Using custom request forms in WebCat

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Using custom request forms in WebCat

• Ruth Salisbury, Systems Manager
• Reading University Library
• EUUG, Copenhagen, 5-7-September, 2001

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Contents

• Purchase request forms (Reading)
• ILL request forms (other Unicorn library)
• Unicorn policies
• HTML code for WebCat
• WebCat pages

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Delivered form
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RUL Purchase Request form
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RUL Purchase Request form(2)
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Other library - Book ILL
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Other library - Article ILL
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Unicorn policies

• Unicorn requires all the usual policies to set up
• Request type
• Entry Ids (including Template, Full and Brief
  entry lists)
• Request format - to include ALL the fields you
  want to display

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Request format/s

• If you want to create several custom request
  pages, you will need a separate request format,
  with the appropriate entries for each page
• Custom pages will be named .h and will be
  specified as Sirsi_Include files in 34.pg

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Request format policy
HTML requires the entry numbers as they appear in
this list
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Request policy entry numbers
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HTML code for WebCat

• Use the View Source option in the browser to see
  how WebCat uses the format entries
• Use this as a basis to create your custom page/s

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Standard WebCat screen
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View Source
Note the entry numbers from the format policy
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WebCat pages

• Custom pages live
• ../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default
• Relevant pages
• 34.pg
• .h (this is the file specified in
  SIRSI_Include)

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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_deliv/Default/34.pg
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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default/34.pg
Custom text
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SIRSI_Conditional expression

• ltSIRSI_Conditional IF DC_COMP"KONEW TITLE
  PURCHASE"gt
• ltSIRSI_Include File"purchase.h"gt
• ltSIRSI_Conditional ELSEgt
• DC_COMPdatacodevalue
• KO - Request Type Description
• Request Type Description (RUL) - NEW TITLE
  PURCHASE

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Request Type description
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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default/purchase.h
Textarea defined
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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default/purchase.h(
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Field display label
Size of field and default text
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• nb all default data has to be hardcoded in the
  HTML. The defaults set up the the format policy
  do not come through if the page is customised
• field labels can be any length ie not restricted
  to 10 characters

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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default/purchase.h(
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3 entries displaying on a single line
Size of field and default text
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../Unicorn/Webcat/Pages_custom/Default/purchase.h(
4)
3 entries displaying on a single line
Size of field and default text
Tickbox
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RUL Purchase Request form
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RUL Purchase Request form(2)
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Ruth Salisbury

• r.m.salisbury_at_reading.ac.uk