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3 Internal X-Server Enhancement - -
4 Internal /V Correction - -
5 Internal /V Correction - -
6 Internal KB Tool Enhancement - -
7 Internal /V Enhancement - -
8 Internal Misc Enhancement - -
9 Internal /V Enhancement - -
10 Internal Correction - -
11 Internal /V Correction - -
12 Internal /V Enhancement - -
13 Internal /V Enhancement - -
14 Internal /V Enhancement - -
15 Internal /V Correction - -
16 Internal /V Enhancement - -
17 Internal /V Correction - -
18 Internal /V Correction - -
19 Internal /V Correction - -
20 Internal /V Enhancement - -
21 Internal /V Correction - -
22 Internal Misc Technical - -
23 Internal /V Correction - -
24 Internal Technical - -
25 Internal /V Correction - -
26 Internal /V Enhancement - -
27 Internal /V Technical - -
28 Internal /V Enhancement - -
29 Internal /V Correction - -
30 Internal KB - External Programs Enhancement - -
31 Internal /V Correction - -
32 Internal /V Correction - -
33 Internal. /V Correction - -
34 Internal /V Enhancement - -
35 Internal /V Correction - -
36 Internal /V Correction - -
37 Internal /V Correction - -
38 Internal /V Enhancement - -
39 Internal /V Enhancement - -
40 Internal /V Correction - -
41 Internal MetaIndex Correction - -
42 Internal /M Correction - -
43 Internal /V Correction - -
44 Internal Statistics Correction - -
45 Internal /V Correction - -
46 Internal /M Correction - -
47 When checking for "Full Text" availability against SFX, errors occured when an ampersand was sent within the XML. A URL escape was added in order to solve the problem. /V Correction 8192-26160 -
48 Internal /M Enhancement - -
49 Internal /M Correction - -
50 Internal /M Correction - -
51 Internal Technical - -
52 Internal /M Correction - -
53 The CKB export failed when there were more than 1000 entries on Sun platforms. This was fixed. KB Tool Correction 8192-45136 -
54 Support for EZproxy-ticket authentication was added. This option allows customers to use EZproxy for authorized users using an encoded ticket. /V Enhancement - See SKB item 11430 on the CRM.
55 When deep linking to MetaLib with special characters such as apostrophe, linking failed. This was fixed. PDS Correction 8192-27152 -
56 Two new scripts for PDS debugging -- one for turning it on, the other for turning it off. PDS Enhancement - To turn on the PDS debug flag, run the following: >> pdsroot >> cd program >> ./pds_debug_on, or ./pds_debug_off to turn it off
57 Internal X-Server Correction - -
58 Internal /V Correction - -
59 Internal /V Correction - -
60 Internal /V Correction - -
61 Internal X-Server Correction - -
62 Internal /V Correction - -
63 Internal X-Server Correction - -
64 Internal /V Correction 8192-27152 -
65 Internal. /V Correction - -
66 Internal /V Correction - -
67 Internal /M Correction - -
68 Internal Technical - -
69 If the status of a resource is changed, from active to inactive for example, or the resource is deleted, the changes are now reflected in the QuickSets. /V Correction 8192-1438 -
70 The ./vir00/tab/tab_authorize_ip table was limited to 500 entries. This has been increased to 10000. /V Enhancement 8192-41765 -
71 The script ./metalib_conf/metalib_startup now starts up the z39 gate as well as the web and search servers. Technical 8192-41772 -
72 Internal. /V Correction - -
73 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
74 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
75 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
76 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
77 Internal /M Enhancement - -
78 Internal Technical - -
79 Internal MetaIndex Correction - -
80 Internal. Maintenance Correction - -
81 The command utility 'Util x 9' - MetaLib cleanup (VIR01 + Logfiles) deleted all files in $LOGDIR and $TMPDIR irrespective of their creation date. This was changed so that only files older than 3 days are removed. Maintenance Correction 8192-29267 -
82 Internal. /V Correction - -
83 Internal. /V Correction - -
84 Internal. /M Correction - -
85 'Find a Resource' in /M using 'My group' did not return any results. This was fixed. /M Correction 8192-51554 -
86 The parameter LOG_ARCHIVE_START is obsolete in Oracle 10g. It was removed from the Oracle command utilities - 'util o 7'. Maintenance Technical 8192-49101 -
87 It is now possible to push an e-Journal from the SFX A-Z List to MetaLib's 'My e-Journals'. The SFX March 2007 Revision must be applied to support this functionality. See SKB 12100 for html changes on MetaLib side. /V Enhancement - See SKB item 12100 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
88 A typo was fixed in the redirect pages when 'Linking to the Native Interface' from MetaLib. /V Correction - See SKB item 12100 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
89 In IE7, the line separating the search results and the cluster facets pane did not display. This was fixed. /V Correction - See SKB item 12100 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
90 On Mac/Safari, part of the HTML legend for the radio buttons appeared in the Find Database search forms. This was fixed. /V Correction - See SKB item 12100 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
91 The HTML window titles of the Preferences and my e-Journals pages were incorrect. This was fixed. /V Correction - See SKB item 12100 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express prior to installing SP2.
