I agree Ron. I have twice sent followon messages to my ticket number over the past three days asking if it is something they would consider or not, and I am getting no response (after the initial response of , "but you should be able to do what you want to do" and my explanation that I can't).
I have brought up shared source citations and shared events in the past (I have been on here a long time, though I'm not prolific with the messages), but this does not seem to go anywhere either. That is what I would really like to see, but in the interim, the ability to link source citations to selected events through advanced sourcing would be adequate. Just trying to ask for a slight plus up of existing capability. In my post, I also asked for an idea on how I could do what I am trying to do without so much effort required to click around. But I seem to be getting the same non-reponse to this question as from Millenia. Crickets. I guess the silence is telling me that no one has figured out a quick way to link a common event to mulitple individuals in Legacy, or a quick way to attach a common source citation to selected existing events of multiple individuals. Either way, Legacy users have to copy it once to a clipboard and then click around to open each individual's edit window one at a time. The other two of the top three software packages seem to think it is a big deal. Not sure why it does not seem to have any attention or attraction with Millenia. ---- Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > You say "I have put the request in to the developers, but the only response > I am getting is that they think I should already be able to do it. " > > In which case one would have thought they would have told you how. > > Ron Ferguson > http://ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: leeir...@cox.net > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:05 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advanced Sourcing to One Selected Event > > Thanks for the response Dennis, > > Millenia seems to have had a demand at some point for the Advanced Sourcing > capability, otherwise we would not even have it. Right now, advanced > sourcing can be done for other individual attributes and note fields. Quite > a variety. It can even be done for events. But when "Events" is selected, > it attaches the source citation/detail on the clipboard to all of the events > currently attached to each selected individual/marriage, which I'm not sure > why anyone would ever want to do that. It just seems like Millenia was on > their way to doing it, but then just didn't finish the development before > releasing the advanced sourcing capability. And then they just never got > back to it. > > I have put the request in to the developers, but the only response I am > getting is that they think I should already be able to do it. I notice the > developers occassionally respond to messages on the user group, so I'm just > putting it out there to the entire group. > > If this cannot be done and is not planned, does anyone have any ideas on how > to have fewer clicks and windows to go through to attach the source > clipboard to an event attached to mulitple individuals (or even the event > clipboard). Currently, we have to click around to all of the individuals > and paste the source individually to events or paste the events > individually. This is a very time consuming process. Family Tree Maker > 2012 has the ability to attach source citations to selected events from the > equivalent of their advanced sourcing window. Roots Masic 5 has the ability > to share an event (with attached source citations with multiple individuals > from a single window. It just seems like everyone else is making this > easier. Why wouldn't Millenia? > > ---- "Dennis M. Kowallek" <kowal...@iglou.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:37:34 -0500, <leeir...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > >Through Advanced Sourcing, I would like to link the Source > > >Citation/Detail on my > > >Source Clipboard to one selected event (identified by the same Event > > >Type, Date, > > >Place, and Description) that is common to all individuals or marriages I > > >have > > >selected on the "Which Records to Use Tab." Unfortunately, Advanced > > >Sourcing > > >seems to only allow linking the Source Citation/Detail to all events of > > >all > > >individuals or marriages I have selected on the "Which Records to Use > > >Tab." Is > > >there something I am missing, or is this something that Legacy just can't > > >do? > > > > > >If Legacy just can;t do this, are there plans to have this capability in > > >a > > >future release? > > > > Millennia doesn't comment on future enhancements, but yours is the first > > time I have ever heard of this need. Ergo I doubt if a feature like this > > would have much, if any, pent up demand. But you can always submit the > > suggestion to the programmers. > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > 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). 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