Re: Web OPAC: drop down menus for advanced searching

["Brian D. Moore" <bmoore@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We encountered this same problem when we originally brought up Advanced 
Searching. The reason "modify search" isn't working is that it depends on 
III's tokens on the Adv. Srch pg. If you copied the code from III's example 
what you got was the result of the tokens rather than the tokens 
themselves. See Pg. code 102136 in the R.2001 Manual or Records 
16,125-16,154 in the R.2000 manual for info. on these. Once they are in 
place, it will work correctly.

Good Luck!

At 02:14 PM 10/4/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>The Northeastern University Libraries are migrating to the iii
>millennium system, and on our web opac we would like to use an advanced
>word search screen similar to the one at the iii web site sample
>catalog, which is at:
>
>http://www.iii.com:81/search/X
>
>We like the option to use drop-down menus for the field limits and the
>boolean operators.  Our users won't have to know the command language in
>order to have this powerful functionality.  III told us we could use the
>code on the sample page above, but we should consult the listserv if it
>didn't work properly.  And so ....
>
>Specifically, we notice that after doing a search on this screen and
>clicking the "modify search" button on the results page,  the user is
>taken back to the original BLANK search screen, and has to retype the
>entire search.  This happens on our server as well as on the iii web
>site above.
>
>Is anyone using the code on this page, or something like it?  How have
>you fixed the "modify search" option?  If you are  willing to share your
>solution, please contact me.
>--
>G. Karen Merguerian
>
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