RE: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
Sorry, forgot that the Color Scheme is Saved and Restored separately from the other Customize Options. For the Color Scheme, it’s Options - Change Colors - Options, then have several save and load/restore alternatives to choose from. The Color Scheme files are .csf files in _AppData/ColorSchemes. From: Robert57P_gmail [mailto:robert...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:08 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer Thanks to Boyd and others that have replied. Unfortunately that did not work for me. But that could be because I install in a non-standard folder (I don't like the restrictions Windows puts on the my documents and program files folders). It also may be because on one computer it was under my name and on the laptop it was under my wife's name. On the desktop: Program installed at: C:\winprog\Legacy8 Data at: C:\windata\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data I found the USR files in: C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr On wife's laptop, logged in as ADMINISTRATOR (for the install), set up under: Program installed at: C:\winprog\Legacy8 Data at: C:\windata\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data Started up Legacy and shut it down. Then I logged in as my wife and started up and shut down Legacy. I found the USR files in: C:\Users\Linda\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr I did the Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults on my computer. I exited Legacy on both computers. I copied the USR files from C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr (on my PC) to C:\Users\Linda\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr (on wife's laptop) I restarted Legacy on laptop and did the: Options Customize Options for Default Settings Reset to User-Defaults But not everything made it over. For example, the gender colors did not. The multi-colored tabs did not, and some of the other items under Options Customize did not match. I ended up putting the laptop next to the desktop and manually changed the settings to match. Wasn't really that difficult. I did not bother matching the settings under the admin account. The admin's user files were, of course, at: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr NOTE FOR DEVELOPERS: On the laptop I installed Legacy while logged in as the administrator, and I put my customer number. Then when I logged in under my wife's name, I had to put in the customer number again. I expected the customer number to apply for all users on the PC. Not a big deal, just wanted to let you know what I ran into. Bob On 01/07/2014 18:44, Boyd Miller wrote: These notes from my own personal help file may a bit off the question, but may answer your problem. I use the terms desktop and laptop to distinguish between first and second  computers. Copy Customise settings, desktop to laptop On your desktop, under Options - Customize (any section of Customise), at the bottom of the screen click on Options for Default Settings Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults. Now on the desktop, copy all the .usr files in your My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData/Usr folder to the matching folder on your laptop. Now in Legacy on the laptop, go to Options Customize Options for Default Settings Reset to User-Defaults To save just the settings in the current section (General Settings, Data Entry, Data Format, etc.), click on the section title at the top of the screen and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. This saves any global settings and any family file settings to the relevant file user-defaults. To save just the settings in a specific sub-section, click on the sub-section title and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. The settings will be saved to the appropriate type of user-defaults (either global or family file). Boyd On 8/01/2014 6:16 a.m., Robert57P_gmail wrote: I tried that. I'm not seeing the explanation in help. Yes, I did got to Options Customized and clicked HELP from there. Depending on which CUSTOMIZE option is highlighted, it brings me to Customize - Other or Customize - General Settings etc But on the ones I looked at, I did not see anything about gbl nor ff. I did just now FINALLY find it by doing a SEARCH for ff (or gbl) and found it mentioned in kind-of-a-backwards way under Changing Options Back to Their Default Settings. I say backwards simply because it does not say something like: ff = Family File Settings - settings unique to each family file you open gbl = Global Settings - these apply to the program no matter which family file you have opened Instead the ff and gbl are simply mentioned as part of an explanation in another heading. And via the search I found it way down in the page in the Customize Options screen. It is explained better here. Not sure why I did not find that on my first few attempts - I THOUGHT I did searches
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
On 06/01/2014 06:53, Robert57P_gmail wrote: And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Look at what you wrote and I think you'll find you've answered your own question! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
yea - duh - but for some reason my mind just wasn't making the connection of FF = Family File! duh! lol! Thanks Bob On 01/07/2014 09:25, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/01/2014 06:53, Robert57P_gmail wrote: And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Look at what you wrote and I think you'll find you've answered your own question! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
Fully explained in the Help file for Options Customized - click on the Help button while you're in that window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: yea - duh - but for some reason my mind just wasn't making the connection of FF = Family File! duh! lol! Thanks Bob On 01/07/2014 09:25, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/01/2014 06:53, Robert57P_gmail wrote: And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Look at what you wrote and I think you'll find you've answered your own question! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
