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Collections & Technical Services
Feb 08
Issue: 219

Connexion Client Version 2.10 Now Available

OCLC has announced the availablity of Connexion client version 2.10, now available for download from the Software download area of Product Services Web. You will be required to upgrade to version 2.10 by April 1, 2008. An upgrade warning message will begin appearing when you start version 1.7x or 2.00 beginning in early February 2008.

If you have been using version 1.7x, you can use the enhancements from version 2.00 in addition to the enhancements in version 2.10. You can go directly from 1.7X to 2.10. You do not need to move from 1.7X to 2.00 to 2.10. Version 2.10 is a complete version.

OCLC recommends that you always uninstall previous versions of Connexion client before installing new versions.

Be sure to review the “Update the client” version of the Getting Started document at http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/connexion/client/gettingstarted/gettingstarted//#update_client.fm before installing the new version. For more detail and to download the client, go to Connexion client recent enhancements, http://www.oclc.org/connexion/interface/client/enhancements/recent.htm.

Enhancements in version 2.10:

Use new macro commands GetListCellData and GetListCellDataUnicode to retrieve data from lists.
Set an option to be warned before you export when unlinked non-Latin fields are present in a record.
Select one of multiple headings in a bibliographic field to lock a linked authority record.
Control genre headings in fields tagged 655 second indicator zero.
Display language of cataloging from field 040 subfield b in WorldCat search results lists.
See the code S for SCIPIO records in the Library type column in WorldCat search results lists.
See the SCIPIO date of sale in hyphenated format (1899-08-19) in WorldCat search results lists.
Export and import in Dublin Core Qualified, Dublin Core Simple, OCLC Dublin Core Qualified and OCLC Dublin Core Simple.
Include non-Latin data in 4xx, 7xx and selected 6xx fields in authority records when Library of Congress makes this available no earlier than April 2008.

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