92 Internal. /M Correction - -
93 Internal. /M Correction - -
94 Internal. /M Correction - -
95 New functionality in the Management Interface - customization of Cluster/Facets. Refer to the document "Metalib Version 4 - How to Customize Cluster-Facets". See Implementation Notes for details. /V Enhancement - See SKB item 14656 in the CRM.
96 When using iChain for single sign-on, the user's IP is read from the HTTP header. Because of a parsing error, the IP of on-campus users was not identified correctly, and users were treated as off-campus. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-38479 -
97 When a guest user changed his portal to another institution, the original institution was sent to PDS instead of the last chosen institution. This was fixed. /V Enhancement 8192-51745 -
98 When using the EZProxy-ticket, in some cases the ticket authentication failed. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-51748 -
99 Internal. /V Correction - -
100 Fix HTML validity problem. In the User Interface, replaced the "&" in the link to the accessibility statement with "&" in the ./tail-include file. See Implementation Notes for details. /V Correction - See SKB item 14657 in the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local setup prior to installing SP3.
101 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
102 The OS permissions of the files pds_debug_on and pds_debug_off under ./pds/program/ were changed to be executable. PDS Correction 8192-54870 -
103 Internal. KB Tool Enhancement - -
104 Performance fix: If a patron or default user had a large number of QuickSets, the login was slow. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-47423 -
105 New command utility UTIL-S-4 - MetaLib Monitoring Tool. See Implementation Notes for more details. Misc Enhancement - The Monitoring Tool utility can be set up to run automatically as a cron job. See SKB item 14658 in the CRM.
106 Enable translation of "retrieve more" in QuickSearch. /V Correction 8192-52526 -
107 In the Home page, the text of the link to "Find Database" can now be customized and/or translated using www_const.<lng>. See Implementation Notes for details. /V Correction - See SKB item 14660 in the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local setup prior to installing SP3.
108 Internal. /V Enhancement - -
109 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
110 The library jnl01 environment parameter was removed from the METALIB_LIBRARY_LIST in MIK and should be removed in local installations. See Implementation Notes for details. Misc Correction 8192-49101 See SKB item 14659 in the CRM.
111 New functionality: Display SFX Full Text Button in Table/Brief formats. The program "check_full_text_availability" now calls a new SFX API: "journal_subscription". The program/API can handle multiple documents, and is controlled by the existing environment variable "check_full_text_avail" in ./metalib_conf/www_server.conf. See Implementation Notes for details. Enhancement - See SKB item 13027 in the CRM.
