Re: [LegacyUG] Location master list
On 2012/01/22 16:46, Ron Taylor wrote: > It would be great if "wild card" searches were enabled in all the search boxes > within Legacy so that you could enter a text string "*Calif*" and see a > sub-set > of the table that contains all entries with that wild card string. The > "Detailed Search" mentioned above can do some wild card searching and > instruction for it is in the help file under "wildcard". Agreed. But the search as currently configured, relies on the fact there there is some form of structure applied to the data. As I say, it shouldn't be termed a "Find" but a "Filter". -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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] Location master list
On 2012/01/22 16:46, Ron Taylor wrote: > The location fields throughout Legacy allow free-form text...meaning you can > put > whatever you wish in them. Some formatting is recommended but as you may have > noticed, they are used in many different ways. Others have described ways to > search inside the Master Locations List based on the sort order, etc. The > "Find:" field does not allow for wild card searches in the current version of > Legacy so the results you get as you enter text into that field is what is > found > based on the sort order. The "Find:" field is actually mislabelled in my view. Changing it to "Filter:" would make more sense. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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] Location master list
The location fields throughout Legacy allow free-form text...meaning you can put whatever you wish in them. Some formatting is recommended but as you may have noticed, they are used in many different ways. Others have described ways to search inside the Master Locations List based on the sort order, etc. The "Find:" field does not allow for wild card searches in the current version of Legacy so the results you get as you enter text into that field is what is found based on the sort order. Another way to search for a piece of a location field, is to use the tool-bar "Search" and then "Detailed Search" and in the "Where to look" field select a field name like "Birth Place". Then in "How to look" select "Contains" and then in "What to look for" enter the search string. Click on "Clear List before this search" and then click "Create List". Repeat this process for each field as needed. Some wild card search capabilities are possible as outlined in the help file. Another method outside of Legacy is the "Global Text Search" that is in Ltools where you can search all tables and all fields for a text string. It would be great if "wild card" searches were enabled in all the search boxes within Legacy so that you could enter a text string "*Calif*" and see a sub-set of the table that contains all entries with that wild card string. The "Detailed Search" mentioned above can do some wild card searching and instruction for it is in the help file under "wildcard". Ron Taylor 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] Location master list
Carol, As far as I know the only way to search for a location using the search box at the top of the screen is to search from left to right using the layout select. I have my list sorted to read from right to left – so I would enter, England, Lancashire, Eccles, Victoria Street to find Victoria Street. Why Legacy doesn’t enable one to search on any word I cannot imagine, it is a very easy change to make and I would suggest that you enter it as an enhancement (see under the Legacy tab – ‘suggest a new feature’) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: cr brassfield Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:23 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Location master list Hi, firstly thanks to everyone who responded with my earlier problems. Hopefully the install/saving data etc is now resolved. This morning I was searching some on-line records when I saw a street address (Victorian London's east end) that looked familiar and so I went to Location Master List and entered the street name. It came up empty but I was sure that I had it in my file so I scrolled down the list. It was there. I had only entered the street, not the house number as I wasn't looking for a particular house. The list showed the full address. Am I entering the information incorrrectly under 'addresses', or should just putting in the street name have shown a result? Carol 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
