RE: [IUG] RE: Transferring barcodes to a review file using inventorymodule

["Nancy Slanger" <nslanger at alliant dot edu>]

 HTH,

Nancy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org 
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Sharon Homchick
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:11 PM
> To: IUG INNOPAC List
> Subject: RE: [IUG] RE: Transferring barcodes to a review file 
> usinging inventorymodule
> 
> Dear Cindy,
> 
> 	I just used a text file with each barcode on separate line.  I
> made sure that each barcode had n: in front.   My files have loaded
> correctly with no problems.
> 
> Sharon M. Homchick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Cindy Harper
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:54 PM
> To: innopac at innovativeusers dot org
> Subject: [IUG] RE: Transferring barcodes to a review file 
> using inventorymodule
> 
> Also wanted to note that I played around with various text 
> file formats
> - ANSI v.s UTF-8, MS-DOS vs. Unix, but haven't tried all the options.
> Can someone comment on what format I want - cr/lf's or just 
> cr's (Unix style)?
> 
> > _____________________________________________ 
> > From: 	Cindy Harper  
> > Sent:	Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:49 PM
> > To:	'innopac at innovativeusers dot org'
> > Subject:	Transferring barcodes to a review file using inventory
> > module
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all - we're planning a major project involving unloading items 
> > temporarily stored in our ASRS, and I have been planning on using 
> > Offline circ to text-based Inventory module to transfer the 
> barcodes 
> > to review files.  But I've run into a snag with a test batch I'm 
> > doing, in that it's only transferring every 5th record to 
> the review 
> > file.
> > 
> > I'm trying not to panic, since I went to the manual to confirm, and 
> > find that there's no mention there of the format of the inventory 
> > files (the "n:<barcode><cr/lf>" format).  Instead, I find a 
> note that 
> > says only the B321 devices are supported.  I thought I had read in 
> > previous versions of the manual about this format, and was 
> relying on 
> > III's suporting using a different device, but it's possible 
> I only got
> 
> > that data from this list.  I searched the archives to 
> confirm I have 
> > the right format and found this that confirms my understanding:
> > 
> > http://innovativeusers.org/list/archives/2007/msg01198.html	I know
> > users have demonstrated inventory with PDAs and devices 
> other than the
> > B321 at IUG poster presentations.
> > 
> > Anyway - has anyone had problems that pertain to my process:
> > 
> > Using Millennium Offline Circ version 7.0
> > 	- close offline circ
> > 	- copy n:<barcode> file to c:\millennium\offline\circ.dat
> > 	- open offline circ and File | Upload
> > 	- close offline circ
> > 	That appears to get the file onto the server OK (when I
> transferred 
> > 5400 records, it said "5400 transactions uploaded")
> > 
> > Open text-based 
> > 	C)irc	A)ddl	P)rocess PC transactions	T)ransfer
> > barcodes to review file
> > 
> > I tried doing a file of 5400 records, then cut it down to 
> 3000 records
> 
> > in case that was too large.
> > Both times, I get a message that says "View #### barcodes 
> that did not
> 
> > transfer?"
> > 
> > Yes, I made sure the review file I was transferring into 
> had room for 
> > 5400 records. Comparing the records that were OK with the ones that 
> > didn't transfer, I can't see a pattern to them. All seem to 
> be valid 
> > barcodes, and it's not every nth record or a pattern like that.
> > 
> > Anyone got any ideas?
> > 
> > How big a file have you transferred using this method?  I 
> sent a query
> 
> > about that to the helpline several months ago, and got the 
> answer that
> 
> > they recommended keeping inventory files to a maximum of 
> 5000 records.
> > 
> > Getting this problem resolved is an urgent matter for us.
> > 
> > Cindy Harper
> > charper at mail dot colgate dot edu
> > 
> > 
> 
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