Category: MarcEdit

I’m not sure many people realize it, but there is a completely command-line driven version of MarcEdit.  This version provides an easy to use command-line tool that can be used with other cmd tools to pipe data or processes together.  One of the fundamental changes between the cmarcedit and marcedit GUI applications is that any…

I’ve finally gotten around to re-introducing a function that had been in the 4.x version of MarcEdit into the 5.x series.  The function re-introduced is the ability to edit subsets of records and then save the data back into the data file where the subset resides.  For example, say have a large set of records,…

So, MarcEdit has been updated. There are now two installers. A 32-bit installer and a 64-bit installer. These are found at: 32-bit Installer: MarcEdit_Setup.msi 64-bit Installer: MarcEdit_Setup64.msi If you have a 64-bit system, I recommend uninstalling MarcEdit and downloading the 64-bit installer. If you don’t, MarcEdit will update itself this time, using the 32-bit installer.…

I was perusing the download logs since I was in the process of rotating them, and found a couple of fun things for Sept.1 — Sept. 16, 2010: Number of unique visitors:  6,000+ Number of ping-backs to the update server:  19,359 Top 10 Geographical Areas for use: * United States * Australia * United Kingdom…

I was asked earlier this year if there was a way automatically generate check-digits in MarcEdit.  After looking at the problem, I decided to build a quick plug-in that could be used to generate such digits.   The plug-in currently supports the Codabar format.  The interface is fairly simple: To use, just install the plugin using…

This change was implemented in June 2010, but I wanted to draw users attention to it, especially since I just commented on this change via the MarcEdit listserv. As many people know, the state of Unicode usage in MARC, well, stinks.  While many systems utilize UTF-8 in their records, the UTF-8 notation that is used…

I posted a minor MarcEdit update this evening.  The changes were minimal, mostly cosmetic.  The main issues corrected were: Z39.50 batch file checking:  If the user file isn’t generated on install, the program would throw an error.  The program will now autogenerate that file if it is missing. Window cleanup:  When running the MarcEditor and…

While I’ll have to admit that I haven’t had an opportunity to do a lot of major work on MarcEdit this summer, I have had the opportunity to make some very targeted changes.  One of those changes was long past due, but has been causing a little bit of trouble when upgrading so I thought…

While I was looking through my web stats the other day, I realized that for the first time, I was able to get a rough look at how often MarcEdit gets utilized during a normal day.  A few months ago, I added the capability for MarcEdit to automatically check for updates.  This has been really…

I’ve been busy this week working on a few more updates. This week, I was able to squash a couple of bugs, fix a few UI issues and add a couple of enhancements. Here’s the highlights of what’s been corrected: Bug Fixes: MARCEngine: When converting to UTF-8 using the MarcMaker — the leader byte indicating…