Re: [LegacyUG] Email list for legacy solutions only?
To the Millenia Company- One suggestion would be to sign up for yahoo groups. It's free, well known, has many features which people have mentioned a desire for, and it free. Thanks, Dawn in NJ On 6/8/08, Mark K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand why they dont use a forum instead of a mailing list. Many of the emails would disappear as its much easier to find old answers and you only have to look at the items you are interested in. Rootsweb host many other forums. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Re: ahnentafal numbering in User ID
Cathy, I enjoyed hearing about your respective styles of doing genealogy. I started doing genealogy years ago, but still consider myself a beginner, since I go in fits and starts and haven't done a lot. I am new to Legacy, however, pretty comfortable with computer programs and figuring out the shortcuts, so I look forward to exploiting the program to it's fullest when possible :-) ..Interesting idea about your filing system. I see your point about cross-referencing. Nice talking with you! Dawn On 6/3/08, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My friend and I work very differently. I'm far more computer literate than she is and far more comfortable using the screen for information. She on the other hand prints and keeps hard copies of all sorts of things - and even hand writes or types FGSs as she doesn't like the Legacy layout. When I want to see where I'm up to with a particular person, I review them on screen in Legacy or print to PDF and read on screen. I check that I have everything I've found entered properly in Legacy and then decide what to do next. She checks that she has everything she has in her paper file and works from the paper to see what to do next. Entering stuff into Legacy is one of her last steps. We think differently but she does very good research. She's been doing family history from before it was dreamt that you might do it on computer. The Ahnentafel system is imprinted on her brain :-) I'd have to look it up to code anyone. Working from many papers comes naturally to her - I just end up with a big mess and a confused mind ;-) She files by family. I file by type as again, I just get into a mess if I try to file by family - which family when more than one is mentioned on the source paper? Will I copy and put it with both or try and remember to have, use and look at a cross reference sheet? ... Just too hard for me. :-) Everyone needs to find the way that works best for them. However, it's worth seeing what the computer can do for you and let it get on with it so you have more time for other things. Cathy At 09:43 PM 3/06/2008, you wrote: Cathy, Have you told your friend how silly she is to use such a system when Legacy gives you everything you need with their system? LOL :D What's her excuse? Dawn On 6/3/08, Cathy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dawn, One of my friends does ;-) Cathy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Re: ahnentafal numbering in User ID
Hmm.. Both Cathy and Wynthner have good points... I guess I could just label my e-files and paper files according to RINs... I guess it's my obsessive need for orderly numbering that makes me resist the seemingly disorderly numbering of whoever gets entered first.. But then I guess the point of orderliness is to be able to find your information quickly and easily, and RIN/MRINs certainly do that... ...so does no one use Ahnentafel here who uses Legacy? Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Re: ahnentafal numbering in User ID
Cathy, Have you told your friend how silly she is to use such a system when Legacy gives you everything you need with their system? LOL :D What's her excuse? Dawn On 6/3/08, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dawn, One of my friends does ;-) Cathy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] ahnentafal numbering in User ID
Hello all, I just started working with vs. 7 today. I would like to use the ahnentafel system as a secondary system, using the User ID space. Is anyone else doing this? My question is, when numbering this way do you use leading zeros, which makes sense for computer file numbers, but then I'm not sure how many leading zeros to use. I think 99,999 seems pretty adequate, but what if future generations use my files, and they wind up with more than that many names? Thanks for your help! Dawn in NJ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Re: Splitting a spouses family off?
Thanks all for your information, links and opinions. sigh I'm going to keep my spouses family in the same tree, but it's a real pain to look through the list of people, and half of them are not even related to me by blood! Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Re: Splitting a spouses family off?
