[DCRM-L] Connexion client macros

[Nickeson, Walter]

The simplest way to get macros from the web is to save the macro books (usually by right-clicking on the macro book name) to the directory: X:\Program Files\OCLC\Connexion\Program\Macros\.

To get an individual macro from my web page, you can, as you note, create a new macro in Connexion's macro editor. Paste into it the text copied from the web. (Click on the macro name link to display the macro text, then copy the whole page and paste it into the editor.) Make sure you delete or overwrite the handful of existing lines the editor supplies for you in a new macro. Then press [F6] or click the check mark icon in the middle of the toolbar to compile the macro. This action also saves it. You don't have to change the name or description in the macro organizer, but you'll have less confusion if they match what's in the source (leaving the macro name as "New macro" isn't very helpful!).

Note that if you create a new macro in one of the macro books OCLC supplies with Connexion, it will get lost when you upgrade or if you have to reinstall the client. You should keep all macros you create or copy in a non-OCLC macro book to avoid this problem. My newest macro, "MacroIndex," can help keep track of where dozens (or scores) or macros are kept.

The final step is to assign a keystroke shortcut to the macro. You can do this in the Client with the menu commands Tools>Keymaps... "Display Commands for Category": Macro, then select the macro from the macro book list window. Click in the "Press New Shortcut Key" window and enter the keystroke you want. Click the "Assign" button to finish up.

I don't have a macro to help you judge how worthwhile the use of any particular macro might be . :-)

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  Walter F. Nickeson, Catalog &
    Metadata Management Librarian
  Rush Rhees Library
  University of Rochester
  Rochester, NY  14627-0055
  wnickeson at library.rochester.edu 
  (585) 273-2326  fax: (585) 273-1032
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu]
> On Behalf Of Ted P Gemberling
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 7:04 PM
> To: DCRM Users' Group
> Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Connexion client macros
> 
> Walter,
> How do you run these macros on Connexion? I see Connexion does have a
> "new macro" option for ones you are creating. If we were to use these,
> would we copy and paste the code from your files into Connexion?
> 
> "Collation check" is one that might be particularly useful. I have sometimes
> failed to get my leaf count and page count to agree and just left off the leaf
> count.
> 
> The only worry I have about your macro is that if I do fail to get a match
> because I used the wrong punctuation, etc., I might take more time trying to
> figure out where the error came from than I would if I'd just done the
> matching manually. Doing page/leaf match is good but not really required by
> my job description.
> 
> Thanks for sharing.
> Ted Gemberling, UAB Lister Hill Library
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu]
> On Behalf Of Nickeson, Walter
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 11:15 AM
> To: exlibris-l at list.indiana.edu; dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> Subject: [DCRM-L] Connexion client macros
> 
> I have posted new versions of my OCLC Connexion client macros at
> https://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-
> 2556. Two of these macros may be of especial interest to subscribers to
> these Lists.
> 
> Back in July on EXLIBRIS-L Erin Blake asked about online tools that could
> calculate a page count from a complicated extent statement such as this:
> 
> [16], 133, [2], 134-143, [2], 144-153, [2], 154-159, [2], 160-175, [2], 176-187, [2],
> 188-201, [2], 202-211, [2], 212-219, [2], 220-229, [2], 230-338 [i.e. 348], 347-
> 423, [2], 424-430, [3], 432-436, [3], 438-578, 577-860, [24] p.
> 
> I rewrote one of my macros to handle statements like this; it's called
> "CollationCheck." This macro compares leaf and page counts in the
> statement of extent and a standard signature statement to verify the
> description of a book. If the calculated extent does not match the calculated
> leaf count from the signature description, something in the record may
> warrant closer attention. The macro also understands, to some degree,
> parentheses used in signing gatherings, although its calculations from such
> signings should be double checked. Complex signature statements with
> additions and subtractions will flummox it, as will incorrect formatting, which
> is also true of extent statements.
> 
> (The example above adds up to 930 pages; my macro understands the
> bracketed "i.e." as a correction.)
> 
> I also recently completed a macro called "GetCitationForm." This macro gets
> information from one bibliographic record, formats it into the standard
> citation form (under the rules currently being revised), and returns to
> another to paste in the formatted data as a 510 field. Because it bypasses the
> Clipboard, it preserves diacritics and special characters in names and titles.
> 
> Complete information about the functionality of these macros is in the full
> text of the macros in a section near the top called "How it works."
> 
> Both of these macros are in the macro book "Extras2." The simplest way to
> get them is to download the macro book and save it in the macros folder on
> your computer. Connexion will find them right away. Further instructions are
> available at http://www.hahnlibrary.net/libraries/oml/webmacros.html.
> 
> A Microsoft Word 2013 file called "Macro book listing" lists all the macros in all
> of my macro books.
> 
> I think many catalogers will benefit from the other useful macros on that
> page. However, no guarantees are stated or implied!
> 
> *****************************************
>   Walter F. Nickeson, Catalog &
>     Metadata Management Librarian
>   Rush Rhees Library
>   University of Rochester
>   Rochester, NY  14627-0055
>   wnickeson at library.rochester.edu
>   (585) 273-2326  fax: (585) 273-1032
> *****************************************