Terry:
Does this mean we would lose the current menu option "Preview MARC Record," because that only applies to .mrc files? If so, could the menu item label become "Preview/Open MARC Records," with the software performing whichever action applies to the right clicked file type?
DougR
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Doug Rippey
Cataloging Technician IV
Penrose Library Serials Dept.
303.668.7669 (mobile)
library.du.edu
University of Denver
-----Original Message-----
From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Reese, Terry
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Simple script
So, I'm looking into this and I can nest menu items, but here's the rub. In the Windows context menu -- file specific options cannot be nested. So, what I could do is something like -- create a non-file specific group of items:
MarcEdit ShortCuts
-- MarcBreaker (Default)
-- MarcBreaker (Translate 2 MARC8)
-- MarcBreaker (Translate 2 UTF8)
-- MARC => MARCXML
-- MarcMaker (Default)
-- MarcMaker (Translate 2 MARC8)
-- MarcMaker (Translate 2 UTF8)
-- MARCXML => MARC
I'm just not sure if having this option always embedded into the context menu is really desirable so let me know what you think.
--TR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cab Vinton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:41 PM
> To: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> Cc: Reese, Terry
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Simple script
>
> Thanks, Terry.
>
> Was rushing & managed to conflate 2 separate ideas -- the context menu
> approach, & using a macro that would prompt the user for a file.
> Either method would probably meet our needs.
>
> My main concern with adding functions to the context menu would be to
> not overwhelm the menu with too many options. Maybe nested menus could
> be used?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Reese, Terry
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Adding a message to the context menu in windows isn't actually
> something that can be done easily with either vbscript or 3rd party
> tools. I wonder -- there are easy ways for me to set it up so when you
> right click on a file, you could see something like:
> >
> > (on .mrc files)
> >
> > Preview MARC Record
> > Translate Records
> > -- To UTF8
> > -- To MARC8
> > -- To MARCXML
> >
> > (on .xml files)
> >
> > Translate Records
> > -- To MARC (MARC8)
> > -- To MARC (UTF8)
> >
> >
> > (on .mrk files)
> >
> > Open in MarcEditor
> > Translate Records
> > -- To MARC8
> > -- To UTF8
> >
> >
> > The assumption being that the translated file would be created in the
> same directory as the file that had been right clicked on.
> >
> > But that's something I would be willing to setup if folks thought
> that would be useful.
> >
> > Otherwise, Cab, what would do is create a vbscript that tapes the
> MarcEngine and does the conversion directly. This would be something
> you'd have to write using the API info provided in the help file --
> because the script maker won't be able to assist you with this type of
> script generation.
> >
> > --TR
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cab Vinton
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:24 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Simple script
> >>
> >> We download our records from our state's union catalog and now &
> then
> >> our system (Koha) chokes on the files because some of the records
> >> apparently contain unrecognized diacritics. Using MarcEdit's
> Translate
> >> to UTF8 function generally solves the problem.
> >>
> >> To make the conversions as easy as possible for staff, I'm wondering
> >> if there's a way to add an option to the right-click menu (outside
> of
> >> MarcEdit) that will perform the conversion for a particular MARC
> file
> >> on the spot.
> >>
> >> It's been a decade since I worked much with VB & I don't use any 3rd
> >> party macro programs, so I'd be grateful for any pointers.
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >>
> >> Cab Vinton, Director
> >> Sanbornton Public Library
> >> Sanbornton, NH
> >>
> >>
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