112 Internal /V Enhancement - -
113 Internal /V Correction - -
114 If there were more than nine institutions in a consortium, the "Institutional Settings" options did not function. This was fixed. /M Correction 8192-54526 -
115 Internal X-Server Enhancement - -
116 Internal. /M Correction - -
117 Internal PDS Correction - -
118 When using the institute parameter in the tab_service.<INST> file to allow for the utilization of more than one tab_service.<INST> file for a MetaLib institution, authentication against the MetaLib X-server failed. This was fixed. PDS Correction 8192-43408 -
119 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
120 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
121 Internal PDS Correction - -
122 Internal. /M Enhancement - -
123 Internal. Misc Correction - -
124 Format conversion: MAB subfields were not properly converted as part of the MAB to MARC conversion. This was fixed. Search Server Correction 8192-54045 -
125 Internal. /V Correction - -
126 Inconsistencies in the spelling of the word "database" in the HTML files were fixed, and missing slashes //\\ were added to facilitate translation. /V Correction 8192-54263 See SKB item 14894 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
127 PDS fix for passwords longer than 25 characters. PDS Correction 8192-57986 -
128 The IP loader now accepts a user name with a length of up to 40 characters (instead of 30). Misc Correction 8192-55478 -
129 MetaIndex fix. When loading records with a UID (Identifier) longer than 40 characters into a MetaIndex, the identifier was truncated, causing non-duplicate records to be loaded as duplicates. MetaIndex Correction 8192-37501 -
130 When JavaScript was enabled, the cluster/facets pane would first display fully expanded, and then redisplay collapsed. Now the pane displays collapsed. /V Enhancement - See SKB item 14897 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local insitutional setup prior to installing SP4. It does not affect the cluster/facet functionality.
131 Add missing slashes //\\ for translation and missing strings in www_const.lng. /V Correction 8192-54263 See SKB item 14894 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
132 It was not possible to use special characters, such as double quotes or angle brackets, in eShelf folder names. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-54260 -
133 Internal. /V Correction - -
134 Internal /V Correction - -
135 Internal Statistics Correction - -
136 Internal. Search Server Enhancement - -
137 Internal /V Enhancement - -
138 Internal /V Correction - -
139 Internal MetaIndex Correction - -
140 When changing portals between institutions, the resource list in MetaSearch contained resources from the previous institution. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-56357 -
141 Fix to MetaLib Reports. The KnowledgeBase Report, in "Configuration Notes" format, did not display the "Resource Configuration Notes" and "Global Search Hints" fields from the suitable CKB record in local resources. This was fixed. Statistics Correction 8192-26717 -
142 Copy Cataloging: Fix to environment definitions for the pc_server Misc Correction 8192-52585 -
143 When there was no free space in the Oracle database, the clear_vir01 procedure would go into a loop. This was fixed. Misc Correction 8192-53831 -
144 Improvements were made to HTML files and to the ./insNN/www_const.lng file to facilitate translation. /V Correction 8192-54263 See SKB item 14894 on the CRM.
145 The end-of-line markers in response headers were changed from LF to CRLF in order to comply with RFC1945. /V Correction 8192-11801 -
146 In My e-Journals, clicking on the Article title for a journal with no ISSN will now open the SFX menu. /V Correction - See SKB item 14899 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
147 1. Fix to placeholders in home page 2. Fixes to deep link functionality. /V Correction 8192-56447, 8192-51746, 8192-55268 -
148 Internal /M Correction - -
149 The X-Server merge_sort API returned an incorrect local_error 0135 ("Invalid group number") when all resources in a group returned no results. A fix was made so that a correct error message "error 0132 - There are no results" will indicate that the merge-sort could not be completed because no results exist in any of the requested resources. X-Server Correction - -
150 MetaIndex Fix. If a field length was larger that 2000 characters (for example, the Abstract field), the content was truncated when loading data in a MetaIndex. This was fixed. MetaIndex Correction 8192-29638 -
151 Enhancement to support Primo - MetaLib interoperability. Relevant only for Primo customers KB Tool Enhancement - See SKB item 14898 on the CRM. Note that this is relevant only for Primo customers.
152 Internal /M Correction - -
153 Incorrect path of the SUBMIT icon was fixed in the Cluster-Facet Management page. /M Correction 8192-60661 -
154 Internal. Statistics Correction - -
155 In the "Add User" page, the pulldown list for the institution was not always populated correctly. This was fixed. /M Correction 8192-38359 -
156 Improvements were made to the "Clean Statistics" procedure util_x_10. Misc Correction 8192-37510 -
157 Enhancements for CJK support regarding the sort routines for Chinese. Misc Enhancement - See SKB item 14895 on the CRM. Note that this is relevant only to customers who use CJK.
158 Fixed a layout problem in the Results page. When searching for a long search term in a set containing Search & Link resources, the search term overlapped with the link to Search & Link. /V Correction - See SKB item 14896 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP4.
