Mr. Terry,
I'm on a "temporary" computer for a few days so I don't have access to Legacy so forgive me if I am wrong on this.
One caveat:
1. Use the fill User IDs with RIN option
A. All existing people get their RIN inserted into their respective UIDs
2. Add some new people to database
A. New people do NOT have the RIN inserted into the UID field
3. Perform some action that causes the RIN to change
A, Export to GedCom and import back in to remove empty RINs or whatever
4. Now do the fill UID with RIN again to get the _new_ people that were added in step #2
5. And RINs that changed during the import of the GedCom will now have a different UID
If the above is true, then Legacy would need a means of "locking" the UID once it was set to prevent change OR
a better solution might be the option to have Legacy automatically insert RINs as new people are entered so that it would not be necessary to rerun the fill command from the options menu.
If I'm talking through my hat on this, please forgive and ignore.
Cheers, all
John
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JimTerry wrote:
Gayle and Karen,
You can make your RIN's permanent by having Legacy copy your RINs into the the User ID field. You can also add optional preceding text to the RIN's. Click on Options and select Customize > Other and go to the Custom User ID Numbers feature.
Once you have done this, use the User ID field because it will have your RIN's. It won't change when merging records or renumbering you RINs. This isn't a perfect solution, but it's something to consider.
Jim Terry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree
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Gayle, How will you find the documents for an individual when the RIN changes? Karen
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