Rob,

At age 66, I must be suffering from Partzheimers!

Resetting "Direct Line as Preferred" yes, DID change the bolded people in 
Index View...  for the first time in many hours of screwing around with 
this!  I had made my setting for that many moons ago and it never occurred 
to me that had anything to do with the bolding.  Now I have it set to my 
youngest grandchild, and all is more/less okay.

And to think that I consumed so much time on this issue because of a simple 
"duh"!

As to the computer problems, it's now running okay again except that the app 
load-speed remains much slower than previously, and can't figure that one 
out.  May have to replace my box, but that's stress-time on my little SS 
pension!  Anyway, nothing to do with Legacy.

You are the first/only with your good answer, and I thank you very mucy, 
Rob!

RonKZ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:14
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Setting/Clearing Relationships [and reinstallation 
of v.5 build 173]


Ron,
Sorry you've been having so much trouble with your system.  These things are
very frustrating.  However, I don't think the problems with bolding you
described are bugs.  Bolding has nothing to do with Set/Clear Relationships.
This dialogue box determines the relationship displayed next to each
individual in Family view (Mother, GrandUncle etc).

The bolding is controlled by Tools> Set Direct Line As Preferred, and
Options>Customise>Data Format>> Child List Indicators - Indicate Direct-line
Children In Child List (bold).  Its primary purpose is to facilitate
navigation "down the tree" in Family View when one needs to select a
particular child from those displayed.  For this reason (I presume), only
Children are bold.  This is why your generation 1 person is not bold, as it
is not a child (in Legacy).  The same entries are shown bold in the Index
view and on the Name List.  In these views it would make more sense to have
the "generation one" people bold as well, as the limitation to children no
longer makes much sense, but that's not how it is.

You can start the Direct Line As Preferred from any person.  This doesn't
erase the previous "Direct Lines As Preferred" settings, (unless the new
line intersects a previously set one).  So if you are setting direct lines
from the Index view, all the previously bold entries will stay bold, and you
will get some new ones for the new line you have selected.  To remove the
bolding, you have to uncheck the "Indicate Direct-line Children In Child
List" check box under Child List Indicators.

As with many things in Legacy, this is more complicated to explain than to
use, so I hope the above makes sense.

Good luck with overcoming your system hassles!

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Klotz-Zellhoefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Setting/Clearing Relationships [and reinstallation
of v.5 build 173]


> Sherry,
>
> I'm aware that full screen vs window can make a difference, but that's not
> the case here.  The same people remain bold no matter who is primary, or
> whether relationships are set or cleared.  So something's not working in
> that module somewhere.
>
> I looked at Legacy.usr and, while of course much is incomprehensible, saw
> nothing in there which I could ID as the problem.  Then also looked at the
> other USR files but again saw nothing which made me say "AHA!"
>
> As this is simply a cosmetic problem at this point, I'll wait for a
> solution
> or some day when I don't have much on my plate.
>
> Thanks (again)
> Ron
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2004 16:36
> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Setting/Clearing Relationships [and reinstallation
> of v.5 build 173]
>
>
> Ron,
>
> Before you start resetting things - are you looking at Legacy in a window
> or
> full screen? In a windowed mode, the bold may not show up until the window
> size is enlarged some.
>
> The options that are set in the Options > Customize tabs are stored in the
> Legacy.usr file.  If you click on the "Reset to defaults" button on the
> bottom of the Options > Customize window, that will reset your defaults.
> Unfortunately, it's a lot of work to restore them to your original
> settings,
> but sometimes that's all you can do.
>
> Of course, deleting the legacy.usr file will do the same thing, even more
> completely.
>
> Thanks for using Legacy.
>
> Sherry
> Customer Support
> Millennia Corporation
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>
> We are changing the world of genealogy!
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron
> Klotz-Zellhoefer
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:31 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Setting/Clearing Relationships [and reinstallation
> of v.5 build 173]
>
>
> Paula,
>
> On seeing your note, my first reaction was "another duh here!).  So I
> checked those settings, and they were already set as you suggest.
> However,
> I did find that reinstallation had changed some settings, so I will be
> reviewing those.
>
> This bolding problem seems to be only a cosmetic problem with Index View.
> No matter what I tinker with primary person or set/unset, the same certain
> individuals remain bolded.
>
> Within Family/Pedigree Views relationships do appear. However, I just now
> noticed that regardless of settings, the Bold/Underline option is not
> working, but the alternate option of <funnysymbol> and + are working.
> Again, simply a cosmetic glitch.
>
> Again I ask if these little glitches might be something in a *.usr file -
> and if so, which one?  (sure don't want to reset everything!)
>
> thanks
> RonKZ
>
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