Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0

2008-04-04 Thread JLB
OK, now I'm really lost. Linking images to sound files? Images can be saved in a variety of formats which are generally accessible in all graphics programs. It's certainly not a choice between Adobe Elements or CS3. Compatibility with Legacy is another question. I don't know the list

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0

2008-04-04 Thread Penny
That answers my question, JL. Thanks!. Penny - Original Message - From: JLB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0 I also have census records with several families on them. I just make a copy for each one. It

[LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Yvonne Murgatroyd
When I try and open Legacy 6 I am getting the following message: Runtime Error 429 ActiveX component cannot create object Could someone...anyone tell me what the problem is please?? And for those who would say Look in the Archives I have already looked and cannot find anything for this.

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Evert van Dijken
Click on the link for online technical support (at the bottom of each mail) and look for Solutions by error number. Or click on this link ;-) http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpJetServPk.asp . Evert 2008/4/4, Yvonne Murgatroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When I try and open Legacy 6 I am getting

Re: [LegacyUG] Thoughts re Ancestors

2008-04-04 Thread Wynthner
In actuality, all bloodlines are pure; genetics and biology demand that they be so...they just aren't the bloodlines people *think* they have! *GRIN* - Original Message From: Shirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:28:28 PM

RE: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Christina, I believe Photoshop Elements is pretty good for photo manipulation but I use The Gimp which is Freeware which can be compared with Photoshop but us free rather than costing loads of money. The latter two both have a learning curve though. Some of The Gimp techniques are given in

RE: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread G. C. Oliver
You are right. There are several free PDF creation programs that are set up like printer drivers. I still don't get linking PDF's to Legacy if they cannot be printed in Legacy reports. Is this just a way to find your source document? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
It is correct to say that there are many printer drivers which can save in the pdf format indeed, with Open Office one can export direct to pdf. That is not the problem; the pdf format belongs to Adobe and it is in the *reading* of pdf files where they excercise their propriety rights. As for

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread Bob Janice
I use TIF format almost exclusively for the images I attach in Legacy (census, scans of documents, photographs, etc.). Most of these files are way over 200KB - in fact they are all in the 3-5 MB range. I have never had a problem with Legacy handling, saving, or displaying these images.

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Yvonne Murgatroyd wrote: Please turn off the HTML, there are tips in the archives for this, and stop sending those Cute animated sig lines from Incredimail. Incredimail is considered spyware by all the major spyware detection companies. It collects personal information and is not nice to

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Yvonne Murgatroyd
Well once again nasty remarks, so off I go!!! again. Yvonne Murgatroyd www.buxtonairedales.com Lord keep Your Arm around my shoulder, and Your Hand across my mouth. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Wayne Boian
Why is it that places like Fort Knox, Kentucky (where the gold vault is located) will not show up on the Master Location List? Other places like Fort Lewis, WA and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas don't show up as well. I can get the lat. and Lon. from Google Maps, but was wondering what the logic was

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Sherry/Support
Go to our website at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Solutions by Error Number, where you'll find a solution to this error message, among others. And please, don't use HTML in your messages, especially those with graphics, as per the instructions on the Etiquette page, linked to at the

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Boian wrote: Why is it that places like Fort Knox, Kentucky (where the gold vault is located) will not show up on the Master Location List? If you truly mean the Master Location List, You must enter locations there that you use. If you are talking about the Geolocation list, I don't

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Randolph Clark
There are plenty of nasty remarks here from time to time but Gene's didn't strike me as nasty. On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Yvonne Murgatroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well once again nasty remarks, so off I go!!! again. Yvonne Murgatroyd www.buxtonairedales.com Lord keep Your Arm

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Dawn Crowley
Not all maps choose to include military installations. Google, Yahoo, and Mapblast omit Fort Ord, CA, for example. However, Mapquest not only has the base, but a new state park; I don't see info for longitude lattitude on their website. (BTW, it also found both Ft Ord and Fort Ord.) If

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Evert van Dijken
You might start yourself to send some nice remarks yourself to the persons who give you advise instead of going on and on about the nasty remarks you are getting! My advise was not meant as a nasty remark, but I wanted to point you in the right direction. Evert 2008/4/4, Yvonne Murgatroyd [EMAIL

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread Penny
For me, part of it would be finding the source document quickly/readily without resorting to the paper files (call me lazy), but as has been pointed out, there are plenty of other ways to accomplish this. The other part would be the ability to share those source documents easily with my

[LegacyUG] Irony can be amusing ... or playing by the rules of group netiquette.

