WorkFlows Java Client: What is it and what's new?
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The WorkFlows Java Client is a Java-based staff interface for Unicorn. It utilizes technology available with Java software to make suggested improvements identified through customer feedback. Some of the new features are listed below.
General
- Increased Windows functionality
- Standard cut, copy, and paste editing operations
- Rearranging, resizing, and sorting of columns
- Controlling fonts
- Ability to scroll through a screen with the mouse
- Inheriting color scheme from the desktop
- Glossary data can be copied
- Window sizing is remembered
- Themes interface option that can be set on individual workstations, allowing for a new look to WorkFlows
- Toolbar manager
Acquisitions
- Fund wizards
- Review all funds helpers
- Save financial and copies data to a file
- Save performance data to a file
- Invoice wizards
- Order wizards
- Add orderline wizard
- Segments interface
- Toolbox buttons
- Vendor wizards
Cataloging
- Improved MARC record editor
- Label designer wizard
- Redesigned Smartport
- Defaults property page
- New gadgets for all number load rules and title and authority control number source
- New search interface
- Shadow option available on bibliographic, call number, and item records
- Symbol table for inserting diacritics and special characters
- Tree hierarchy for call numbers and copies
Circulation
- Increased individual wizard properties
- More information can be input on initial screens, such as in the Place Hold wizard
- Amount owed added to Summary tab in the user record
Reports
- Individual wizard properties replaced by session settings
- Calendar displays on schedule window
- Single selection criteria tab replaced by one or more tabs named for each selection phase
- Output options tabs now have names that are more specific