

Terry's Worklog

Terry's Worklog
On my work (programming, digital libraries, cataloging) and other stuff that perks my interest (family, cycling, etc)
	MarcEdit 7.3.x/7.5.x (beta) Updates
Versions are available at: https://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads Information about the changes: 7.3.10 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update7.txt 7.5.0 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update75.txt If you are using 7.x – this will prompt as normal for update. 7.5.x is the beta build, please be aware I expect to be releasing updates to this build weekly and also expect to find some issues. &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.5.x/MacOS 3.5.x Timelines
I sent this to the MarcEdit Listserv to provide info about my thoughts around timelines related to the beta and release.&#160; Here’s the info. Dear All, As we are getting close to Feb. 1 (when I’ll make the 7.5 beta build available for testing) – I wanted to provide information about the update process going &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.5 Change/Bug Fix list
* Updated; 1/20 Change: Allow OS to manage supported supported Security Protocol types. Change: Remove com.sun dependency related to dns and httpserver Change: Changed AppData Path Change: First install automatically imports settings from MarcEdit 7.0-2.x Change: Field Count &#8211; simplify UI (consolidate elements) Change: 008 Windows &#8212; update help urls to oclc Change: Generate FAST &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.5 Updates
Current list of MarcEdit 7.5 general updates.&#160; I’ll be walking through many of these changes in a webinar 1/15. Significant Changes: Targeted Framework: .NET 5.0 (What&#8217;s new in .NET 5 &#124; Microsoft Docs) XML Wizard Changes Support for Attribute-based mapping (extends previous entity based mapping) Linked Data Components updated SPARQL Components Updated Linked Data Rules &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.5 Update Status
I’m planning to start making testing versions of the new MarcEdit instance available around the first of the year broadly, to a handful of testers in mid-Dec.&#160; The translation from .NET 4.7.2 to .NET 5 was more significant than I would have thought – and includes a number of swapped default values – so hunting &#8230;
	Changes to System.Diagnostics.Process in .NET Core
In .NET Core, one of the changes that caught me by surprise is the change related to starting processes.&#160; In the .NET framework – you can open a web site, file, etc. just by using the following:\ System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path); However, in .NET Core – this won’t work.&#160; When trying to open a file, the process will &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.5/MarcEdit Mac 3.5 Work
Every year, around this time, I try to dedicate significant time to address any large project work that may have been percolating around MarcEdit.&#160; This year will be no different.&#160; Over the past 4 months, I’ve been working on moving MarcEdit away from the .NET 4.7.2 Framework to .NET Core 3.1.&#160; There a lot of &#8230;
	MarcEdit: Identifying Invalid UTF-8 Data in MARC Records
Ah Dante – if only he had been a librarian.  I’m almost certain that had the divine comedy been written by a cataloger – character encodings and those that mangle them – would definitely make an appearance.  I can almost see the story in my head.  Our wayward traveler, confused when our guide, Virgil, comments &#8230;
	MarcEdit 7.2.200
I’ve worked on a number of updates this weekend– here is the list: UI Changes I’ve removed the quick links on the front page, and changed this to a list of selectable topics.&#160; This will make it easier for me to add to this list. I’ve added a new Quick Access button to the top &#8230;
	Build New Field Changes
** Updated: Official Help page in the KB: https://marcedit.reeset.net/build-new-field This isn’t going to meet all the use cases I’ve seen – but this should address the most common question that comes up – the ability to have the build new field generate multiple fields. The process will be based on the presence or lack of &#8230;