Thanks for the suggestions, Rich. I know we work in a similar way when importing into a Legacy file. What I need to preserve is every RIN which is still current after I have merged/deleted/renumbered. The problem is that even though the RINs I imported to were several thousand higher than the ones in use, Legacy was assuming they were still there.
I have explained why in my answer to Sherry and Dennis's answer is a beaut! Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Update your British Prime Ministers Timeline - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:37:41 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New RINs > To: [email protected] > > First question. Do you want to preserve unused the NEW > RINs for your 'father' and group, that got Merged into > non-existance, or just to keep those that didn't match > people in your original file? > After I have done as you did, I SAVE, use ReNumber, > SAVE, turn off ReNumber, adding the NEW people in the > next slots, so no holes will exist, and my old numbers > were maintained. BUT, make sure there are no extra > holes in the list. another way, which is time > consuming, but fixes it EXACTLY as you want, is using > fill all RINS, and add 10-20 fake people to grab all > the slots, and Merge fake person #1 (with the desired > RIN) to the new family member (high number). > I did this when a 'fix' had gone wrong and I had 10 > digit RINS for about 20000 people. > Once this is done, you can go back to the way you want > the RINs to be added. > Rich in LA CA > --- ronald ferguson wrote: > >> >> I have just finished importing a new family and as >> is my practice gave them a high RIN. I then merged >> the father with an individual in my tree and >> renumbered the new family's RINs to carry on from >> end of the existing family. A procedure which I have >> carried out many times in the past. >> >> I have Legacy set "not to reuse abandoned RINs" as >> this would cause me awful problems with my Pedigree >> web pages. However, I now find that when I enter a >> new individual he/she is being allocated a RIN >> greater than the last of the imported file and not >> the next in the current list. >> >> Has anyone else noticed this change and can someone >> tell me where the pointer for the next RIN is stored >> so that I can change it? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> Ron Ferguson >> _________________________________________________________________ 100’s of Nikon cameras to be won with Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719808/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