Thanks to both Cathy and Penny for the suggestions of how to work around the uninterested names in my list :) And yes Ron, I suppose I put 'em there, so I gotta deal with 'em now ;) Dawn On 5/29/08, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dawn, I have heaps of people in my file that aren't related to me because of the way I've traced some families back to migration into Australia, done some area one name studies and some area studies as well as tracing the ancestors of some of the in-laws etc. Most of the time I don't even see them. I use the Index View to get to a particular person quickly. I type the surname in the Surname box at the top followed by a comma and starting to type the first name. To find other people I use the search. They can then be worked on in the Search list or tagged for later and all the irrelevant ones aren't there. Some ideas for finding your way through the unfamiliar names. Cathy At 09:20 PM 29/05/2008, you wrote: Thanks all for your information, links and opinions. sigh I'm going to keep my spouses family in the same tree, but it's a real pain to look through the list of people, and half of them are not even related to me by blood! Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy on 2 Computers
Dave, You've got a great system going from what I'm reading. Do you mind emailing me off-list with more information about this program, and also how to add an icon to the drive? NJHeart2Heart -at- gmail -dot- com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Dawn in NJ On 5/29/08, Dave Naylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29 May 2008 G. C. Oliver wrote: If you have your current Legacy file on a USB drive how do you your multimedia files attached and current? Do they also reside on the USB drive? They could. But for my own purposes I decided to keep them on both my desktop and laptop computers. The decision was based on the (then) small size of memory sticks, the huge quantity and size of my collection of multimedia files (census pages, registrations, certificates, etc) and the fact that they don't need updating -- only additions. So I have my working Legacy database only on the memory stick, and copies of the multimedia files on both of my computers. My memory stick is set up with an AutoRun program so that when I plug it into either of my computers it automatically makes a backup to it. Then it checks to see if any multimedia files have not been archived. Any it finds are copied to the memory stick and will in turn be copied to the other computer whenever the stick is plugged into it. Note: if this memory stick is plugged into any other computer it will not do any copying or backups. So the memory stick's AutoRun program keeps both computers up-to-date with the multimedia files (no matter which computer I add them to) and there's also a database backup on both computers. When the month changes I have another auto-running program on my desktop computer that uploads a copy of the latest database backup to a web site. Rather than have a specific drive letter to identify the memory stick I've added the shield sword icon to it as identification -- via its AutoRun.inf file. That way when more than one removable disk is attached the Legacy one is immediately identified by its icon. Since setting up a drive for AutoRun is off topic for this list I'll not go into further details here about how to do this. There's lots of information available from the web for this. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Splitting a spouses family off?
Hello all, I'm one of the relative newcomers that bought version 6/7 and am anxiously awaiting the new version, which promises to make my learning curve regarding sources a bit easier (w/ help from the new videos I will be ordering!). I currently have myself and my husband in the same tree, but since we are not parents at this point, I'd like to simplify my genealogy work by separating his tree out from mine (for now). Is there a way to do this? I've checked the usergroup archives as well as the general help. Lots of info on spitting regarding sources (also interesting reading for me!), and some on COMBINING families, but none on separating... Would appreciate your help! Dawn in NJ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Accessing the Individual Information Screen
Hi Jane, In my case, I tend to look through my family by way of the Pedigree tab. I tend to click from one person to another, and when I want to see individuals information I click again to get the individual's screen. That particular screen does not show the marriage info. It is amazing (and so cool) that Legacy is versatile such that people can view their family trees in one of several different ways :) Dawn in Jersey Dawn may be accessing the Individual Information screen from the Index tab. A double click anywhere in the row of your selected person brings up the same smaller Individual Information screen, but with the Index tab screen in the background. My default is to open Legacy in the Family tab, so, like you I'm used to seeing all the info. Regards, Jane Tripp - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page? Ok, I'm missing something here. How do you go from Individual to Individual without seeing whether or not there is a spouse, and whether or not you have a marriage date location? Elizabeth researching the descendant of William and Sarah (Patterson) Thompson From: Dawn Del Guercio Thanks for the replies. The reason I wanted to get the marriage date on the individual window is so that as I'm going through various individuals (I tend to browse via the individual record windows) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?
Thanks for the response Wendy. That is exactly what I want to do BUT it's the family view window is not what I want to customize. I want to cutomize the INDIVIDUAL window, which includes given and surnam, as well as other relevant details, but it does NOT include marriage information. This is where I'd like to see the ability to customize, just like the family view. Dawn in Jersey On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Wendy Lavender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dawn, in Family View you could customise the fields to give you a Marriage field by clicking anywhere to the left of husband's or wife's information where born, died, buried labels are and a Customise Display box will come up. If you click on the box with the 3 dots in it, it will let you choose what field you would like. I have born, bapt, marr1, died, age in mine so I can see at a glance the primary information about that person. Wendy [AU] *From:* Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* legacyusergroup legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com *Sent:* Friday, March 28, 2008 1:18 AM *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page? Hello all. I appreciate the fact that Legacy has a box just for marriages, but I'd really like to be able to see a person's marriage date at a glance from the individual window. Is there a way to do that while keeping the other basics in there (birth, baptism, death, burial)? Also, does anyone know WHEN the new version will come out??? I've heard so many great things, I can't wait! Are they waiting until the fully test the new charting program? Thanks, Dawn in Jersey Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?
