[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Purdue EPICS WLPL team Web based Self-checkout improvement project

[Anoop Atre]

Hello students in the Purdue EPICS team,

You will not have direct access to testing it on the live system i.e. 
the URL you use for self checkout.

Evergreen runs on Linux (mainly Debian and Ubuntu) and the initial 
installation of the software can be a little complicated. An easier way 
for you to test your changes would be to download the Evergreen 1.6.0.1, 
Debian 5.0 (Lenny) virtual machine available on the downloads page.

To use the virtual machine you will need to download a free/open source 
software called VirtualBox [ http://www.virtualbox.org/ ]. I'm not sure 
but you may need to look online for any beginner tips/notes to get used 
to using VirtualBox.

Once you have installed VirtualBox you will extract the compressed 
virtual machine you downloaded. Go through the README file for setup 
instructions. Note that the Unix (Linux) accounts and other accounts are 
shown as "username / password".

Then edit the file you've identified, open up a browser within the 
virtual machine and view the self checkout page [ 
https://localhost/opac/extras/selfcheck/selfcheck.xml ]

Hope this helps!


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Anoop Atre
IS Developer & Integrator, MnPALS
PH: 507.389.5060
OF: 3022 Memorial Library (Office-ML 3022)
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On 11/17/2010 10:08 AM, liu264 at purdue.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are students in the Purdue EPICS team trying to improve the Web based
> Self-checkout system for the local West Lafayette library:
> http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/wlpl/
>
> The library is using this Web based self-checkout system:
> https://evergreen.lib.in.us/opac/extras/selfcheck/selfcheck.xml
> and we have found the code in the open source files:
> Evergreen-ILS-1.6.1.2\Open-ILS\web\opac\extras\selfcheck\selfcheck.js
>
> We want to change the code so that the patrons can self checkout audio books
> without getting error messages:
>
> "ilsevent":"7010","pid":"18055","desc":" The requested copy has an alert message
> attached ", "payload":"Contains 6 CDs and a booklet.", "textcode":
> "COPY_ALERT_MESSAGE",
>
>
> But how can we test our changes to the file? What machine or OS should we use to
> run and test it.
>
> Thank you
> Yulai Liu
> Purdue EPICS: West Lafayette Public Library team
> https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/Projects/Teams/viewTeam?teamid=40
> http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/wlpl/