Hi, On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jeramey Valley <valleyj@bcreek.org> 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: gmc@esilibrary.com 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