I tried that. I'm not seeing the explanation in help. Yes, I did got to Options Customized and clicked HELP from there. Depending on which CUSTOMIZE option is highlighted, it brings me to Customize - Other or Customize - General Settings etc But on the ones I looked at, I did not see anything about gbl nor ff. I did just now FINALLY find it by doing a SEARCH for ff (or gbl) and found it mentioned in kind-of-a-backwards way under Changing Options Back to Their Default Settings. I say backwards simply because it does not say something like: ff = Family File Settings - settings unique to each family file you open gbl = Global Settings - these apply to the program no matter which family file you have opened Instead the ff and gbl are simply mentioned as part of an explanation in another heading. And via the search I found it way down in the page in the Customize Options screen. It is explained better here. Not sure why I did not find that on my first few attempts - I THOUGHT I did searches, but maybe I did not get the SEARCH tab highlighted. Thanks, Bob On 01/07/2014 10:38, Sherry/Support wrote: Fully explained in the Help file for Options Customized - click on the Help button while you're in that window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: yea - duh - but for some reason my mind just wasn't making the connection of FF = Family File! duh! lol! Thanks Bob On 01/07/2014 09:25, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/01/2014 06:53, Robert57P_gmail wrote: And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Look at what you wrote and I think you'll find you've answered your own question! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
These notes from my own personal help file may a bit off the question, but may answer your problem. I use the terms desktop and laptop to distinguish between first and second computers. Copy Customise settings, desktop to laptop On your desktop, under Options - Customize (any section of Customise), at the bottom of the screen click on Options for Default Settings Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults. Now on the desktop, copy all the .usr files in your My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData/Usr folder to the matching folder on your laptop. Now in Legacy on the laptop, go to Options Customize Options for Default Settings Reset to User-Defaults To save just the settings in the current section (General Settings, Data Entry, Data Format, etc.), click on the section title at the top of the screen and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. This saves any global settings and any family file settings to the relevant file user-defaults. To save just the settings in a specific sub-section, click on the sub-section title and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. The settings will be saved to the appropriate type of user-defaults (either global or family file). Boyd On 8/01/2014 6:16 a.m., Robert57P_gmail wrote: I tried that. I'm not seeing the explanation in help. Yes, I did got to Options Customized and clicked HELP from there. Depending on which CUSTOMIZE option is highlighted, it brings me to Customize - Other or Customize - General Settings etc But on the ones I looked at, I did not see anything about gbl nor ff. I did just now FINALLY find it by doing a SEARCH for ff (or gbl) and found it mentioned in kind-of-a-backwards way under Changing Options Back to Their Default Settings. I say backwards simply because it does not say something like: ff = Family File Settings - settings unique to each family file you open gbl = Global Settings - these apply to the program no matter which family file you have opened Instead the ff and gbl are simply mentioned as part of an explanation in another heading. And via the search I found it way down in the page in the Customize Options screen. It is explained better here. Not sure why I did not find that on my first few attempts - I THOUGHT I did searches, but maybe I did not get the SEARCH tab highlighted. Thanks, Bob On 01/07/2014 10:38, Sherry/Support wrote: Fully explained in the Help file for Options Customized - click on the Help button while you're in that window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: yea - duh - but for some reason my mind just wasn't making the connection of FF = Family File! duh! lol! Thanks Bob On 01/07/2014 09:25, Jenny M Benson wrote: On 06/01/2014 06:53, Robert57P_gmail wrote: And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Look at what you wrote and I think you'll find you've answered your own question! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
Thanks to Boyd and others that have replied. Unfortunately that did not work for me. But that could be because I install in a non-standard folder (I don't like the restrictions Windows puts on the my documents and program files folders). It also may be because on one computer it was under my name and on the laptop it was under my wife's name. On the desktop: Program installed at: C:\winprog\Legacy8 Data at: C:\windata\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data I found the USR files in: C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr On wife's laptop, logged in as ADMINISTRATOR (for the install), set up under: Program installed at: C:\winprog\Legacy8 Data at: C:\windata\Legacy-v8\Patton-master\Data Started up Legacy and shut it down. Then I logged in as my wife and started up and shut down Legacy. I found the USR files in: C:\Users\Linda\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr I did the Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults on my computer. I exited Legacy on both computers. I copied the USR files from