Category: MarcEdit

  • 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,…

  • Using the Koha API with C#

    I’ve been tinkering with the Koha API to allow MarcEdit to do some direct ILS integration with Koha-based systems.  When I first agreed to look at doing this work, I wasn’t sure what the API looked like.  Fortunately for me, the folks that put it together made it simple and easy to work with.  There…

  • MarcEdit – Direct ILS Integration

    With all the new ILS systems being produced and the emphasis being placed on support for API support, one of the things that I’d like to eventually see is the ability to integrate directly with specific ILS systems to allow users to pull content directly from their systems (in batch or individually), edit the records…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 Delimited Text Translator – Auto Generate Arguments List

    One of the often requested enhancements to the MarcEdit Delimited Text Translator is the ability to auto generate the arguments list.  For many users, their spreadsheets or delimited text documents include a line at the beginning of the document defining the data found in the file.  I’ve often had folks wonder if I could do…