Hi, Brian and other LUGers - I would caution *against* putting your Legacy data in a subdirectory of "My Documents" if you ever intend to share your data with someone else or if you need to move it from one location to another (say from a laptop to your PC and back again). This is because what Legacy stores in your database is the path name for your picture documents and while "My Documents" seems like a fairly simply path name, it's not - especially if you're using Windows XP.
"My Documents" is really a subdirectory of the specific login name on your particular computer. In other words, it's machine-specific. Although it can be made to sync up with another computer's directory structure, it would be a royal pain to do so. If you put all your Legacy data in a subdirectory off the root directory (and not in "My Documents") you can avoid all that and make it very easy to share data or temporarily move data WITHOUT losing all your picture links. Just something to keep in mind if you're thinking about reorganizing the way photos and links are stored on your computer. cheers, Kirsty Haining Seattle, WA :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BE Kelly Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] picture database Mike and Marie Omilon wrote: > i am entering 5 separate and distinct family databases into Legacy > Ive created 5 separate files > my problem is the entering of pictures into the database. > All the pictures end up in the same folder and there doesnt seem to be a > way of auto separating instead it has to be done manually > which im sure will cause problems in a huge file > am i doing something wrong here..i thought by removing one file it would > remove the pictures with it. This doesnt seem to work for me. > It sounds like you are using the Legacy default locations, these are subdirectories of the Legacy program location, they are named data for the data files, pictures, sound and video are for media files. Personally I do not like that structure because it makes creating computer backups are more difficult. I have moved all my Legacy files to a subdirectory tree of the "My Documents Folder" named "Legacy Data". When I want to backup my data everything is in one place. I wish Legacy did this on installation but it doesn't. I do use the same division into separate directories for data and media. I keep all my Data files in the same Data subdirectory but I have subdivided the pictures directory into subdirectory trees organized by family groups i.e my Maternal and Paternal line and my Wife's Maternal and Paternal lines are all in separate tree structures. If I ever start collecting sound and video I will organize those the same way. In your case you might want to set up directories for each of the separate families with data, picture, sound and video subdirectories in each. Now all the data for each of your five distinct families will be in one directory structure and you can copy, move and backup each one separately. Brian Kelly Rockland, ON 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
