They do for me; double click the video/sound icon, browser opens, page comes up. This does not work for you?
Wm Voss -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Randolph Clark Sent: Monday, 14 March, 2005 12:58 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence If Acrobat will launch (Sound/Video files) why won't html files launch (on screen)? On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:50:51 -0800, Wm Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 'image' will never show on screen unless it is there -- Legacy does not, > within the program, allow internal/external links outside the picture/media > icons. > > Part of the trouble here is that you are not being clear on where you wish > this 'image' to appear: > > 1) on your screen in Legacy > 2) in a text/rtf report generated from Legacy > 3) on web pages generated by Legacy. > 4) all of the above > > If 1) or 4), you can not do it. > If 2), you have to enter the text as text and use the few formatting > commands allowed us. > If 3), you can, as I explained have the data show fully formatted as any > html would be. You could also use, in the interest of space, a custom icon > on your page as a link to another page with the full document. This can be > stored as I already outlined in the Notes area: > > <.a href="FletcherLetter.html" title="Fletcher letter in text format"><img > src="Icon.png" width="64" height="64" alt="" border="0" align=""> > substituting the characters alt+0171 and alt+0187 for < and >. > > or am I missing what you are trying to do? > > Wm Voss > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Kenneth S Heard > Sent: Monday, 14 March, 2005 12:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence > > William > Thanks very much for your suggestion. It seems to work fine - at > least for "Reports", whether conventional or web based. > > I do see a couple of drawbacks, however: > - the first is that one has to reference the 'image' (whether html or > whatever with a *fully qualified* filespec in the Note text (meaning that if > the image file is moved, there's a potentially *big* editing job to be done. > - The other is that the 'image' still does not show "on screen", as do > traditional photos if, for example, one opens the "Picture Gallery" for the > chosen individual. > > Incidentally, my comments / request apply equally to other document types > (such as 'wordprocessed text' files (such as MS-Word, or whatever your > favourite format is). > > Apart from William's suggestion, I see no easy way to 'include' a > (pre-existing) text file in "Events" or "Sources". And it makes so little > sense to have to "copy-and-paste" plain-text from available computer-based > files into the plain-text-only "Notes" or "Details" of curent Legacy > "Events" and "Sources". Why can't we just "attach" (or "Add" in Legacy > parlance) these types of files using the (or something like the) "Add > Pictures, Sound and Video" button in "Event" and "Source" editing windows > > However, some progress. Thanks > > === > > Dennis > By "thumbnail" I mean exactly what "that nice man" Mr Gates (and > Microsoft!) mean in their implementation of MS_Explorer > - or indeed what Legacy actually does with "Pictures" (whether .jpg or .gif > or .bmp or the whole raft of Legacy-supported *picture* file formats) > > There is *no* contradiction in seeking to "thumbnail" an html document - it > just means it may be displayed (much) smaller than the 'full size' version, > usually as a "placemarker" to visually identify what the referenced file > actually contains. > > All I'm asking (especially now I have learned William's advice) is that > Legacy *interprets* htm and html objects (and, I would have to add, .doc and > .txt object files) *inline*, just as it does with "picture" format files. > > ================= > Dr Kenneth S Heard > Bassett > Southampton > SO16 3NQ > England > > -----Original Message----- > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< LEGACY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > From: "Wm Voss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:08:41 -0800 > Reply-To: [email protected] > You could always add <img src="your_document_name.jpg"> in the note section > of an event. Put it in [[]] brackets so it doesn't show in reports and > remove them when building the page. Legacy will automatically convert the < > > to html < > and the image will be right below the text. I do this when I > want aligned tables to show -- see the Receipt event at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/35 > 726.htm > > Wm Voss > > =========== > And > > From: "Wm Voss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:13:36 -0800 > Reply-To: [email protected] > Sorry -- forgot that the email also does the conversion to < and >. Use > alt+0171 and alt+o187 for your image code. > > Wm Voss > > =============== > And > > From: Dennis Kowallek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:11:20 -0500 > Reply-To: [email protected] > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:49:24 -0000, "Kenneth S Heard" = > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >All it would take, I *think*, is for the "picture" handling part of = > Legacy > >(most especially the "Picture Centre", but other bits as well!) to = > recognise > >'html' (and, of course, 'htm') as a *standard* file type *at all > >stages*= > and > >to open it (as thumbnail or 'windowed' document) accordingly. > > I don't understand your reference to a "thumbnailed" html document. How = > can an html document be "thumbnailed"? > > -- > Dennis M. Kowallek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ****************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kenneth S > Heard > Sent: Sunday, 13 March, 2005 13:49 > To: [email protected] > Cc: 'LegacySupport' > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to record correspondence > > Friends > I am happy with ... <snip> ... > > What do folk do about 'including' (I'm deliberately avoiding the word > "attach") material which is 'native' in "html" format? Obviously, one > *could* first cut-and-paste a 'screen image' of an "html" document into > "plain text" and then paste that (plain text) into "Notes", or "Details" or > whatever. Indeed, I *have* done that! > > ... <snip> ... > > I know that one can, and I do, "include" 'html' files as a "pseudo" Sound or > Video image, but the trouble with that is that "thumbnail image" gets > displayed only as a 'Sound' or 'Video' icon, rather than as a thumbnail of > the actual document. That said, actually "opening" the thumbnail (which is, > sadly, > > ... <snip> ... > > All it would take, I *think*, is for the "picture" handling part of Legacy > (most especially the "Picture Centre", but other bits as well!) to recognise > 'html' (and, of course, 'htm') as a *standard* file type *at all stages* and > to open it (as thumbnail or 'windowed' document) accordingly. > > ================= > Dr Kenneth S Heard > Bassett > Southampton > SO16 3NQ > England > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< LEGACY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > 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 > > 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 > 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 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
