Thanks, Ron, I'm running check/repair right now. Will let you kno, probably tomorrow, how it turns out.
Thanks again Joyce On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joyce, > > To clarify, I was referring to the Search tab (on the top row on the task > bar) not the Icon - if that is what you mean by "button". In any event you > still have a problem. > > I have seen a reference to this problem before but cannot remember the > details, nor can I find them, and would suggest the following courses of > action: > > 1. Try File>File Maintenance>Check/Repair (not optimistic but you never > know) > 2. Close Legacy, leave for a few minutes and restart > 3. Shut the computer down and leave for 10 minutes then restart (always > surprising how often (2) or (3) work > 4. Go to your Legacy folder and delete Search.usr (Legacy will recreate it) > 5. If I'd reached this point for myself with no luck, I would now lose my > presence of mind and re-install! > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - 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: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:32:35 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > > When I clicked the Search button on the toolbar and tried to search it > comes back: > > "The designated program file could not be found or was not an executable > file. Please use the Change button to search for the program again. invalid > procedure call or argument" > > > What Change button/ What program file? > > Are some of my program files missing? > > Thanks in advance for pointing me in the right direction! > > Joyce > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:08 AM, ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Click Search in your toolbar. > > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - 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/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:51:50 -0400 > > > > Ron, > > > > Where is this search/replace function? I don't see it. > > > > Mary > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald > > ferguson > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 5:27 AM > > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > > > > > Edward, > > > > I don't think that this can be done globally from within Legacy. It can > be > > changed in all the Location fields using Search>Search and > > Replace>Lists-Location (there is also another for Lists-Location-Short) > but > > I'm afraid that you will have to repeat for each type of not etc. > > > > > > Ron Ferguson > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - 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: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:58:44 +1000 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Searching globally > > > > > > I have recently become a "convert" to Legacy but am having trouble with > > searching for a string of text globally (ie in several or all fields) > > > > The reason I want to do this is that I often use abbreviations when I > enter > > data (such as "Mcr" for "Manchester") and would then like to globally > > replace all occurrences of the abbreviation with the full name WHEREVER > IT > > OCCURS (Notes, Places etc etc). > > > > I would be very grateful if someone could tell me how to do this. > > > > Many thanks > > Edward > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/ > > > 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 > > > > -- Researching Descendants and Ancestors of Paul Drinkwater, born 1789 in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, England 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