159 Internal. /V Correction - -
160 Internal. /V Correction - -
161 Internal Correction - -
162 Internal PDS Correction - -
163 Fix UI bugs: 1. Missing Content-Type in the redirect page 2.The hard-coded path to the "go" image when the eshelf was empty was changed to environment variables. 3. The institute name in the login url to PDS is now a placeholder. 4. Corrections were made to the title of the institute-list for deep-linking to PDS /V Correction 8192-54266 See SKB item 14958 in the CRM. Fixes to 1,2 and 3 are highly recommended, while 4 is optional. These changes are relevant only to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP5.
164 Internal /M Correction - -
165 The "Filter for NEW Resource by User Group" in the MetaSearch module did not always function correctly. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-40825 -
166 Internal. Misc Enhancement - -
167 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
168 MetaIndex: When harvesting via a cron job and a record returns an "Invalid" error, the harvesting process continues with the next record instead of terminating. MetaIndex Correction 8192-29293 -
169 Internal MetaIndex Correction - -
170 Internal. MetaIndex Correction - -
171 Internal. Search Server Correction - -
172 In certain circumstances, the wrong Management Main Menu page was displayed. This was fixed. /M Correction 8192-53451 -
173 Internal KB Tool Enhancement - -
174 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
175 Two new utilities were added (UTIL/A/17 and UTIL/A/18) to deal with Oracle analyzed tables/indexes. For details, refer to the MetaLib Version 4.0x - Oracle Administrator's Guide. Misc Enhancement - -
176 New utility in the MetaLib Monitoring Tool produces a report listing missing tables or indexes in all MetaLib libraries. For details, refer to the MetaLib Version 4 - Monitoring Tool document. Misc Enhancement - -
177 Categories are now displayed correctly when containing Hebrew characters. Misc Correction 8192-55741 -
178 MetaIndex:Harvesting from https OAI sources is now supported. MetaIndex Correction 8192-33744 -
179 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
180 Internal. MetaIndex Correction - -
181 When a facet or cluster was selected in the search results, the number of hits would increase. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-62279 -
182 The default file extension for MetaLib's "Save as" function in the full view of the record is now configurable. It can be changed to 'txt' instead of 'exl'. /V Correction 8192-8672 See SKB item 14991 on the CRM. Note that this is optional, and relevant only to customers who wish to change the default extension.
183 Internal. /M Correction - -
184 Internal. Misc Correction - -
185 Security fix. The obsolete CGI files printenv, show-gate and open-file have been removed from the version to prevent breach in security. Misc Correction 8192-60582 -
186 Categories displayed in the resource Info page are now taken from the "Category Display" table instead of the "Categories Master". /V Correction 8192-56650 -
187 Internal /V Correction - -
188 Enhancement to support Primo - MetaLib interoperability. Relevant only for Primo customers Correction - See SKB item 15006 on the CRM. Note that this is relevant only for Primo customers.
189 Internal KB Tool Enhancement - -
190 Internal X-Server Enhancement - -
191 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
192 The X-Server "source_locate" service previously returned only up to 1000 items. This limitation was removed. X-Server Correction 8192-63458 -
193 In the Management Interface, the "View Resources Changed in CKB Update" option is now functioning correctly. KB Tool Correction 8192-63866 -
194 Enhancements were made to the MetaLib Monitoring Tool to check available disk space and free space in Oracle tablespaces. For details, refer to the document, MetaLib Version 4 - Monitoring Tool. Enhancement - -
195 The Alerts e-mail contained an invalid date header. This was fixed. Correction 8192-63510 -
196 Categories Admin>Assigning Databases: When making changes to the databases assigned to a sub-category, the database list displayed by MetaLib in the middle pane did not refresh correctly. This was fixed. /M Correction 8192-66648 -
197 X-Server. Using the "present" service, it is now possible to request records of a cluster/facet node by document number/s. X-Server Correction - -
198 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
199 The pop-up window for the "Save as" function in the Full view of an e-Shelf folder record was enlarged so that all the action icons are visible, and the user does not have to scroll down to find them. /V Correction 8192-68889 See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
200 The Master-Production sync now handles the category sequences correctly. Master Production Correction 8192-64454 -
201 External links in records in the Full view in the User Interface are now secured. Therefore, they are no longer treated as MetaLib created links. /V Correction 8192-40333 -
202 When searching in the MetaSearch/Find Database modules, the search status did not always display. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-62281 -
203 In the MetaLib Management Interface, double quotes in any of the IRD fields are now encoded correctly. /M Correction 8192-60825 -
204 Internal. KB Tool Enhancement - -
205 The X-Server "present" service now handles the Proxy redirection to URLs for both POST and GET methods. X-Server Enhancement - -
206 A missing tooltip was added to the "All retrieved records" link in the cluster-facet display in the MetaSearch and QuickSearch modules. /V Correction - -
207 A tooltip with the icon's name was added to the resource icon in the User Interface to support accessibility. The text is customizable via the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> table. /V Enhancement - See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
208 A new environment parameter, "www_v_force_login", was added to the ./metalib_conf/www_server.conf file. When the value is set to "Y", only authenticated users have access to MetaLib and guest access is disabled. Misc Enhancement - See SKB item 15379 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who wish to implement the "force login" functionality.
