[Isis-users] About ABCD 3.8

[JESUS MELGAR CALDERON]

Estimado Roger.




Antes que nada, agradecer por el trabajo que han hecho y por mantener 
actualizado y vivo el ABCD. 



Respecto a esta nueva versión 3.8 de ABCD tengo una pregunta.




Sigue siendo compatible con bases de datos de winsis y la utilería MX?


En versiones anteriores de ABCD lo que hacía era exportar cualquier BD de 
winisis a un archivo .iso
por ejemplo, la BD prueba, generaba en winsis el archivo prueba.iso 



Luego a partir de ese archivo iso
con MX creaba la base de datos en formato ANSI para hacerla compatible con 
ABCD


mx iso=prueba.iso convert=ansi create=prueba now -all


y por último generaba el índice y copiaba todos los archivos al servidor 
de ABCD



mx prueba fst=@prueba.fst fullinv/ansi=prueba now -all 




Saludos


Jesús Melgar C.
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares.
México
Centro de Documentación y Difusión Nuclear.








From: "Roger C. Guilherme" <rogercguilherme at gmail.com>
To: isis-users at iccisis.org
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 09:48:01 -0300
Subject: [Isis-users] About ABCD 3.8





Dear colleagues,

It’s very difficult to balance development and communication, but this 
time I think it’s important to come here to share some news about ABCD.

We have reached version 3.8 with a number of improvements that are well 
worth checking out.

But first, I must point out that the ABCD documentation (with great 
difficulty) is being produced almost simultaneously with the release of the 
version itself; the address is: https://abcd-devcom.github.io/

Returning to version 3.8...

This version has finally retired the old toolbar written in dhtmlX. The 
toolbar is now in pure HTML and CSS. This will facilitate future 
implementations, as ABCD will gradually transition from a traditional 
Integrated Library System (ILS) to a more modular Library Services Platform 
(LSP).

Within data entry, we now also have the option to:

Organise the form sections into tabs;
Display subfields directly on the form;
Use numeric indicators, which was a problem in previous versions with the 
RDA database, which also uses numeric subfields. The workaround of using a 
numeric subfield as an indicator is no longer necessary.
The Uploads field has been completely rewritten;
Now, when editing a record, the toolbar is hidden, leaving the form in 
full-screen mode to provide greater convenience for the cataloguer.

Statistics
The graphs have been brought back to Statistics, but in a more dynamic form.

Access control
The profile editor has been redesigned; it is no longer an endless list 
where you click ‘All’ and do not select everyone.

In addition to these specific points in version 3.8, there are other 
improvements to the utilities in recent versions.

I made a video in Portuguese, but I think the automatic dubbing feature 
helps; there may be a few errors, but you can see the changes: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcT0CrnJNBg

There is also a post about the version on the documentation blog, for those 
who prefer to read: 
https://abcd-devcom.github.io/blog/2026-05-24-release-3-8-0

The demo version has also been updated:
URL: https://demo.abcd-community.org/admin
username: abcd
password: adm

I hope you like the improvements!

Best regards,






Roger C. Guilherme
Librarian CRB10/1860
Phone: +55 51 992380849


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