Brian, No, I do not consider it to be a bug. I have known that it happens for years, and from time to time we get these "ghost" marriages cropping up on LUG. BTW on my setup, in the case of a multiple marriage, spotting it would be even more difficult than you suggest as I do not "X married somone", simply "X married". So I am very careful with the Marriage Screen!!
I have wondered, on and off, for a long time how this might be changed, but cannot come up with anything because Legacy allows a spouse to be blank, and I want it to stay that way. If you can make a suggestion why not submit it as an enhancement? Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > Wow, that's right. I just went to an un-married child, intentionally > clicked on the Marriage Information window, entered nothing, typed > nothing, and clicked on nothing other than SAVE. Legacy creates an > unknown spouse for this person but does not display any name or any > other indication of a marriage. > > In fact, the Family view of the person would continue to look just as > it did before. And if the user happened to select in the > Customization (Preferences), Data Format tab, Child List indicators > to NOT display the special symbols at the ends of names, then they'd > have no way of knowing that there is an unknown spouse. They would > never know this problem exists unless they created certain types of > reports in which case we'd see the infamous "Persons-name married > SOMEONE". > > And then another problem is that it is difficult for a novice or > beginning user to figure out how to eliminate this unknown person > (actually it's an unknown marriage). You can't click on the area > where the unknown spouse's name would be to edit it because....well, > Legacy won't allow you to edit something that doesn't exist. Clicking > to open the Marriage Information window provides nothing but a blank > window. There is nothing to edit, no indication that a marriage > exists, and no means of telling Legacy that there really isn't any > marriage. > > I can only encourage beginning users to make sure they remember to > right click on everything and anything. Right clicking on the > marriage info brings up the desired "Remove the marriage link" > option. > > But now, my big question. Do the rest of you believe that this is a > bug --- create a marriage when the user enter absolutely no data > whatsoever? I should think that if the SAVE button is accidentally > and unknowingly clicked, Legacy should warn the user that no data > exists but it will create a marriage link -- Continue or Cancel. > > Brian in CA > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 2:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7.4 -- Young Children have Unknown >> Spouse >> >> Or you might have gone into the Marriage Information window and >> clicked on "Save" when you closed the window. That would add an >> unknown marriage. >> >> >> Thanks for using Legacy. >> >> Sherry >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