2008-04-04 Thread Penny
I'm sorry, but it just struck my funny bone. Maybe it's just that's it's Friday and I'm in a good mood and a little too easily amused. But here's a tip tinged with irony: If one is going to reply to an offender of Lug's netiquette requiring messages to be in plain text, one should please

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Wayne Boian
Thanks Gene, I need to drink more coffee. I was talking about the Geolocation list. Wayne - Original Message - From: Gene Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold Wayne Boian

Re: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread Wynthner
If you are going again then do us all a favor and STAY GONE until you can abide by list rules. Disclaimer: This is NOT a nasty comment, just a forceful request. - Original Message From: Yvonne Murgatroyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Friday, April

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread JLB
Yes, it's just like linking in images of census records, death certificates, etc so they're more quickly available to look at. I rarely need to and they're also linked back to my 'source library' through the File ID's, so it could be considered overkill. Still I like to see the pictures of

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Bill Daniels
Fort Knox, Hardin County Kty. Lat: 38.717 Long 87.500 Bill Daniels Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support:

Re: [LegacyUG] Irony can be amusing ... or playing by the rules of group netiquette.

2008-04-04 Thread Kris
I got a chuckle out of it, too, and wondered if anyone realizes just how many HTML messages are posted here. Since they don't include graphics, I guess they don't get much attention. But they show up on my screen with fancy fonts -- so it's easy to spot them. Heck, I don't receive my own

[LegacyUG] Lost latest information

2008-04-04 Thread Jan Stitz
I have my Legacy information saved to a flash drive for a backup. Today I inserted the flash drive into my computer and opened the program. I didn't change anything and when I closed it, it asked if I wanted to save it, but I clicked on Skip. I removed the flash drive and then went to the

[LegacyUG] Date Formats

2008-04-04 Thread Kris
Is there a way to select different date formats for different purposes? I want the dates to be abreviated (Feb) on the input screens and FG sheets, but not (February) on my narrative reports. I've found Options Dates, but that applies to everything. Thanks, Kris Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Where is the Gold

2008-04-04 Thread Gene Young
Wayne Boian wrote: Thanks Gene, I need to drink more coffee. I was talking about the Geolocation list. Wayne That's OK. I'd offer you some of mine but I already drank it all. g -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/

RE: [LegacyUG] Lost latest information

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Jan, Probably, but it rather depends on how consciencious you have been in backing up (it is *not* called saving - this difference is important). Thank goodness though that this time you were lax! Provided that you did back up your files when you exited after your last update on your

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost latest information

2008-04-04 Thread Momalot66
This might not be a solution, but I got some flash drive, BRAND Scan Disk, Cruzer, and somewhere along the way, I've heard that when exiting that flash drive, one could loose all their information. SO as a precaution I always back my genealogy a couple places and I always start with the

[LegacyUG] charting

2008-04-04 Thread Janis Gilmore
Can anyone direct me to someone to print a (very large) horizontal wall chart, created by Legacy Chartine? Janis Gilmore Gilmore Entertainment www.TheCarolinaOpry.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

[LegacyUG] Luc Comeau

2008-04-04 Thread Tim Rosenlof
For those that didn't know, Luc Comeau the writer of Genviewer, Genmatcher. He is now part of the Millennia Team. His current project now is LegacyCharting. -Tim Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

Re: [LegacyUG] Date Formats

2008-04-04 Thread Kris
Thanks, Ron -- That's what I've been doing, but I always forget and have to go back and change it, so I was just hoping I was missing something obvious. Kris On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:44:15 -0500, ronald ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kris, Without checking, I don't think so, but

RE: [LegacyUG] charting

2008-04-04 Thread Tim Rosenlof
http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=6 Just click anywhere on the maps -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Janis Gilmore Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:51 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

[LegacyUG] Question re: sources.

2008-04-04 Thread Roxanne
I had to recapture my data from my GEDCOMs saved on Rootsweb. Was unable to download my backups from my email accounts due to erroneous virus detection. What I notice now is this: when I have sources noted for any given individual, the event name on the individual screen is no longer

RE: [LegacyUG] Date Formats

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Kris, Without checking, I don't think so, but there is nothing to stop you changing the format depending on the application which you wish to run. Ron Ferguson _ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office

Re: [LegacyUG] What's an fdb? and other extentions on Legacy

2008-04-04 Thread Momalot66
**Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv000316) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages:

RE: [LegacyUG] Run Time Error

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
It isn't a nasty comment? Then heaven help us!!! It just so happens that I know that Yvonne does not know how to configure her email reader. I also think you need the take a good look at the etiquette rules as you email is an obvious flame. Ron Ferguson

[LegacyUG] Embarrassed

2008-04-04 Thread Tim Rosenlof
That was suppose to say... For those that didn't know, Luc Comeau the writer of Genviewer, Genmatcher. He is now part of the Millennia Team. His current project now is LegacyCharting. And I did get his permission. With that large mistake. I unsub and appologise -Tim Legacy User Group

RE: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread G. C. Oliver
Thanks, After Ron and your comments I can see the advantages to adding source images/pdf's to Legacy. I think one of the main advantages for me (now that I think about it) is that I can transport this information to other locations via the multimedia back up. I still remember a comment some

RE: [LegacyUG] charting

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Janis, Have you tried Legacy? See http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=6 Ron Ferguson _ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree

RE: [LegacyUG] Question re: sources.

