External Logon to PAC Patron Account
You can allow patrons to log on to the main patron account page in the PAC from an external page, bypassing the Polaris PowerPAC main page. The POST method requires a user name or barcode and the patron’s password. (If there is a problem with these entries, a PowerPAC error message is displayed and the patron is returned to the normal PowerPAC log-on screen.)
The external log-on uses the page logon_ext.aspx. The two form values supported are userid, which can be either the patron account barcode or user name, and password, which is the patron’s password. The following example HTML page shows how to include a logon feature on an external page:
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" action="http://mylibrary.com/polaris/logon_ext.aspx">
Barcode or Username:<br />
<input type="text" id="userid" name="userid"/><br />
Password:<br />
<input type="password" id="password" name="password"/><br />
<input type="submit" value="Log In" />
</form>
</body>
</html>