Hi Cathy: Yeah, the land of zero's here I come. Thanks for the idea about the batch filename changing programs and working in Access. That will definitely help reduce the rewrite time.
Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Sent: September 7, 2007 10:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Sort Number Portion Numerically? Hi Rob, That's the way Windows sorts isn't it? I always put in the zeros. To add zeros without doing a heap of reattaching, you'd need to change the filenames and then find them in Access and change them there as well. There are batch filename renaming programs. Some are more complex than others. Cathy. At 10:25 AM 8/09/2007, you wrote: >Hey Robert: > >Yeah, that will work, but unfortunately I am far enough into the >mission, I'm not really looking forward to having to change a whack of >file names, and then reattach them all back to their Master Source. I >should have done it a long time ago! > >It may turn out to be the only way, but I was hoping there might be a >"click here" way around it (or someone from Legacy would say "Relax >Rob! It's in 7.0!! LOL). > >Thanks for your reply! > >Rob > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert >Carneal USA >Sent: September 7, 2007 10:15 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Sort Number Portion Numerically? > >Rob- > >This is not an ideal answer, but it might be your most "workable" one. >Consider what your highest number might be. Let's assume for this >purpose it will be 45819 at the very, very most. > >To get it to sort correctly, pad it. That number is five digits, so >make sure each number is five digits long. Example using your names: > >MS00001 - file name.tif >MS00002 - file name.tif >MS00003 - file name.tif >MS00100 - file name.tif >MS00200 - file name.tif >MS00300 - file name.tif >MS01000 - file name.tif >MS02000 - file name.tif >MS03000 - file name.tif > >Longer filenames, granted, but it works. When that is sorted, it will >appear in the correct order. Will this work for you? Let us know. > >Robert Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
