Why? What's so special about the switch? Better yet, what's wrong with your
current source that you can't fix it in the basic source system?
Elizabeth
researching the descendants of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chick Lewis" <cglewi...@gmail.com>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Basic Sources into Sourcewriter
Brian,
I for two, would also like to have the opportunity to merge the old
and the new and face any dire consequences with a warning.... I am
sure there are others that also would like that choice...
Thanks...
...Lew
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Arnold Sprague <aspra...@chicagogsb.edu>
wrote:
Brian,
If I read your reply correctly, the merge problem does not happen
all
the time. Perhaps, it only happens in isolated instances.
If this is so, is it possible for us to BE ALLOWED to do merges
WITH
LEGACY FIRST INFORMING us that bad, very bad, things may happen *and*
that
we ought do a backup before proceeding?
I, for one, would like to have the opportunity to merge the old
and
the new and to face any dire consequences with a warning that the merge
may
fail.
Thank you,
Arnold
At 09:57 AM 1/6/2009, you wrote:
Lew,
When I tested this and reported the problem with merging basic sources
into sourcewriter sources I found that the detail entries from the old
style
source were lost.
The Basic source details were not copied to the sourcewriter template
fields. Initially when you look at the source in the source list the old
details are shown but if you click on edit details you will find that
those
entries are missing from the sourcewriter details screen. If you then
save
instead of cancel the only entries that will remain are those hard coded
into the template (such as the microfilm series number for census
records).
The programmer elected to prevent merging of old and new style sources
in
response to that problem report.
Brian
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Thanks.
Chick Lewis wrote:
Sorry to keep asking about this issue and I hate to be a pest, but I
really need to know what, if any damage has been done to my file
because I merged basic sources into sourcewriter before that feature
was removed for some unknown reason in build 7.0.0.72. A response
from Legacy would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Lew
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