So file extensions are arbitrary -- but some extensions are not processed automatically in the MarcEditor because they mean different things within windows. .dat files have meaning within the operating system. So to do .bin files. MarcEdit doesn't automatically just process this data. For reference --
If you have a .mrc file - you can use the MarcBreaker, the preview option via the context menu, or open directly within the MarcEditor
If you have a .mrk(8) file -- you can open these directly into the MarcEditor by double clicking on the icon
If you have a different file extension -- what will always work is renaming the extension to something above, and following those steps; or -- open the MarcBreaker and break the file (assuming the data is marc).
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From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harden, Jean
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 3:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] how to open in mnemonic format
That's what I thought should happen, but it doesn't consistently. Judging from a very small sample, it seems that if a file has no extension, it opens in mnemonic format. If it has a .dat extension, however, it does not open in mnemonic format. I can't do anything with that file in MarcEditor; however, I can process it through RDA Helper, save it under a new name, and then open it in MarcEditor. Then it is fine.
Can I simply change the file extension to something that works better than .dat? Or even simply delete that extension? I've never been sure what such a procedure would do.
Jean
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From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry Reese
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] how to open in mnemonic format
Open the Program
Select the MarcEditor icon
Click open, select your file (even if it's in MARC) Program will open into the mnemonic format
Other option, if the file is in the .mrc extension -- right click on the file, select preview in the MarcEditor.
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From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harden, Jean
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 3:00 PM
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Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] how to open in mnemonic format
I’m pretty new to MarcEdit and very well may have missed something obvious.
If I export a set of records from Connexion and open it in MarcEditor, it is in raw MARC format, not a format the program can work with. If I open it in RDA Helper, it is in mnemonic format. Then I can save it in that format and use other program features with it. I'm doing a project that involves a lot of batches, and I'd like to be able to open the file in MarcEditor, run a task that includes RDA Helper, compile into MARC, and import into Connexion. I've managed to put almost all the steps I want to do within MarcEdit into a task, except that to get to that task, I need to be in MarcEditor but the file needs to be in mnemonic format. To get it there, I need to open it in RDA Helper. But RDA Helper is available as something that can be added to a task.
How can I get a file into mnemonic format but in MarcEditor, so that I can run my task? The fewest possible steps, please.
Jean Harden
Coordinator of Music Technical Services
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-5017
(940) 369-7178
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