Hello all. I appreciate the fact that Legacy has a box just for marriages, but I'd really like to be able to see a person's marriage date at a glance from the individual window. Is there a way to do that while keeping the other basics in there (birth, baptism, death, burial)? Also, does anyone know WHEN the new version will come out??? I've heard so many great things, I can't wait! Are they waiting until the fully test the new charting program? Thanks, Dawn in Jersey Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?
Thanks Mary. Although having it on the individual record screen would be nice, I did play around with the name list the other day, and it's actually quite handy, so checking marriage dates from that list is a good work around. Dawn in Jersey On 3/27/08, Mary Fowler Leek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the meantime, you can use the name list, and keep the tab set on family, and that information will be visible on that window when you open it. See the last bit of information on the lower left hand corner... From this window, you have everything else available to you that you have on the individual window, I believe. Mary - Original Message - *From:* Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all. I appreciate the fact that Legacy has a box just for marriages, but I'd really like to be able to see a person's marriage date at a glance from the individual window. Is there a way to do that while keeping the other basics in there (birth, baptism, death, burial)? Also, does anyone know WHEN the new version will come out??? I've heard so many great things, I can't wait! Are they waiting until the fully test the new charting program? Thanks, Dawn in Jersey Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Can I add marriage date to the individual page?
Thanks for the replies. The reason I wanted to get the marriage date on the individual window is so that as I'm going through various individuals (I tend to browse via the individual record windows) I'd like to be able to see all the critical record dates- those dates that I want to have in the first place, and then also have sources for. Looks like it's not an option that is customizable, so I think I'll just try to get used to browsing my individuals by way of the name list, which gives all the info. Dawn in Jersey Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
I have been using Legacy Deluxe for a few weeks now, and generally I like it. However, after several days of frustrating attempts to retry and work around this problem, I am at the end of my rope trying to backup my family files. I am using build (6.0.0.190) of the deluxe version. When I first started using Legacy a few weeks ago, everything was fine. I backed up a few times (both family and media files) with no problem. Now I am getting errors whenever I try any number of techniques to backup either of those files. I started with the obvious- file- backup family file. I've tried using different locations, and even tried it on two different computers, and I keep getting Backup Error 504; cannot create temporary file. When I try to back up my media files, I get a different but just as consistent error: Error 3044. C/legacy/temp/LG~0.tmp is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides. I am aware of typical naming conventions and used an older convention legacybackup20080317, or LegacyBackup2008_03_17 and neither works. I spent an hour and a half tonight just trying to backup my files, and I'm really aggravated now. I read the help files, searched the usergroup archives, and couldn't find anything close to this problem. Please HELP. Thanks, Dawn Del Guercio Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
Thanks John. I believe that was my typing error and that it is \, but I'll verify tonight at home and respond back. Dawn On 3/18/08, John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the *exact* text of error message? Error 3044. C/legacy/temp/LG~0.tmp is not a valid path. The path should look like: C:\Legacy\Temp\LG~0.tmp Please verify what you have and report back. Yes, the *exact* punctuation used is important. John I have been using Legacy Deluxe for a few weeks now, and generally I like it. However, after several days of frustrating attempts to retry and work around this problem, I am at the end of my rope trying to backup my family files. I am using build (6.0.0.190) of the deluxe version. When I first started using Legacy a few weeks ago, everything was fine. I backed up a few times (both family and media files) with no problem. Now I am getting errors whenever I try any number of techniques to backup either of those files. I started with the obvious- file- backup family file. I've tried using different locations, and even tried it on two different computers, and I keep getting Backup Error 504; cannot create temporary file. When I try to back up my media files, I get a different but just as consistent error: Error 3044. C/legacy/temp/LG~0.tmp is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides. I am aware of typical naming conventions and used an older convention legacybackup20080317, or LegacyBackup2008_03_17 and neither works. I spent an hour and a half tonight just trying to backup my files, and I'm really aggravated now. I read the help files, searched the usergroup archives, and couldn't find anything close to this problem. Please HELP. Thanks, Dawn Del Guercio Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
