Re: [LegacyUG] location Tamer

[Kim Salamonsen]

Hi Terry

This is awesome, thanks you so much

kim

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Terry Foster  wrote:

> I'm a developer by trade and am fairly adept at Microsoft Access. I love
> Legacy but I have found all genealogy software sorely lacking in the ability
> to manage locations and do research on locations in the database.
>
> Since Legacy uses MS Access as a back-end I decided to add a form and some
> code to do what I have always felt all genealogy software should do. I would
> like someone to vet this work before I submit it to Legacy as a suggested
> enhancement.  Please let me know if you are interested.
>
> Here's a few things this form does:
>
> Displays all location data. (
> http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen1.jpg
> )
> Show all events tied to a location (
> http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen2.jpg
> )
> List all child locations in a parent (All cities in a county) (
> http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen3.jpg
> )
> Browse to google maps for each location (
> http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen4.jpg)
>
> I have made a user guide, of sorts:
> http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/LocationTamer.pdf
>
> These features, coupled with the ability to quickly edit and standardize
> locations in a database, are essential to me.  I'm just so happy I can make
> it work in Legacy. I thought I would share.
>
> You will need to know how to import a form and a VBA module into an Access
> database in order to use this.
>
> Please don't attempt this unless you know your way around an Access
> database and please, always back up your data before trying something like
> this.  I just may not be as good as I think I am!
>
> Terry
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Pictures

[Kim Salamonsen]

Hi Mary
If you add a pdf to Legacy does it display when you create a book or the
descendant narrative?

Kim

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Mary Fowler Leek wrote:

> Joan,
>
> If you have a ton of these attached as graphic images, then my suggestion
> might not have value but if you have only a limited number, I would suggest
> using the free graphic viewer from Faststone to convert your graphic images
> of certificates into PDF files, then reattach as a file. This will avoid
> attached documents being displayed on your family view as a photo.
>
> I've used this utility for several years and convert all of my genealogy
> certificate images to PDF files before attaching. After this, one click in
> Legacy and the PDF file will open into Adobe Reader, where you can easily
> study the document. About the only images I regularly attach in Legacy that
> are graphic files are people photos and tombstone photos.
>
> One image this works beautifully with are the Texas Death Certificates,
> offered online as a graphic file. I just convert them to PDF files and
> attach. So easy to go back and review them, or email a copy to another
> researcher. In Adobe Reader, you can increase the size on screen, to bring
> up close, details on the certificate.
>
> To convert, just open your image in the viewer, do a 'save as' and select
> PDF. Your original image is untouched, leaving you with the graphic image of
> the document plus the same document in PDF format.
>
> http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
>
> ~Mary
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Joan Kemp [mailto:jk...@yahoo.com]
>
>
> Is there any way to prevent pictures showing in miniature on the main
> Legacy tree?
> Many of my pictures are of certificates...
>
> Joan
>
>
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