Thanks, Richard for the suggestion. Will try it now. Thanks, Ron for the reminder. I am still in the database I backed up to start this project... haven't done anything else & won't till this is resolved. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams
----- Original Message ---- From: ronald ferguson <ronfe...@msn.com> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 4:31:06 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Minor problem using Access to convert a source's format <ec5738e80909171149r91f14c2w848faa8a2ccfd...@mail.gmail.com> <386390.20252...@web82008.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <66e79ccc0909172156h20758a31k69ada7d805d0a...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Richard=2C I do have a caveat with this. It does work *but* there is a risk of losing = the Source Detail. I strongly recommend making a duplicate database and tes= ting before running on the proper one=2C and *back-up* Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage 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: Thu=2C 17 Sep 2009 21:56:55 -0700 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Minor problem using Access to convert a source's = format > From: rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Hi Paula=2C > > That is just a simple quirk of Legacy since Source Writer Sources were > introduced. > > When you Highlite ANY Source Writer Source and then click the "Combine > Highlighted Source with another in List" button all the radio buttons > on top right should go "greyed out" except for the Cancel button. Just > click "Edit> Cancel> "Combine Highlighted Source with another in > List" button. Now it will go to grey and you can combine the 2 > sources. > > Thank Ron Ferguson for that solution. > > -- > Richard Van Wasshnova > http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova > http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova > > On Thu=2C Sep 17=2C 2009 at 12:34 PM=2C Paula Ryburn > wrote: >> This is probably just for Richard Van Wasshnova. I am following his ins= tructions from June (only have hard copy of the email now). >> >> Here's what I did: >> Backed up my family file. =3B) >> Picked one basic master source that had only one citation to one person = as my trial run. >> Added a master source to "go with" the basic source using SW template. >> Tagged those two (and only those two). >> Closed Legacy. >> Opened Access... my .fdb file. >> In tblSR I sorted Z->A on SrcTag field to get my 2 to the top. >> On the basic source=2C changed "TemplateID" from 0 to 62 (to match the o= ther one). >> On the basic source=2C changed "UseStandard" from 1 to 0 (don't use stan= dard). >> Left "Contents" on basic one as is (empty). >> Closed Access. Opened Legacy. >> The used-to-be-basic master source now shows in the list with a dot=2C a= s expected. >> I highlighted it and clicked on the "Combine..." button at the bottom. >> >> Here's the problem: >> The button did NOT change to "Highlight Destination Source..." as I was = expecting. >> I tested it on another source=2C and it did change. >> I tried it on the new SW source (that I had just added) and it did NOT c= hange. >> I tried it again on the used-to-be-basic one=2C just to be sure=2C and i= t did NOT change. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> --Paula in Texas >> Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clo= ugh Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Fl= oyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones Koyle Laswell M= cDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams >> > =0A= _________________________________________________________________=0A= Share your photos with Windows Live Photos =96 Free.=0A= http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/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 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
