item details. But, That doesn't really answer the question does it? I also remember it not quite playing ball and getting stuck at a particular number, but it's been a little while since I did enough cataloging to have it happen, so I've forgotten the precise details. I do remember it getting quite irate at the supposed unique number it had just picked not being unique. I haven't upgraded to the new stable version yet, and maybe it's fixed there. In previous threads on this topic it's been revealed that there are problems, particularly with the nifty looking branchYYMMNNN form and that fixing this code is fairly low priority. The fixes offered have been 1) just don't use it, 2) sponsor one of the developers to fix it, 3) buy some premade barcodes and scan them in at the time of cataloguing. I've been using the branchYYMMNNN one (which is apparently the worst of the lot), and because I only get to do a little bit at once, I'm able to remember what the last obok was (and hence the last barcode) and fix the subsequent ones. Which is annoying but not that time consuming. I also found that it became unconfused when the month changed (for a while). Mayphaps this helps a bit. (although probably not) ramon/custard On 26/05/2009, at 9:41 PM, Oliver Bernuetz wrote:
We're having the same problem and our autoBarcode is set to ON. I've created items and saved them and no barcode appears.
Oliver D. Bernuetz, BA Adv, MLIS Information Specialist/Librarian | Specialiste de l'information/ Bibliothècaire
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz ] On Behalf Of Rachel Hamilton-Williams Sent: May 25, 2009 5:03 PM To: Carmel Young; koha Subject: Re: [Koha] automatic barcode numbers
Hi Carmel,
Check that it isn't really doing it - it's a bit confusing.
You expect the number to come up when you add in the item details, but it doesn't do it until after you've submitted the form the first time.
Cheers Rachel
Carmel Young wrote: Using Koha 3.00 on Lenny.
Problem: When adding records, the barcode does not automatically present the next sequential number. Can anyone help?
Carmel Young Catholic University of Malawi.