Re: [IUG] Error message display in patronview (WebPac Pro)

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>]

At 10:12 AM 09/04/2008, David wrote:
> In patronview, when attempting a renewal, currently the only way a
> patron is alerted to an unsuccessful renewal is in the status column of
> the item list.
> I have seen some instances where a bold error message appears at the top
> of the item list, alerting the patron to a problem. (e.g. "Not all
> renewals were successful. See Details below.") Can't seem to find
> reference to how that is set up, or I am not describing it clearly
> enough to find.


In our R2007 system, the default patron record view of items checked 
out produces an error message above the table of items.  The relevant 
chunk of the source code looks like this:

<div id="renewfailmsg" style="display:none"  class="errormessage">
<h2>Not all renewals were successful. See details below.</h2></div>

I'm assuming the display:none style is overridden programmatically to 
reveal the text when something cannot be renewed.

Other than styling the message to stand out, there was no set up or 
customization involved.  (Not sure if pre-R2007 systems do the same thing?)

Bob Duncan


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