209 The results of the searches done in the QuickSearch or MetaSearch/Combined results pages are sorted by default according to rank and title. If a user sorted the records by year, for example, and then resorted the same results set by rank, the records did not display in the original default order. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-49514 See SKB item 15364 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
210 When clicking on the Lock icon in the MetaSearch module, MetaLib did not display the correct institution name in the PDS login page. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-59038 -
211 In the User Interface, if a user clicked a link in an Info page, the link opened in the window of the Info page. Now the link opens in a new window. /V Correction 8192-61524 -
212 Entries have been added for "MySets", "QuickSets" and "View retrieved" to the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> file. /V Correction 8192-69308 See SKB item 15363 on the CRM. Note that this is optional and only relevant to customers who have already run the Upgrade Express or local institutional setup prior to installing SP6.
213 Internal. Misc Correction - -
214 When deep linking in MetaLib using the "force login" functionality, MetaLib did not display the correct institution in the login page. This was fixed. /V Correction 8192-62395 -
215 There was a mismatch between MetaLib and Oracle parameters. This was fixed. This change is mandatory for customers using the MetaLib Oracle Backup supplied with MetaLib Version 4.0x. Misc Correction 8192-63650, 8192-64872 See SKB item 15380 on the CRM. Note that this change must be applied manually by all customers.
216 Internal. Misc Enhancement - -
217 When customizing or translating the "Back to QuickSearch" link in the QuickSet Details page, only the first occurrence was translated. Both links are now translated. /V Correction 8192-59965 -
218 If the MetaLib banner was clicked and the "Find e-Journal" option selected, the link to the e-Journals list was not created correctly. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-70949 -
219 If a QuickSet contained an inactive or deleted resource, it was not possible to add resources because the set was considered full. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-68475 -
220 In the X-Service Permissions page of the X-Server Online Help, the HTML encoding for the load-login syntax was fixed to display correctly in all browsers. X-Server Correction 8192-76859 -
221 WEBCONFIG_XML resources are now searchable using a proxy. KB - External Programs Correction 8192-71581 -
222 In the X-Server search APIs, if a search terminates in error, the services now return a <find_error_code> element in addition to a <find_error_text> element. X-Server Enhancement - -
223 It is now possible to perform a locate command containing the "/" character. /V Correction 8192-11794 -
224 When a "Link-to" resource appeared in a resource list in the MetaSearch module, the line separating it from the previous resource was incomplete. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-72215 -
225 Internal. /V Correction - -
226 There was a mismatch between the definitions of the "Publisher URL" in the IRD (field 85642) and display of the field in the Info page in the User Interface. This bug is fixed and both subfield "a" and subfield "u" are recognized as valid values in both the /V and /M modules. /M Correction - -
