Request: automatic end-of-book sequence in republisher

[paul.n]

The sequence of page types at the end of a book is very consistent.

Here's the sequence:

1. Back cover (left side of spread)
2. Delete
3. Left Color Card
4. Right Color Card
5. Click Check-in (to get to the check-in warning/confirmation window)

I would like to make it so that, upon asserting the back cover, the rest of the sequence happens automatically.

So this would mean that republisher would need to:
   * distinguish front vs. back covers.
   * provide an error when the number of images after the back cover is wrong (like, if someone forgot to shoot their color cards)?

We have identified one case where color cards are not shot. This is the sheet fed scanning project that only takes place at our NJ scanning center. We would need to accommodate that project somehow.

Paul

[Hank Bromley (hank-archive)]

Just wanted to add that switching from "Cover" to "Front Cover" and "Back Cover," or some such, does affect more than RePublisher. Any other code that expects to see just "Cover" will also need to be updated.

[danh (danh-archive)]

I think (somebody please correct me!) that the intention wasn't to make new types, but just do something with the second page marked cover (i.e., the back cover) or the first page marked cover (i.e., the front cover).

In any event, per later communication from Paul, the actual request will be somewhat different i think.

[paul.n (paul-n)]

Update:

Robert has suggested a different approach that we're going to take.

We will be shooting the color cards, and rulers, opposite of the front and back covers.
Dan has already written some code for us to test which will auto-assert the color cards (since we know that they will be the first and last images).

So far, this has only been tested on one scribe but it seems to be working well.

I still think we should automate the end sequence though. Now that the color cards are auto-asserted, I think that asserting the back cover (aka the cover opposite of the 2nd color card) should automatically invoke the check-in warning screen.

[StaceyS (stacey-archive)]

This new code has been pushed to scribe1.capitolhill.archive.org and we are seeing/experiencing the following:
1. The page opposite the front cover is automatically asserted as color card
2. The page opposite the back cover is NOT automatically asserted as color card
3. Asserting the page opposite the back cover as color card forces the back cover to also be asserted as color card.
4. The way we are currently getting around this is to shoot color cards twice - once next to each cover and once at the end of the book - this way there is one color card next to the front cover and two AFTER the back cover, for a total of 3 color cards.

[paul.n (paul-n)]

Update:

Dan vnc'd into Stacey's computer. We confirmed that the code was working as intended. However, it would be ideal that when the flag was turned on, the following bits of code were turned off:

* auto delete page opposite of cover
* auto assert opposite color card

Paul