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Roxanne, You will find it at OptionsCustomiseColours and select Contents and the colour you wish Ron Ferguson _ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree

RE: [LegacyUG] What's an fdb? and other extentions on Legacy

2008-04-04 Thread ronald ferguson
There are only 2 which, initially, you need to concern yourself with: .fdb is the extension for the database contents of your family details - ie. personal, events, sources etc. The .zip is a standrad zip file used by Legacy to store your .fdb back-up files. (You may also come across .usr

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost latest information

2008-04-04 Thread Jan Stitz
Ron, Thank you for the directions. I went to Restore Family File and when I clicked on it, a window labeled Select a Backed up Family File to Restore came up. In the Look In: box, it had Temporary Directory 3 for Stitz Family Tree.zip. I was concerned about it saying temporary directory,

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread Reg SHERLOCK
Hello Jenny You could have found this yourself by searching :TIFF but anyway follow this url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIFF Research is always finding something new about something old Reg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Re tiff format

2008-04-04 Thread JLB
I haven't had any trouble over 200 Kb but if Sherry said so it must be true. That's how it works. The linked files go with the database. Look out for renaming files outside of Legacy though as it can be a pain to find them again. Renaming inside Legacy (Picture Center) is a pain too though

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost latest information

2008-04-04 Thread Jan Stitz
Nina, Thank you for the ideas. It happens that I do have the Scan Disk, Cruzer. I plan to start using the date in my backups as I think that is a good idea. Jan Stitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] This might not be a solution, but I got some flash drive, BRAND Scan Disk, Cruzer, and somewhere

[LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy

2008-04-04 Thread Shirl
I am so sorry Ruth you feel this way about me and apprarently by your CURT remarks ; people like me are a nuisnace. Why people like you would turn off anyone from buying Legacy or asking questiuons here. But as I said in a prior thankyou and applause message to the group here; it only

Re: [LegacyUG] charting

2008-04-04 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
In what country? Area? Rich in LA CA --- Janis Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone direct me to someone to print a (very large) horizontal wall chart, created by Legacy Chartine? Janis Gilmore Gilmore Entertainment www.TheCarolinaOpry.com Legacy User Group guidelines:

[LegacyUG] Testing My Backup - Problem

2008-04-04 Thread Jan Stitz
I just backed up my Legacy to a flash drive and wanted to test it, so I went to the Legacy Website where I went to tips. I was trying to follow the steps but am having some problems. Here is what I've done: I put in the flash drive and clicked on the zipped folder Stitz_2008-ap4. The window

Re: [LegacyUG] Re: asking questions associated with Legacy

2008-04-04 Thread JLB
Would it be possible for people who have personal complaints against each other to write that to each other personally? I get about 200 emails a day and it's an extra 2 clicks everytime to open the mail and then delete it when I see yet another back and forth on the playground as if we're

Re: [LegacyUG] Testing My Backup - Problem

2008-04-04 Thread Cathy
Hi Jan, See below At 08:50 AM 5/04/2008, you wrote: I just backed up my Legacy to a flash drive and wanted to test it, so I went to the Legacy Website where I went to tips. I was trying to follow the steps but am having some problems. Here is what I've done: I put in the flash drive and

[LegacyUG] I need help with the note part of the Legacy screen.

2008-04-04 Thread Tish
Hi, when I go to get the information that I have put into the note icon on the first screen view of a person, for some reason it minimizes down to the lower menu of the Computer, and will not allow any information to be seen. I am sure it is some silly simple thing I am doing, but can't figure

Re: [LegacyUG] I need help with the note part of the Legacy screen.

2008-04-04 Thread Cathy
Hi Tish, I think this is what has happened. The last time you were looking at the Notes, you clicked the button with the horizontal line to minimise the window instead of closing it. I do that from time to time. You just need to click one of the buttons with the boxes on them. The one with

Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0

2008-04-04 Thread Gary Templeman
For ease of use, Elements will be easier for a beginner to learn. The full Photoshop has lots of capability that most users will never come close to using or understanding. Gary Templeman - Original Message - From: Christina [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com

Re: [LegacyUG] I need help with the note part of the Legacy screen.

2008-04-04 Thread Trippsibs5
Tish, I think this is what you are seeing on your screen. For some reason, the window was minimized so you are looking at a blue bar about 2 inches long in the lower left corner of your screen. No problem, much easier to correct than to describe ... Just 'hover' your mouse over the minimized blue