Heather, That was the point which Cathy made. I was only suggesting that if a timeline had already been written as, say, a text file then it could be put into the Legacy format without retyping it all by replacing two attributes.
This I have done myself with a list of franchise developments in the UK - saved a heck of a lot of time by using search/replace in my WP. It's now in the Blogs on my website Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ > Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:40:52 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines > > You can also add timelines right within the Legacy Programs (where you would > select a timeline, click on the Add button.) - then you don't need to worry > about the exact format, because you use an editor that creates the file in > the format. > I'm not sure which reports can use the timeline (which i believe was the > question) - as I really don't print a lot of reports.... > Heather Stovold (nee McCaslin) > researching Stovold McCaslin Craven Smart Ward > On 1/6/07, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > Kane, > Yes you can. > As Cathy says, you can follow the instructions to write one from within > Legacy, or if you already have one as text then you can do the following: > The timeline is simply a text file. You learn the construction I suggest that > you go the Legacy folder and open Timelines>English and open a convenient > file by double clicking. > You will see that the various columns are separated by " | " (no inverted > commas but note the spaces). > If you have a carriage return within a field then this uses "{\n}". Also note > that the first column contains a zero. > To put it in the Legacy format simply replace the attributes with the correct > Legacy attributes and save in Timelines>English. > Ron Ferguson > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features > not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp>http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp</a>.</p> > <p>Legacy%20User%20Group%20guidelines%20can%20be%20found%20at:%20<a%20href=> > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
