Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
The All Caps surnames is really an obsolete standard if you are using a computer to record your genealogy. It dates from the days of typewriters and hand written records. The current practise is to enter your surnames in mixed case. It is easy for the computer to display those mixed case surnames in All Caps on your screens and to print them in all caps in reports. Version 7.0 added a new problem check for Standardization Tips The all caps surname problem is coming from the standardization tips checks which checks for surnames in all capitals. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Ross Chapman wrote: I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem. 'Surname all uppercase'. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Jenny M Benson wrote: Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. In this case, doesn't the Apply button 'apply' to already entered surnames? -- 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
Yes, and I thought that's what the OP wanted as well. I didn't test this myself so I might be wrong about clicking the Apply button. But why have an Apply button if it doesn't do anything? If the Apply button doesn't do anything it should be removed. Evert 2009/5/30 Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com Jenny M Benson wrote: Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. In this case, doesn't the Apply button 'apply' to already entered surnames? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg. 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
Just to be sure I looked this up in the Help File: Letter Case of Surnames Select the capitalization option you want to have applied to the Last Name when the field is exited. (The default is Initial Caps.) If you would like Legacy to go through the entire family file and format all the last names to the specified setting, click Apply Evert 2009/5/30 Evert van Dijken evandij...@gmail.com Yes, and I thought that's what the OP wanted as well. I didn't test this myself so I might be wrong about clicking the Apply button. But why have an Apply button if it doesn't do anything? If the Apply button doesn't do anything it should be removed. Evert 2009/5/30 Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com Jenny M Benson wrote: Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. In this case, doesn't the Apply button 'apply' to already entered surnames? -- 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
Mike Fry wrote In this case, doesn't the Apply button 'apply' to already entered surnames? Ah yes! I see that you are quite correct. In this case, using the Apply button prompts a question as to whether you wish to the settings to be retrospective. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Evert van Dijken wrote But why have an Apply button if it doesn't do anything? If the Apply button doesn't do anything it should be removed. But it does do something! *As a general rule* an Apply button causes some setting to be activated without exiting the screen which shows the Apply button. Maybe you wish to make further changes on that screen, so this is helpful. *As a general rule* the Save button works in the same way (causes a setting to be activated) but also causes that screen to close. However, as Mike Fry pointed out, in this particular case the Apply buttons not only activate various settings but also give you the option of having those settings applied retrospectively. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Jenny, You are correct that clicking Save will apply the option for the future but to change all the surnames that were created using the old option you have to use the Apply button to tell Legacy you want it to go into your database and change existing records. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corp Home of Legacy Family Tree We are changing the world of genealogy When replying please include all correspondence, Thanks - Original Message - From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk] To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Sat, 30 May 2009 00:23:08 +0100 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Thanks to you all for your responses. The issue was with the Report options section. Everything else everyone mentioned I had already dealt with when setting up my program as I had old files in v6 on my notebook and was looking at them when setting up v7 on my PC. From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Ross Chapman Sent: May-29-09 12:32 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem. 'Surname all uppercase'. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
The same thing happened to me when I moved from v6 to v7 and I don't recall it having been flagged up in v6. It turned out not to be as big a task as I thought to remedy since there is no need to amend each person separately. Just go to the master surname list and change each one there - I still had to change nearly 1000 names but this was better than 6000. Graham Love _ From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Ross Chapman Sent: 29 May 2009 05:32 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem. 'Surname all uppercase'. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Go to Options Customise Data Format and select Letter Case of Surnames - Initial Caps and click the Apply button. This will change all surnames to Initial Caps in your file. If you want surnames in uppercase in reports select Show SURNAMES in uppercase letters in the next section. You don't have to enter surnames in uppercase in the Individuals Information form to have them printed in uppercase. If you don't want to change any options you could also untag (on the Standardisation Tab in the Potential Problems report) Surname entered as all uppercase. Evert 2009/5/29 Ross Chapman ross.chap...@rogers.com I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem… ‘Surname all uppercase’. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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
RE: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
