Richard, One thing you do need to do before importing/syncing your Legacy database for the first time... Get the Pocket Genealogist user guide at http://www.pocketgenealogist.com/documents.htm and read Chapter 6. It discusses some file maintenance things you should do with your Legacy database first to make sure that the 2-way process works successfully. (The user guide is about 100 pages)
Pocket Genealogist is very strict with regards to updating data back into Legacy... At any point during the sync if it determines that something is wrong or if something changed on both sides, it will abort and the Legacy database will remain untouched. (It actually updates a copy of the database and if successful, replaces it after the sync) We went to great pains to make sure that under NO circumstances would it do "bad" things to the database. Of course if it does abort, you can still export the changes to a GEDCOM file and "merge" it into Legacy that way. At that point the 2-way will be disabled for that database so you'd want to import a fresh copy to start over. Off the top of my head, the most obvious thing that doesn't transfer back and forth is Photos. I know there are a couple of other minor fields but in general, if it's data that you can enter in Legacy, you can do the same in Pocket Genealogist. It also should ONLY let you enter data that will successfully transfer back to Legacy. For example, you can't enter data that is "longer" than what the field in Legacy will accept. We also maintain "lists" of valid items just like Legacy, you'll see the exact same Event list for example. If you have any questions, please email me at any time. Kevin R. Phillips Northern Hills Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 2.93 [Web Site] http://www.NorthernHillsSoftware.com http://www.PocketGenealogist.com [Email] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Email Group] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pocket_Genealogist -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard C. Peralta Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question Pocket Genealogist file transfer to Legacy Jack , Thank you. Very helpful...same sort of rules as synchronizing using Outlook or other personal data base. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Earnshaw Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question Pocket Genealogist file transfer to Legacy Pocket Genealogist is a brilliant companion to Legacy. It will take your Legacy database and copy it to the PDA and is just as usable on an iPAQ as if it were Legacy. There is a full 2-way synchronisation so that changes made on one machine are updated back to the other. So if you change data on Legacy then the next time you "sync" the updates go to the iPAQ. Similarly the other way round. One limitation - you can only make changes on one machine OR the other, not both! So mimics real life in some way. You go out add data in PG then bring it home and it updates Legacy. You add more data in Legacy, sync with the iPAQ and then go out again. <SNIP> - Nice commentary Jack! Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
