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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wonder if you can point use in the right direction to modify the Koha system we’ve just installed?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ve set up a basic system to use with barcodes and barcode<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>readers for both items and patrons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The problem is that our ID card barcodes add two leading 0s to staff IDs (7 digits vs 9 digits for students) and also the last number is not part of the ID number but the card issue number.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Somehow we want to intercept the string to remove any leading zeros and also delete the last digit before it gets used as the patron number by Koha.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Could you give us a pointer as to where I should be looking (i.e. any documentation or which module to look at) and what string I should be processing?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve found the patrons.js, in autocomplete, but suspect that is running when text is been entered, however the barcode enters the full string and probably a CR which I suspect is the equivalent of the submit being pressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Basically I’m looking for hints as to where the string goes when the Submit button is pressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Can anyone give me a hint?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jeremy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>P.S. I did post before but didn’t get any responses and can’t reply to me post as I didn’t get the post by email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>