227 The vertical scrollbar was missing in the MetaSearch module when using an IE7 browser. /V Correction 8192-68544 This manual change is relevant only to customers upgrading from MetaLib Version 3.13 who have already run Upgrade Express prior to installing this service pack. For all instances and languages, in the file ./insNN/www_v_<lng>metalib.css change the line from: #record_list_metasearch {width:100%;height:259px;overflow:auto} to: #record_list_metasearch {width:100%;height:259px;overflow:auto;overflow-y:scroll}
228 An inconsistency in the XML tags in the retrieve_categories output was fixed. The category and subcategory elements are now returned with an "underscore": <category_info> and <subcategory_info>. X-Server Technical - -
229 In the X-Server APIs, the right parenthesis was missing in the metalib_version attribute for a 3 digit service pack level. This bug is fixed. X-Server Correction - -
230 In certain cases, statistics reports listed resources owned by other institutions in consortia environments. This bug is fixed. Statistics Correction 8192-45055 -
231 Internal KB Tool Correction - -
232 The utility "Delete Statistics for Analyzed Tables" (UTIL A/18) was added to the clear_vir01 process. Since the clear_vir01 process is run on a regular basis, it will save sites having to remove Oracle statistics manually. Maintenance Enhancement 8192-70920 -
233 Internal Enhancement - -
234 New 'merge_more_set' option to create a unique merged set that contains the next retrieved set of records, but not previously-merged records. The merged set created with the 'merge_more_set' option does not overwrite the existing merged set. X-Server Enhancement - -
235 X-Service 'source_locate': New 'customize' output format and new locate_command filter to retrieve resources by category/sub-category X-Server Enhancement - -
236 X-Service 'retrieve_my_ejournals': New service to retrieve My e-Journals for authenticated users X-Server Enhancement - -
237 X-Service 'present': OpenURL context object is now returned for all output formats (brief, full, customize). X-Server Enhancement - -
238 Internal. X-Server Enhancement - -
239 The maximum allowed length for a proxy address in the Proxy tab of the Management Interface was increased to 200 characters /M Correction 8192-83704 -
240 MetaLib now contains increased protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. /V Enhancement - Need to translate the following line in all insNN/tab/www_heading.lng: 0223 Invalid input
241 MetaLib/SFX Integration - SFX Multi-Language support: A new language parameter is now passed to SFX to display the A-Z list in the same language as in MetaLib /V Enhancement - In order to map local language codes to the standard codes, run the following script: >>perl $aleph_proc/map_instances_languages.pl Manual instructions: If you are using language code 'aaa' for 'German', you need to add mapping of 'aaa' to the standard code of 'German'. Look for 'German' in the fist coloumn in the tab "$metalib_dev/vir00/tab/lng_mapping" you'll get the line: German ger GER You need to add the following line: German ger AAA
242 It is now possible to present a 'snippet' of the Abstract in the table/brief views for all the search modules /V Enhancement - 1. To present the Abstract in the brief view add(in the position you want the Abstract to appear) to: ./insxx/tab/www_tab_brief 99 520## YY when YY represents the number of Abstract lines that will be presented 2. To present the Abstract in the table view: - for every institution(insxx) and every langugae(zzz): edit ./insxx/tab/www_tab_short.zzz change the Title line(line 4) in COL 10 as follows: ...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
243 A new option was added to UTIL S for SSL implementation using a Chain certificate. Enhancement 8192-60959 For details, refer to MetaLib Version 4.1.x System Administration Guide, section UTIL S-2 - Implement SSL.
