When managing the list of patrons, it can be difficult to quickly locate a patron name due to the large number of patrons in the list. The Lookup Patrons form provides a method to limit the number of patrons displayed in the list. To access this form, click the Lookup button from the List Maintenance Codes form while editing the list of patrons.
To retrieve the list of all patrons, select the Retrieve All Patrons field, then click the OK button.
To retrieve a limited set of patrons based on the name of the patrons, select the Retrieve Patrons by Name field, enter a search value in the associated text field, then click the OK button. The text field accepts entries in "Last Name, First Name" format. To search only by last name, leave off the first name component. To search only by first name, begin your entry with a comma. You may include the asterisk ("*") wildcard character in your search text to perform a more generic search.
The number of matches returned by either search method may be limited due to restrictions imposed by the local library.