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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:24:03 CDT
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- Subject: 5.1 OPAC CHANGES (SCREEN)
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- THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIS COMMUNICATION - DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THIS NEVER
- REACHED NOTIS-L
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- You can now begin to prepare for Release 5.1. The footers in OPAC will be
- standardized in this next release (see NOTISes January 1992 p.8-9), providing
- users with consistent commands and support of the NISO Common command language.
- To prepare for this standardization, you will need to evaluate the EXPLAIN,
- HELP, and OTHER informational screens to determine how the upcoming 5.1 changes
- will effect your site's screens.
-
- All screens will be 15 lines long except where a longer command line is
- necessary. For those screens, the length will be 13 lines long. This will
- allow for two additional command input lines.
-
- Which screens will change effect? All of the EXPLAIN and OTHER informational
- screens with the exception of the EXPLAIN KEYWORD and SET CATALOT PANEL (which
- is a
- new 5.1 screen), will have 15 lines. The EXPLAIN KEYWORD and SET CATALOG PANEL,
- as well as the REVIEW help screen will be 13 lines.
-
- Release 5.1 conversion will delete any of the lines beyond than the 15th or
- 13th. Because of this, NOTIS recommends thay you begin reviewing the current
- screens that you are using in your production modules. Changes may need to be
- made in
- anticipation of the 5.1 conversion. This will alleviate losing information on
- the screens when they are shortened during conversion.
-
- To maintain consistency throughout the database, the REVIEW PANEL wording will
- be deleted from the current review screen. Patrons having difficulty with a
- search will use a HELP screen. The wording on your 5.0 REVIEW PANEL screen can
- be moved to the REVIEW HELP screen.
-
- By reviewing your EXPLAIN, OTHER informational, and HELP screens now you can
- determine if the current wording needs to be changed or if additional pages
- will be required. Prepare not to alleviate any lost screen data in Release
- 5.1.
-
- NOTIS SYSTEMS, INC.
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