I had trouble making the Military event work until I simply deleted
"military" in the default event description.
I change changed
[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes]
to
[HeShe] served in the [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] [Notes].
The change provided a lot of flexibility and solved a bunch of problems.
OK the "military" is not mentioned but "Military Service" is really just a
handle. Is not Military the same as the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force,
Coast Guard, Union Forces, Confederate Forces, etc?
One could continue with " as a private,"as a general in the invasion on
Omaha Beach" or any moderation one would seem appropriate?
AzGene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field
That's kind of what I was thinking, Cathy.
I just wondered what the Legacy Programmers were thinking would be
placed into the Description Field so that it would read clearly in
their predefined sentence. For example, with the Residence event, the
definition is "[HeShe] resided at [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources]
[Notes]" -- the programmers added the word "at" to make the
Description make sense. I would have thought that they'd program the
Military Service (and Discharge) event definition to include the
little words like "as a" or just "as".
So I will go ahead and redefine the event definition. Thanks for the
discussion.
Susan
On 7/8/05, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since in some views and reports, you don't get the Sentence but more a
list
style, I'd suggest you change the Default sentence and leave words such as
"as a" in the Sentence rather than th Description. Take a look at the
Chronology View where events are Listed - Date - Event Name - Place -
Description - followed by Notes if you've chosen to include them
It needs to make some sense both ways.
Cathy
At 08:57 PM 8/07/2005, you wrote:
>I should have looked at my event definition first - I did not change at
>all. Mine read: "He served in the military as a private with the United
>States Army" or "He served in the military as a Captain with the United
>States Navy". If you have no detail perhaps: "He served in the military
>as
>a member of the uniformed services during World War I" It is also best
>to spell everything out as there are many individuals who have service
>with foreign services such as the Royal Flying Corps (England), Canadian
>Flying Corps I, etc. in WWII or perhaps the foreign brigades in Spain
>during their Civil War. My wife has an English ancestor who served as a
>Lt. with the German army in the early 1800s. To avoid any confusion
>always
>spell everything out.
>
>Tom........
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field
>
>Thanks for responding, Tom. I should have noted that the event
>sentence definition is:
>"[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources]
>[Notes]"
>
>Perhaps I should simply remove "in the Military" then from the default
>so it will read as you describe below?
>
>Susan
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