Dennis, I would agree that it should, however I have seen reports (Graham? Seaver) which have shown that an export to a GEDCOM and an import back into Legacy will not return the source in a Source Writer format. I have also tested this myself to confirm.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Dennis M. Kowallek Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:16:01 -0000, "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not >export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw. I wouldn't say it's GEDCOM's fault. Software developers have the option of exporting non-standard GEDCOM tags (Legacy does this today for other things). As long as the GEDCOM is going from Legacy back to Legacy, this should have worked. Granted, exporting as a GEDCOM to a non-Legacy destination would be problematic. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