I tried this when I encountered the problem - it did not work. I had entered all surnames in uppercase and wanted to change to initial capitals. However if it works for other people it must have been me! Graham Love _ From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Evert van Dijken Sent: 29 May 2009 07:23 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem Go to Options Customise Data Format and select Letter Case of Surnames - Initial Caps and click the Apply button. This will change all surnames to Initial Caps in your file. If you want surnames in uppercase in reports select Show SURNAMES in uppercase letters in the next section. You don't have to enter surnames in uppercase in the Individuals Information form to have them printed in uppercase. If you don't want to change any options you could also untag (on the Standardisation Tab in the Potential Problems report) Surname entered as all uppercase. Evert 2009/5/29 Ross Chapman ross.chap...@rogers.com I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem. 'Surname all uppercase'. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
When you bring up the dialog when you run the report, select the tab that say's standardizations (There are 5 tabs btw). Down in the left corner at the bottom it say's Surnames Entered All In Uppercase, uncheck that box and the Potential Problem report will bypass all the surnames in uppercase and you should not get that notice on your report. Tim Rosenlof Ross Chapman wrote: I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem… ‘Surname all uppercase’. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas? 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. Evert 2009/5/29 glove love-fam...@blueyonder.co.uk I tried this when I encountered the problem – it did not work. I had entered all surnames in uppercase and wanted to change to initial capitals. However if it works for other people it must have been me! Graham Love -- *From:* k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] *On Behalf Of *Evert van Dijken *Sent:* 29 May 2009 07:23 *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem Go to Options Customise Data Format and select Letter Case of Surnames - Initial Caps and click the Apply button. This will change all surnames to Initial Caps in your file. If you want surnames in uppercase in reports select Show SURNAMES in uppercase letters in the next section. You don't have to enter surnames in uppercase in the Individuals Information form to have them printed in uppercase. If you don't want to change any options you could also untag (on the Standardisation Tab in the Potential Problems report) Surname entered as all uppercase. Evert 2009/5/29 Ross Chapman ross.chap...@rogers.com I just ran the Potential Problems report to verify my data entered (I have had some corrupt files in v6 and needed to re-enter all my data) and every one of the people I have entered has come up with a problem… ‘Surname all uppercase’. I have set the settings in to program to display and print surnames in upper case as per standards for genealogical reporting that I have been taught. I never had this issue in v6. Any ideas?
Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem
Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Potential Problems Report Problem
You are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you from all of us. Appreciatedly, Nina -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Jenny M Benson Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 4:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems Report Problem Evert van Dijken wrote Don't forget to click the Apply button after you selected the Initial capitals option. If Legacy follows standard Windows conventions - which I am fairly sure it does - there is not *necessarily* any need to click the Apply button. The purpose of an Apply button is to apply some change/option/whatever that you have selected *without exiting that screen*. Pressing the Save button will also apply the change/option.whatever but will close the screen. -- Jenny M Benson 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] Potential problems report problem
This sounds more as if the Report itself has opened behind the Legacy Window instead of in front of it. You may be able to Alt+Tab to the correct window. Or you may need to delete Legacy2.usr which saves the position and sizes of the Legacy windows. It is recreated when you restart Legacy using the defaults. Having lines that intermarry is not a problem. I have lots. Some bad links between people however can be a problem causing endless loops. That can be caused by merging two people who aren't actually the same as one is an ancestor of the other. Cathy At 04:55 AM 14/12/2007, you wrote: Hi, Carol wrote wed, 14 jun 2006 : I've been trying to run a potential problems report today. Each time I try it, my computer seems to freeze up. It shows 100% completed, but that's as far as it ever gets. I've run this report before and I don't remember having this problem. My tree is actually very small, only about 1500 people. I do have one line that intermarried - and I seem to remember that I read this causes problems... Can anyone help - I don´t know if Carol got her problem fixed, but I have got the same problem exactly- and my tree is about the same size as hers. I put the same question on the Danish user forum and somebody answered that Legacy was working on the problem Does anyone know anything ? Regards Holger Almholt Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et 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] Potential problems report problem
'I do have one line that intermarried ' That is not a problem as is. I have hundreds of them. It may cause problems if the marriages are like those found in the 1950-60's song, I'm my own grandpa, meaning dad's dad married dad's daughter, which should not mess it up anyway. Did you just load the newest update from Legacy. I haven't yet, and it seems others may be having similar problems. Which guesses bugs in the update. These problems, historically don't change data, but just annoy. Rich in LA CA --- Holger Almholt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Carol wrote wed, 14 jun 2006 : I've been trying to run a potential problems report today. Each time I try it, my computer seems to freeze up. It shows 100% completed, but that's as far as it ever gets. I've run this report before and I don't remember having this problem. My tree is actually very small, only about 1500 people. I do have one line that intermarried - and I seem to remember that I read this causes problems... Can anyone help - Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et 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
