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Just and FYI -- this functionality has been folded into the coming 6.0
update, with the assumption being used is that any task list referenced will
live in the same directory as the task.

--tr

-----Original Message-----
From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Short, Daniel
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Sharing tasks which refer to other tasks - silent
TASK_LIST step failures

I ran into that problem when transferring task lists from my laptop, windows
7 to a desktop on windows xp.

I exported all of my task lists that didn't reference other lists to the
desktop, then just rebuilt the main list once I had imported the basic lists
into MarcEdit on the desktop.

Ex. Basic Lists are Replace, Add, Delete, 260 Cleanup, 300 Cleanup, and 650
Cleanup.  These lists are all run in order from a single list of CLEANUP
that I have assigned to the Shift + F1 command.

It took a little extra time, but I got them to work on the desktop without
having to rebuild each list.

Daniel Short 
Library Processing Cataloger
Library Services
North East I.S.D.
210-356-9273
210-657-8854 - Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kristina Spurgin
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Sharing tasks which refer to other tasks - silent TASK_LIST step
failures

(Sorry if this comes through twice; I didn't see it make it to the list...)

Hi,

Adding the ability to call one task from within a task has been great.

However, we've noticed that tasks that call another task do not work when
shared between our staff.

I've identified that this is because, when I add a "TASK_LIST" step to a
task, it's saved in the actual task file with a full path to the called task
on my computer:

TASK_LIST    a-hdgsrc Delete headings from some sources 
C:\Users\kspurgin\AppData\Roaming\marcedit\macros\task_a-hdgsrc.txt

Then, I export my configuration settings, and my staff import the most
current configuration settings.

When they try to run a task that calls another task, the called task steps
just do not run (because C:\Users\kspurgin\... doesn't exist on their
computers!), and fail silently.

Since all the task files live in the same folder
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\marcedit\macros\), I tried editing the
task text file to call the TASK_LIST steps like:

TASK_LIST    a-hdgsrc Delete headings from some sources    task_a-hdgsrc.txt

or

TASK_LIST    a-hdgsrc Delete headings from some sources 
.\task_a-hdgsrc.txt

Neither of those worked, on my computer or anyone else's.

Is there a way to effectively share these tasks that call other tasks? I
thought about just setting my MARCedit installation and my staff's to use
the same folder on a network drive for tasks, but I didn't see where to
change the paths, and I wasn't sure if we might run into problems working
this way.

Thanks,
Kristina

-=-
Kristina M. Spurgin
    E-RESOURCES CATALOGER
      E-Resources & Serials Management, Davis Library
                       University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
              CB#3938, Davis Library -- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
                            919-962-3825 -- [log in to unmask]

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