On 2012/01/22 16:46, Ron Taylor wrote: > It would be great if "wild card" searches were enabled in all the search boxes > within Legacy so that you could enter a text string "*Calif*" and see a > sub-set > of the table that contains all entries with that wild card string. The > "Detailed Search" mentioned above can do some wild card searching and > instruction for it is in the help file under "wildcard".
Agreed. But the search as currently configured, relies on the fact there there is some form of structure applied to the data. As I say, it shouldn't be termed a "Find" but a "Filter". -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
