1. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems

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3. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 3 Goal To demonstrate changes between versions 17 and 18 of the ALEPH General Systems.

4. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 4 Tools ALEPH PC Client (any module), version 18 Demo databases: USM01 (bibliographic), USM50 (administrative) PuTTY, free Telnet/SSH client available from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ putty/download.html Handout: Version 18 Overview of Changes: General Systems and Changes to Client Setup Files in Version 18

5. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 5 Additional Documentation Ex Libris Documentation Center, www.exlibrisgroup.com/docportal where the following documentation is found: www.exlibrisgroup.com/docportal ALEPH Version 18 Release Notes ALEPH Version 18 User Guide ALEPH Version 18 System Librarian Guide ALEPH Version 18 Configuration Guide ALEPH Version 18 Oracle Tables Documentation available upon request.

6. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 6 Agenda 1.Aleph Tables 2.PC Client Setup 3.Printing

7. 1. ALEPH Tables

8. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 8 aleph_start sfx_issn setenv sfx_issn_routine 00 (extracts the last 022 $$a) setenv sfx_issn_routine 01 (extracts the last 022 $$y)

9. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 9 pc_server_defaults pc_filter_tree_view_max_branch increased from 99 to 750 lines pc_tree_view_max_branch increased from 99 to 750 lines

10. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 10 tab100 TIMEZONE-ADJ Now supports time zones with more than a 1 hour difference from the server’s time. TIMEZONE-ADJ=+08 TIMEZONE-ADJ=-01

11. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 11 New Util W/5 Shows the current status of system modules/daemons. Disables/enables modules and/or daemons Automatically writes changes to *tab_system_status *Should not be edited manually

12. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 12 tab_word_breaking Can use Unicode notation to control word breaking procedures.

13. 2. PC Client Setup

14. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 14 PC Client Setup Please refer to the Changes to Client Setup Files in Version 18 document. ALEPHCOM.INI GUISYS.INI

15. 3. Email/Printing

16. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 16 Emailing Email type configured in GUI for patron and vendor. alephcom.ini [Mail] PlainAttachment=N No longer in use!

17. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 17 E-Mails Can now chose whether to send email as: as attachment only as e-mail body only or both

18. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 18 E-Mails alephcom.ini [Mail] PlainAttachment=N No longer in use!

19. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 19 E-Mails When no plain template exists one will be created on the fly when an e-mail is sent.

20. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 20 E-Mails New tab100 parameter: PLAIN-ONLY=Y Use to disable e-mail attachments system-wide.

21. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 21 New HTML Print Utility A new third party utility for defining margins and footer/header for printouts apart from browser settings.

22. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 22 New HTML Print Utility New printing utility is enabled with: alephcom.ini [Print] NewPrintType=Y

23. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 23 New HTML Print Utility Utility distributed as: C:\AL500\ALEPHCOM\BIN\ HTMLPrint.exe http://www.bersoft.com/htmlprint/help/index.htm

24. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 24 Print settings

25. Version 18 Upgrade: General Systems 25 Print settings

26. The End Thank you!