Category: MarcEdit

  • MarcEdit 5.9 Update

    This is a light update that includes three enhancements and a couple of bug fixes: Enhancement:  Task Manager — I’ve included the ability to add a task to a task.  This allows you to chain tasks together, essentially allowing for the creation of a library of tasks.  You can read more information about this function…

  • MarcEdit 5.9 – Linking Task Lists

    One of the new enhancements to make it into MarcEdit 5.9 is the ability to link task lists.  Task lists are essentially “recorded” macros that link together a set of global actions to be performed on a file.  You can learn more about MarcEdit’s Task Automation tool here:   One of the most recent requests…

  • MarcEdit 5.9 update

    [Please note, it appears that the OSU network is a little wonky right now — so if for some reason you have trouble downloading the update, try again at a later period.  Unfortunately, due to the holidays, the people.oregonstate.edu domain will continue to be up and down until after Christmas.] This MarcEdit update spans a…

  • MarcEdit: Validating data from the command-line

    One of the tools that MarcEdit has built-in into it is a light-weight validator.  For a long time, there has been an Easter Egg of sorts that allowed folks to access the validator via the command-line, if they knew the syntax.  It was something that I primarily used for my own purposes and hadn’t expected…

  • MarcEdit API Addition: BatchZ3950SearchEx

    In early December 2012, I added a new API to the MarcEdit API that allowed a single Z39.50 Search to provide the results back as an array of Objects (rather than just a big string dump).  You can read more about that at: https://blog.reeset.net/archives/1133.  I’ve now added the compliment function for the BatchZ39.50 function: BatchZ3950SearchEx. …

  • Excel Quirks when working with the Delimited Text Translator

    Every now and again, I get messages on the list noting that when trying to translate Excel files with longer fields or with numerical data — MarcEdit’s extracted data doesn’t always reflect what’s in the file.  It can be confusing, and understanding the why of it all probably isn’t something folks want/need to understand —…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 Update posted

    Sorry this one came in late — I had planned on posting this one on Sunday but wasn’t able to get it finished due to an error in the build process.  However, those issues have been resolved and the update has been posted.  This update includes new feature and a few enhancements: [New Feature] Direct…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 API Addition: Z3950SearchEx

    MarcEdit has two COM and .NET API for providing Z39.50 searching — one API provides access to a Single Query and one a batch query: [Z3950Search & BatchZ3950Search].  Both of these options deposit returned data into a file.  However, I’ve been asked if the single search can also provide an array of objects.  COM doesn’t…

  • C# Koha API library – code repository

    I’ve placed C# code library that I’m using in MarcEdit up on my github account: https://github.com/reeset/koha_api.git for those that are interested.  License for this code is CC0.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to work with users or vendors from the other platforms to provide libraries in C# for their implementations as well. Cheers, –TR

  • MarcEdit Direct ILS Integration – Searching for data [single and batch] — [Koha Example]

    One of the new features coming to MarcEdit is direct ILS integration.  Working with Koha as a proof of concept, the attached video demonstrates how users can utilize the MarcEditor to retrieve data directly from within their ILS system (using both single and batch searches).  This feature will be available to users around Dec. 1st-ish,…