244 Headers that were inadvertently deleted from configuration tables by Upgrade Express have been restored /V Correction 8192-72248 -
245 Internal Maintenance Correction - -
246 Improvements were made to port validation in the UTIL S/1 and S/2 command utilities Maintenance Technical 8192-81398 -
247 'Links to Holdings' were not always functional for duplicate records. This bug is fixed. Correction 8192-55034 -
248 Internal X-Server Correction - -
249 Searching by ISSN/ISBN in the 'find' X-Service is restored X-Server Correction 8192-72401 -
250 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
251 The domain of the PDS_HANDLE cookie for domains like www.xxx.yyy was changed to .xxx.yyy PDS Correction 8192-67615 -
252 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
253 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
254 Internal PDS Correction - -
255 Internal PDS Correction - -
256 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
257 Customized PDS login pages were not always displayed properly. This bug is fixed. PDS Correction 8192-84718 -
258 Internal PDS Correction - -
259 Internal PDS Correction - -
260 Internal PDS Correction - -
261 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
262 Internal PDS Enhancement - -
263 Internal PDS Correction - -
264 Internal PDS Correction - -
265 Internal /V Correction - -
266 The 51st byte was missing in QuickSet/My Databases description. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-80748 -
267 Security fix in Apache: A defunct symbolic link pointing to ./apache/htdocs/tmp was removed. /V Technical 8192-73638 -
268 In the KnowledgeBase Report, categories for Link-to resources were not displayed. This bug is fixed. Statistics Correction 8192-67430 -
269 The correct categories are now displayed when switching between institutions in the MetaSearch module. /V Correction 8192-63631 -
270 It is now possible for a user to export records from an e-Shelf folder in HTML/XML format. The exported file can be embedded as a 'reading list' in a CMS/VLE environment or instructional Web page. /V Enhancement - The Service Pack mechanism automatically adds two text labels to the ./tab/www_const.<lng> files for all instances and languages. In addition, there is a script to facilitate customization of the 'Save as' pull down list. 1. Before running the script, you should customize/translate the following text strings in the relevant instances and languages in the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> files: HTML(reading list) -- HTML(reading list) XML(reading list) -- XML(reading list) Restart the Web servers after saving the file/s. >> start_w 2. In order to add the 'Reading List' option to the relevant 'Save as' pull down lists, run the following script. Note the values will be added only if the HTML page eshelf-2-save has not been modified or customized. ...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
271 Citation Management Software Support: It is now possible to save records to RefWorks using Direct Export. /V Enhancement - The Service Pack mechanism automatically adds a text label to the ./tab/www_const.<lng> files for all instances and languages. In addition, there is a script to facilitate customization of the 'Save as' pull down list in all the relevant HTML pages for all instances and languages under ./insNN/www_v<lng>: eshelf-2-save, full-save, full-save-simplified. 1. Before running the script, you should customize/translate the following value in the relevant instances and languages in the ./insNN/tab/www_const.<lng> files: RefWorks -- RefWorks Restart the Web servers after saving the file/s. >> start_w 2. In order to add 'RefWorks' to the relevant 'Save as' pull down lists, run the following script: >>csh -f $alephm_root/imp_notes/271_optional.csh ...For more information please refer to Service Pack summary by invoking option 5 of the Service Pack Utility...
272 The link to the databases in duplicate records did not always function correctly in the table view. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-80273 -
273 MetaLib now contains a set of pre-defined CSS and icon sets supporting different color schemes. /V Enhancement - -
274 Previous searches were not saved after using 'Lateral links' in the full view of the record. This bug is fixed. /V Correction 8192-81958 -
275 The release notes are now loaded correctly during the CKB update process for new/updated resources KB Tool Correction - -
276 Resources containing non-UTF8 characters caused the 'Export to Primo' option to fail. This bug was fixed. KB Tool Correction 8192-84134 -
277 X-Service 'present': The SYS number (MetaLib's doc-number) is now available in the 'present' output X-Server Enhancement - -
278 Internal /V Correction - -
279 X-Service 'save_citation': New service for saving records to a file in citation format X-Server Enhancement - -
280 Internal PDS Correction - -
281 Internal PDS Correction - -
282 Find E-journal should work as an iframe in the Metalib window /V Enhancement - In order to update the Find e-Journals Online Help pages for all instances and languages, run the following script: >> csh -f $alephm_root/imp_notes/282_optional.csh If the script fails to add the values, a log file is created containing the list of files that this script updates. View the log file using the following command: >> cat $TMPDIR/files_to_change_manually.sp.*.282
283 Internal Search Server Correction - -
284 X-server searches were returning a "System Busy" error by mistake. This was fixed. X-Server Correction - -
285 Internal. /V Correction - -
286 Internal Misc Correction - -
287 Phrase searches sent to Z39.50 resources with term transformations now function correctly Z39 Correction 8192-87034 -
288 Internal. Misc Technical - -
289 Internal KB Tool Enhancement - -
290 Adding a new parameter to the retrieve_resource_types_response holding the display_name for resource_types X-Server Correction 8192-50348 -
291 Internal. X-Server Correction - -
292 Internal /V Technical - -
293 Internal KB Tool Correction - -