That's something different we were discussing backing up a file name with periods, not saving a file (legacy saves a file with periods ok). Evert
2011/3/20 Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> > I have found in Word, which picks up the first part of a document as a > suggested file name, that if there are any non alpha-numeric > characters, that anything after that will be removed. > > Example - if my paper is titled: "Genealogy - My Favorite Pastime" > will show up in the Save As window as simply Genealogy. > > > Sherry > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Evert van Dijken <evandij...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Legacy can handle file names with more then one period (.fdb file). It's > the > > backup function (.zip file) that cannot handle these filenames. > > So I still think there should be a warning message when a user (I don't > use > > multiple periods in file names) does a backup of a file name with > multiple > > periods. Or better this should be fixed. > > The issue is not what is best but I think there is something wrong if one > > part of a program can handle something and another part of the same > program > > cannot. > > This is the last mail I'll send about this. Brian allready knows enough > > about this to enter this in Mantis (bugtracking system) or not. > > Let's close this discussion. > > Evert > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > 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 after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: 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
