Thanks, Glen!
Elsie Scharpf Saar
Genealogy research
American: Parks, Avann, Bulson, Soden, Menkens
German: Wienecke, Storz, Scharpf, Saar, Stelzer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Rich Nestor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: January 31, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another
sentence question
I'll just throw in my two cents here...
I went through and customized my database with sentences a while
back. The sentence feature is great and I loved how they read when
I used Legacy to generate a web site (my primary method of
communicating my research right now).
However, for several reasons, I recently decided to go with TNG (The
Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding) for web page creation.
Now I'm having to face the fact that gedcom exports to not carry
along the nifty sentences. Now I'm left with fields that don't
always really convey the true picture without that existing sentence
structure.
My point is - if you plan to use Legacy reports and/or Legacy web
pages, you are fine. If you plan to go outside of Legacy for any
reason, the current gedcom vehicle will not carry those sentences
with you.
I find that genealogy is an ever-evolving process. I actually love
it that way, but there are always a few bumps along the road.
It's all a personal decision, but something to keep in mind...
Gail Rich Nestor
Smyrna, Georgia, USA
www.roots2buds.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elsie Saar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another
sentence question
Dennis, I see your point. I'm not a programmer or an experienced
Access user, just did a few if-then-else statements in Lotus1-2-3
then Excell while an employee. I reviewed what you said and now
understand that I could put [[none]] in desc and it would read as
just a date. Much easier to form the sentence. But, I sincerely
appreciate Don's explanation of how to use the IF statements and
learned a lot.
While we talk about these sentences, I have a question. Do many of
you actually use them. I'm working with them as I clean up my 8200+
location table. As I clean up an event, I make sure the sentence
reads correctly. Am I wasting my time doing this?
Thanks again for all the stimulating discussion on this list.
Elsie Scharpf Saar
Genealogy research
American: Parks, Avann, Bulson, Soden, Menkens
German: Wienecke, Storz, Scharpf, Saar, Stelzer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Kowallek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: January 31, 2006 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:00:14 -0500, "Elsie Saar"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I enter None for people who do not have an occupation in the
census. I
needed a way to generate the sentence
"He was not employed on 6 May 1930." I didn't want to use an
alternate
sentence for everyone, thinking there must be an easier way.
Therefore, following Don's suggestion in the event fields I enter:
eventname = occupation
desc = [[none]]
date = 6 May 1930
The sentence structure for when only the desc and date are filled
becomes
[:IF [Desc] :: [heshe] was employed as [desc] [ondate] :: [heshe]
was
not employed [ondate]].[sources][notes]
I don't think you realize that you are NOT exercising the ELSE
logic in
the above sentence when you get "He was not employed on 6 May
1930.".
You are actually getting your sentence from the "If only Date
filled"
sentence.
Proof...
I created a new event called Test and entered two event
sentences...
If only Desc and Date filled:
[:IF [Desc] :: [heshe] was employed as
[desc] [ondate] :: [heshe] was not employed
ondate]].[sources][notes]
If only Date filled:
here
I then added the following event:
eventname = test
desc = [[none]]
date = 6 May 1930
The resulting sentence read...
Here
So you are wasting your time creating these complicated sentences.
--
Dennis M. Kowallek
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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