Kirsty, There is a work around for this error in LegacyFamilyTree, but first I
will re-report the error and then give a work around example.
My OS Windows 8.1, 32 and 64 bit computers, Legacy version 8.0.0.473 setup
to connect to FamilySearch (FSFT) with remembered name and password.
Some individuals in FSFT have under “Facts and Events” an entry “Life
Sketch” e.g. William Scott b. 25 Sep 1801, d. 1 Jun 1880, FS ID# LWQM-F3Q. The
Life Sketch Event’s description can be quite long and far exceeding 255
characters. When I try to share this type of event by downloading (sharing)
from FS to Legacy on my computer Legacy stores the information in Table tblER
and tries to store the description in a 255 character field tblER.Description
rather than the proper MEMO field tblER.Desc (What a confusing choice of field
names!). When the Description field overflows (>255 characters) a message is
sent to FS that causes it to instantly drop my internet connection and generate
an OS Error on my computer. Until I have deleted the offending event I am not
allowed to reconnect to FS with that person active.
This error was reported to Legacy in September 2014 and a ticket for repair
generated, but the error was not fixed thru version 473.
I do not know anything about uploading a LifeSketch Event from Legacy to FS,
but I have my doubts.
THE WORK AROUND – BABY STEPS USING A COPY OF LEGACY’S SAMPLE FILE
1. Create an unattached male - William Scott b. 25 Sep 1801, d. 1 Jun 1880,
FS ID# LWQM-F3Q. and select him in Legacy’s Individual Information Screen.
2. Connect to FamilySearch by clicking the FamilySearch tool in Legacy –
should display 15 possible duplicates
3. Select the Share Tab – should display William Scott’s information -
Legacy on the left and FamilySearch info on the right.
4. Find the “LifeSketch” event on the right (FSFT) side and click the share
arrow to start the download to your file. This will bring up a screen “Select
action to perform” with the right side showing “Legacy” information and the
left showing “FamilySearch” with more than a screen full of information.
5. Use the Windows select feature to highlight the FSFT information and
ctrl-c to copy the information to Windows clip board.
6. Close the FSFT window, return to the Legacy’s Individual Information
Screen, and open the Individual Information Screen to add an event to William
Scott’s information.
7. Add a “LifeSketch” event to William Scott. Select the Notes field and use
ctrl-v to transfer windows clip board to the Notes field.
8. Enter anything you want into the Date and Place fields, but DO NOT enter
anything in the Description field of this event. (Anything in the Description
field will prevent connection of this individual for further sharing with FSFT)
I do not know which event caused you trouble, but I suspect the same difficulty
with any event that has lots of information in the FSFT description field.
Howard Cady
From: Kirsty M. Haining
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 5:00 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Switching fields in an event
Hi, everyone —
I’m hoping someone has already solved this problem and knows what to do. I
have imported data that has information in the description field that I want to
be in my event notes field. How can I get the data from these fields to be
switched automatically (and, obviously, quickly and efficiently)?
Thanks for your help.
cheers,
Kirsty Haining
Seattle, Washington
J
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