Good point, Lisa! Yes, I'm already going back now and tweaking the data in
my event fields so they don't look non-sensical. However, I am also
appreciative to Dennis for being pro-active and bringing this
sentence-export idea up to Legacy as a suggestion for the future.
Somehow, even if the text isn't non-sensical, it doesn't flow as nicely in
just a plain "fill-in-the-fields format." The sentences make the page read
more like a story and less like a database.
I'm not holding my breath though, on this enhancement coming through in
Legacy any time soon...
Gail
www.roots2buds.net
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] If-then-else statements - solution; another sentence
question
I find that with a only a little extra effort, I can create both
standard and custom event sentences such that the event still makes
sense even if reported in nonsentence format.
The trick, of course, is realizing the need to so ahead of time :-)
Lisa
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:21:58 -0500, "Gail Rich Nestor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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
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