The document details the functionalities of MarcEdit's automated editing feature, focusing on script creation and watch folders that facilitate process automation for various tasks such as format conversions and file joins. It elaborates on the use of the MarcEdit script wizard, which provides templates for data sorting and file management. Additionally, it discusses command-line operations for validating records and processing files efficiently.

1. We’ll start at the ½ hour

2. MarcEdit Shelter-In-Place
Webinar 8: Automated
editing through scripts and
tooling

3. Watch Folders
Watch folders provide a separate
processing service that enables users
to attach task processes to a particular
folder or list of folders
This option is enabled and configured
within the preferences

4. Watcher
Configuration
Options
Supports FTP/SFTP acquisitions
Support Regular Expressions to match
specific filenames
Supports the following process types:
◦ Format Conversions
◦ Character Conversions
◦ File Joins
◦ Task Lists

5. Topics
A close look at the Script Maker
Working with the Script Maker
• Where can you make updates
• What kinds of changes can you make
Further automation
• Understanding the MarcEdit COM

6. MarcEdit Script
Wizard
MarcEdit Script Wizard provides a template approach to
automating MarcEdit
◦ What does it provide:
◦ Templates for Sorting data
◦ Templates for Making Files
◦ Templates for Breaking Files
◦ Provides a simplified method for accessing all data in the record

7. Understanding
how it works
Template based
◦ VB and Perl templates found in the
Application Directory/Config
directory

8. Template functions (MARCBREAKER)
Function Marc_Break(source, dest)
Dim obj_MB
Dim lret
if fso.FileExists(source)=false then
msgbox "Local MarcFile Could not be located. Quitting"
wscript.quit
end if
Set obj_MB=CreateObject("MARCEngine7.MARC21")
lret=obj_MB.MarcFile(source, dest)
set obj_MB=Nothing
Marc_Break=lret
end Function

9. Template Functions (MARCMAKER)
Function Marc_Make(source, dest)
Dim obj_MK
Set obj_MK=CreateObject("MARCEngine7.MARC21")
lret=obj_MK.MMaker(source, dest)
Set obj_MK=Nothing
Marc_Make=lret
end function

10. Tasks that can
be automated
• Using conditionals or not
Add/Deleting Fields
• Variable Field Data
Modify Subfield data
• Fixes some issues that historically have
happened when exporting data from III
III Corrections

11. Editing Scripts:
Main Loop
Do while not obj_Dest(0).AtEndOfStream
str_Data = obj_Dest(0).ReadLine
if len(trim(str_Data))=0 then
obj_Dest(1).Write Marc_String & vbcrlf
tlcount = tlcount + 1
Marc_String = ""
str_001 = ""
str_949 = ""
str_229 = ""
else
if Len(Trim(str_Data))<>0 then
Marc_String = Marc_String & str_Data & vbcrlf
End if
end if
Loop

12. Script Examples

13. Advanced
Automation
MarcEdit COM objects
◦ MARC21 Object (MARCEngine)
◦ Query Object (Z39.50 Object)

14. Methods/Functions
https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/api_docs7/com/

15. Automating the
Command Line
MarcEdit includes a command-line program called cmarcedit
◦ Command line program wraps the engine functionality,
character conversion functionality and xml processing
◦ XSLT functions require you to define each XSLT file that you wish
to use, including the MARCXML => Mnemonic xslt translation.

16. Command Line
Examples
Running Tasks via the Terminal. The -experimental flag is
optional but runs tasks natively and is significantly faster. This
functionality will eventually be standard.
>> cmarcedit.exe -s [sourcefile] -d [destfile] -task [fullpath to
task file]
Validating Records:
>> cmarcedit.exe -s [sourcefile] -validate
Add -clean to remove invalid records:
>> cmarcedit.exe -s [sourcefile] -validate -clean
Command to tell you if dups exist in a file:
>> cmarcedit.exe -s [sourcefile] -dups?
Command to Export Delimited values:
>>cmarcedit.exe -s 100_a_coded_test.mrk -d 001_100.txt -rules
UNIMARC_bib_001_100_coded.txt -export_delimited -D t

17. MarcEdit
CommandLine
http://marcedit.reeset.net/cmarcedit-exe-using-the-
command-line
And:
https://marcedit.reeset.net/learning_marcedit/book-v-
features-for-developers/chapter-4-working-with-marcedits-
command-line-tools/