C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr (on my PC) to C:\Users\Linda\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr (on wife's laptop) I restarted Legacy on laptop and did the: Options Customize Options for Default Settings Reset to User-Defaults But not everything made it over. For example, the gender colors did not. The multi-colored tabs did not, and some of the other items under Options Customize did not match. I ended up putting the laptop next to the desktop and manually changed the settings to match. Wasn't really that difficult. I did not bother matching the settings under the admin account. The admin's user files were, of course, at: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\Usr NOTE FOR DEVELOPERS: On the laptop I installed Legacy while logged in as the administrator, and I put my customer number. Then when I logged in under my wife's name, I had to put in the customer number again. I expected the customer number to apply for all users on the PC. Not a big deal, just wanted to let you know what I ran into. Bob On 01/07/2014 18:44, Boyd Miller wrote: These notes from my own personal help file may a bit off the question, but may answer your problem. I use the terms desktop and laptop to distinguish between first and second  computers. Copy Customise settings, desktop to laptop On your desktop, under Options - Customize (any section of Customise), at the bottom of the screen click on Options for Default Settings Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults. Now on the desktop, copy all the .usr files in your My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData/Usr folder to the matching folder on your laptop. Now in Legacy on the laptop, go to Options Customize Options for Default Settings Reset to User-Defaults To save just the settings in the current section (General Settings, Data Entry, Data Format, etc.), click on the section title at the top of the screen and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. This saves any global settings and any family file settings to the relevant file user-defaults. To save just the settings in a specific sub-section, click on the sub-section title and choose Save settings as User-Defaults from the popup menu. The settings will be saved to the appropriate type of user-defaults (either global or family file). Boyd On 8/01/2014 6:16 a.m., Robert57P_gmail wrote: I tried that. I'm not seeing the explanation in help. Yes, I did got to Options Customized and clicked HELP from there. Depending on which CUSTOMIZE option is highlighted, it brings me to Customize - Other or Customize - General Settings etc But on the ones I looked at, I did not see anything about gbl nor ff. I did just now FINALLY find it by doing a SEARCH for ff (or gbl) and found it mentioned in kind-of-a-backwards way under Changing Options Back to Their Default Settings. I say backwards simply because it does not say something like: ff = Family File Settings - settings unique to each family file you open gbl = Global Settings - these apply to the program no matter which family file you have opened Instead the ff and gbl are simply mentioned as part of an explanation in another heading. And via the search I found it way down in the page in the Customize Options screen. It is explained better here. Not sure why I did not find that on my first few attempts - I THOUGHT I did searches, but maybe I did not get the SEARCH tab highlighted. Thanks, Bob On 01/07/2014 10:38, Sherry/Support wrote: Fully explained in the Help file for Options Customized - click on the Help button while you're in that window. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Robert57P_gmailrobert...@gmail.com wrote: yea - duh - but for some reason my mind just wasn't making the connection of FF = Family File! duh! lol! Thanks Bob On 01/07/2014
RE: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
On your desktop copy, be sure you have clicked Save ALL current settings as User-Defaults (under Options - Customize - Options for Default Settings). Then copy all the .usr files in your My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/_AppData/usr to the matching directory on your lapton. Then in Legacy on the laptop, Options - Customize - Options for Default Settings - Reset to User-Defaults. -Original Message- From: Robert57P_gmail [mailto:robert...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:53 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer Once I have version 8 tweaked how I like it on my desktop PC, what files to I need to copy to my laptop to have those same tweaks in place? Also - in the CUSTOMIZE box, there are several settings with gbl. I'm assuming they are GLOBAL. That is, those settings are in effect no matter what family file I open, correct? And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Instead of saying gbl and ff, why not just spell them out? Thanks again for a great upgrade. Lots of nice new features. Sorry for the multiple questions today. (And, yes, I have tried to find the answers in the manual.) Bob Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Cloning settings to 2nd computer
ff stands for Family File - and yes GBL is Global On 6 January 2014 16:53, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: Once I have version 8 tweaked how I like it on my desktop PC, what files to I need to copy to my laptop to have those same tweaks in place? Also - in the CUSTOMIZE box, there are several settings with gbl. I'm assuming they are GLOBAL. That is, those settings are in effect no matter what family file I open, correct? And some of the settings have ff - I'm guessing those are specific to the family file I have opened (correct?). But what in the heck does ff stand for? Instead of saying gbl and ff, why not just spell them out? Thanks again for a great upgrade. Lots of nice new features. Sorry for the multiple questions today. (And, yes, I have tried to find the answers in the manual.) Bob Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