Hi Richard, Well, based on the space that the zip files take up, I KNOW I had room for the backup zip files. I did try to simply save to my family file, thinking at least that was better than nothing. I don't know how large my family file is so it it possible that there was not enough space on my 1 gig usb drive. Thanks for the advice. Dawn On 3/18/08, RICHARD SCHULTHIES [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is probalbly not the problem, but is there enough disk space in the various destinations. What do you mean by 'any number of techniques to backup either of those files'? Do you backup up on top of old ones (I do), or to new space (multiple backups). That can eat up disk space in a hurry. If you need help checking file space/size you can send privately to me. Rich in LA CA --- Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
As I suspected John, it was my typing error. The exact error was Error 3044. C:\Legacy\Temp\LG~0.TMP is not a valid path. Dawn On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:29 AM, John Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this the *exact* text of error message? Error 3044. C/legacy/temp/LG~0.tmp is not a valid path. The path should look like: C:\Legacy\Temp\LG~0.tmp Please verify what you have and report back. Yes, the *exact* punctuation used is important. John I have been using Legacy Deluxe for a few weeks now, and generally I like it. However, after several days of frustrating attempts to retry and work around this problem, I am at the end of my rope trying to backup my family files. I am using build (6.0.0.190) of the deluxe version. When I first started using Legacy a few weeks ago, everything was fine. I backed up a few times (both family and media files) with no problem. Now I am getting errors whenever I try any number of techniques to backup either of those files. I started with the obvious- file- backup family file. I've tried using different locations, and even tried it on two different computers, and I keep getting Backup Error 504; cannot create temporary file. When I try to back up my media files, I get a different but just as consistent error: Error 3044. C/legacy/temp/LG~0.tmp is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides. I am aware of typical naming conventions and used an older convention legacybackup20080317, or LegacyBackup2008_03_17 and neither works. I spent an hour and a half tonight just trying to backup my files, and I'm really aggravated now. I read the help files, searched the usergroup archives, and couldn't find anything close to this problem. Please HELP. Thanks, Dawn Del Guercio Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
As I suspected John, it was my typing error. The exact error was Error 3044. C:\Legacy\Temp\LG~0.TMP is not a valid path. On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks John. I believe that was my typing error and that it is \, but I'll verify tonight at home and respond back. Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
thanks all for your help and suggestions regarding my invalid path problem. Thanks to Brian at Legacy, I was able to correct the problem. Here is our last exchange, in case future users have the same problem: i Brian, Corrected! Based on your email, the assumption is that the program is located in C:\Legacy. Because I am a stickler for organization, I moved my Legacy program to c:\programfiles\Legacy and apparently all the files were moved, the program didn't recognize the move and was still trying to access the old locations. Thanks so much for your help! Dawn --- Brian/Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawn, Use windows explorer to check if there is a C:\Legacy\Temp folder on your hard drive. Start Legacy Go to Options Customize Locations In the Location of temporary files area use the change button to add C:\Legacy\Temp When you click Change there will be a New Folder button where you can create the C:\Legacy\Temp folder. On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I suspected John, it was my typing error. The exact error was Error 3044. C:\Legacy\Temp\LG~0.TMP is not a valid path. On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Dawn Del Guercio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks John. I believe that was my typing error and that it is \, but I'll verify tonight at home and respond back. Dawn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Frustrated- constant errors trying to back up file
Hi Mike. Thanks for the info. I just now tried to save as my family file to my desktop, which seemed to work, but upon trying to open, it opened a blank file. Frankly, I'm not as concerned about the error of file space as I am by the path name issue that consistently comes up when backing up. Dawn On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Mike Fry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawn Del Guercio wrote: Well, based on the space that the zip files take up, I KNOW I had room for the backup zip files. I did try to simply save to my family file, thinking at least that was better than nothing. I don't know how large my family file is so it it possible that there was not enough space on my 1 gig usb drive. I think what people were trying to say is, the ZIP process requires space to work with whilst it's busy building the backup file. To do this, it generally needs a minimum of twice the amount of space that the final ZIP file will occupy. This is made up of space for the ZIP file and a workspace. The workspace is probably being allocated in whatever folder is being pointed to by the TMP or TEMP environment variables. Judging by your original message, this is the 'temp' sub-folder of the C:\Legacy folder. The TMP and TEMP variables default according to values set at boot time, and can be located on my Win2000 systems by right-clicking on My Computer and selecting Properties. Then select the Advanced tab and press the Environment Variables button. On your system, this will undoubtedly be different and you should consult your Windows Help system looking for the phrase Environment Variables or TMP or TEMP. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
