Talis Alto Letters

Reservation Cancellation Letters  (May 2007)
This article describes how to install a script, res_cancel_letter that produces a letter that can be used to notify borrowers of cancelled reservations. It is possible to select reservations whose cancellation date either falls between a specified date range or has been cancelled since the last run of the script.
Download: res_cancel_letter.tar

Borrower Expiry Warning Letters  (May 2007)
This article describes how to install a script, borr_expiry_letter that produces a letter to notify borrowers, of Active status, that their membership is due to expire shortly. It is possible to select borrowers whose membership expiry date either falls between a specified date range or falls within a specified number of days from the date the script is run.
Download: borr_expiry_letter.tar

Updates to the loa_odue_loclev and loa_odue charges scripts  (Feb 2006)
This article describes how to install updates to the loa_odue_loclev and loa_odue_charges concerning the display of email addresses from the CONTACT table in the footer section of the letters. The update_overdues.tar file will update the existing scripts to correct this.
Download: update_overdues.tar

Underdue letters  (Feb 2006)
This article describes how to install a script, loa_underdue_letter that will produce underdue or pre-overdue notices.
Download: loa_underdue_letter.tar

Borrower Notification Preferences  (Jun 2005)
This article outlines how to set up preferred borrower notification methods for individual borrowers and the changes that need to be made to the PERL MIS scripts.

Charges and loans notification letter  (Jun 2005)
This article describes how to install a script charges_notification_letter that can be used to produce notifications of outstanding charges.
Download: charges_notification_letter.tar

How to insert emails addresses into PERL MIS format files  (Jun 2005)
This article provides instructions on the possible methods of inserting an email address directly into the format.pl file of a PERL MIS script.

Pin number notification letters  (May 2005)
The borr_pin_letter script allows a PIN number notification letter to be produced limiting by the borrower creation date, borrower home site or by the borrower type.
Download: borr_pin_letter.tar

How to insert £ in PERL MIS script formats  (Apr 2005)
This article provides instructions on a method of inserting the pound (£) symbol into PERL MIS scripts so the symbol appears when printing or emailing letters.

How to insert guarantor details in to PERL letters  (Aug 2004)
This article provides instructions on adding guarantor details to PERL letters.