Hi Ron, I don't think that will do it. The line will still be set as the new one doesn't override it anywhere. You can have more than one line set if they don't overlap. I think you'll have to deliberately change the preferred child where you are seeing the errors. Good testing.
Cathy At 01:13 PM 4/03/2014, you wrote: >Thanks Cathy and Bob. I am very familiar with the Set Direct >Line. Bob's idea to set it based on someone with no ancestors will >satisfy my need. Good idea Bob. I am tracking a particular >combination of things that happen when the direct line has not been >explicitly set. Once it has been set, those errors no longer >show. In a database where no direct line has been set, the errors >manifest in a few places. That's why I wanted to un-set the direct line. >Ron Taylor > > >On Monday, March 3, 2014 9:38 PM, Bob Austen <rgaus...@telus.net> wrote: >Ron, if you set the direct line using any person with no ancestors >then there will be no direct line showing. Of course you can change >the direct line anytime to anyone, helpful if you are >following/working with a particular line. > >Bob A > >From: Ron Taylor [mailto:doit4...@yahoo.com] >Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 4:33 PM >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: [LegacyUG] un-set direct line > >The function to "Set Direct Line as Preferred" works well in >Legacy. Somewhere I thought I read how to un-set the preferred line >without simply just setting some other line as the direct >line. Does anyone know how to un-set the direct line? If you can >cite the Help file reference for it, that would be even better. Thanks. >Ron Taylor > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: ><http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: ><http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/>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/>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: ><http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook >(<http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree>http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >and on our blog >(<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/>http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: ><http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp>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). >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). >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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
