wr_Fice
Slice & Split MARC Record files and text in .TXT files
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wr_Fice
Slice & Split MARC Record files and text in .TXT files
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Please read the license agreement above before using this program: The use of this program is entirely at your own risk.

Use this utility "responsibly" (No elaborate error checking.)
This tiny Windows utility allows you to slice up large MARC files into smaller ones. "Drag & Drop" (wr: "Can’t it be easier?") the desired source file over the wr_Fice program icon or over the running wr_Fice main screen, select a "File Slice Mode" (slice the source file into a number of records, files or characters), then enter a valid "Mode Count" number and click SUBMIT.

If you installed this utility on your computer, you may also start it by using the context menu, that is: select (highlight) a file to be processed in Windows Explorer, then right-click, and select "SEND TO… Slice MARC and TXT Files". This utility will auto-expire after five minutes of idle. Resulting files will be found in the source file folder with the character/record count component attached to the filename.

MARC BINARY mode:
Select FILES (enter the desired FILE COUNT) or RECORDS (enter a desired CHARACTER COUNT). Select a file (either "Drag&Drop" by BROWSE – then click SUBMIT. To change the target file’s extension, make sure to set the check mark in the REPLACE EXTENSION box, and revise the extension as desired.

DOCUMENT FILE mode:
Slice lines in a plain TXT document file (like the ones saved from NOTEPAD). Select to break ON WORD BOUNDARY, convert to XML friendly &<>"’ symbols, remove UNPRINTABLE CHARACTERS, REPLACE EXTENSION (enter your own), WRAP FILE – enter your wrap on/off strings (=delimiter) as first/last line in the processed document file (useful for XML file creation), and also the WRAP SLICE on/off strings (=delimiter). If you add a single "#" in the WRAP SLICE delimiter, it will be replaced with the actual slice count number. You may find this useful when creating XML formatted files for uploading into databases that require such formatting. In addition, you may elect to have the delimiter appear on the same line as the chunk, or on it’s own separate line by setting the check mark on the LF fields.

Why MARC BINARY mode?
Government MARC files are huge, and every now and then (but quite frequently) I was called to a rejection of these MARC files (after it had been used several times) by the ENDEAVOR VOYAGER CATALOG client software, because of a "Corrupted File Error". Catalog software corruption or operator error could not yet be determined.

Why DOCUMENT FILE mode?
ENDEAVOR ENCompass has a maximum of 240 characters for the XML description lines of records; so if you want to make a document searchable by ENDEAVOR ENCompass, you must create "<Description> slices" of app. 80 characters per lines, makes sure to encapsulate escaped XML characters, remove unprintable symbols, and then upload it into ENDEAVOR ENCompass.

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