This is an issue for me too, so could replies be through the list or forwarded to me, please.
Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail Rich Nestor Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 11:09 AM To: Legacy Subject: [LegacyUG] Working with a Legacy File in MS Access 97 Hi, I am hoping someone can help me offline with a little work I want to do on my Legacy file using Access. When I first set up my census events in Legacy, I didn't realize I could insert a carriage return [CR] place holder in the event definition to insert a blank line between my event sentence and the actual event notes/transcription. Therefore, I inserted a blank line manually by hitting "Enter" at the beginning of each Event Note. I have almost 19,000 events and it is not practical for me to go through each event and delete these extra lines. I could just edit the GEDCOM file, but then I would have to do this each time I export the GEDCOM to update my web site. The reason I want to eliminate this line now is that it looks bad on my new TNG web site which uses PHP. It seems that another possibility to get rid of these lines would be to use Access to make the changes to the Legacy file. It's been a while since I used Access, but I used to be fairly good with it. I only have Access 97 though. The main issue now is that when I try to open my Legacy back-up file or even a GEDCOM of it, Access doesn't recognize the file format. I've seen other posters on this list mention using Access to manipulate Legacy data. Could someone help me figure out how to open a file? I think I can do what I need from there. Thanks in advance for your help offline. Gail Rich Nestor Smyrna, Georgia www.roots2buds.net Legacy User Group 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
