OCLC 949 Macro

This is a macro you can use in Connexion to create a 949 control field.

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How to create a macro

• Open Tools => Macros => Manage

Open

• From here you get this menu

  Open

  

   

• Put the new macro in the OCLC group by clicking on the New Macro button

   

• Name the new macro “Add949”

   

• Name it “Add949” again

   

• Edit the new macro

   

• Select and delete all the default text

   

• Copy this text and paste it into the blank macro

  'MacroName:Add949 'MacroDescription:Add949 Sub Main Dim CS As Object Set CS = GetObject(,"Connex.Client") CS.AddField 1, "949 1" & Chr(223) & "i " & Chr(223) & "z " & Chr(223) & "a " CS.AddField 1, "949 *recs=b;ov=.;dflt=[BibTemplate],[ItemTemplate];ins=[login];" End Sub

• Save the new macro and close the editor

Assign the macro to a User Tool

• Open User Tools

   

• Click the Macro radio button

• Select OCLC!Add949 macro

• Select User Tool 1 (Or whichever you want to use)

• Click the Assign Tool button

   

• When OCLC!Add949 is selected the Current User Tool will display

   

• Now you can assign the macro to a toolbar shortcut

• Click Tools => Toolbar Editor

   

• Scroll all the way down to the User Tools section and choose Tool1 (or whichever tool you assigned)

   

• Click and drag the tool onto your toolbar. You can put it anywhere you want on your toolbar.

Assign a keyboard shortcut

• You can also assign a keyboard shortcut with Tools => Keymaps

   

• Select the Macro radio button

• Select the Add949 macro

• Put the cursor in the “Press New Shortcut Key” box

   

• Press the key you want to use like Alt+1 (not Alt+F1 which already does something)

• Click the “Assign” button

   

• Now Add949 is assigned to the Alt+1 key combination

   

• Now you can use either the keyboard shortcut or toolbar to insert these rows into an active record

   

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