When you connect to a new server (other than the EXU server/modules), you need to configure several .ini (configuration files).
The very first thing that you need to change is the server that you connect too in the “library.ini”
The path is: “c:\Al500\Alephcom500\Tab\Library.ini”
Some things that you need to remember when changing Library.ini:
1) Don’t use tabs when you space this file–>Use spaces.
2) Don’t erase the original configuration, just “comment” it out.
3) The program parses the .ini file from top to bottom. It knocks on the first door, second door, third door. The program opens the first door it comes to.
4) Don’t forget that the port needs to be changed.
5) This is a UNIX table–it is case sensitive.
6) You have to include your library’s libraries in the middle collumns.
The next thing to do is change the PERLIBS
The Perlibs file can be found at: “c:\AL500\(acq .,Cat., Circ.,)\Tab\per_lib.ini”
Some things that you need to remember:
1) Each module has its own PERLIB.ini—>but we do not edit all of them.
2) The PERLIB.ini files that we do not edit are: “catconv”, “sear”, and “alephcom” modules.
3) Once again, the application parses the “ini” file from top to bottom.
4) Be somewhat careful when you are adding libraries to the PERLIB files (modules)–it can be overdone. For example, you should not add the the Bib01 to the Serials module. This is because the Serials module interacts most with the Adm50 library, and if it is in the Bib library–it cannot work with the Adm library.
The last thing we do is edit the “Sear” module (This also requires editing the base.dat file).
We edit the Sear or OPAC module through the “Aadmn” module in the client.
1) Click on the “Aadmn” module in the client.
2) Look in the “Configuration” menu for “Libraries Manager.”
3) In the dialog box that appears, click on the “OPAC Bases.”
4) Add the Bib (01) and Auth (10) libraries to the top of the screen.