RE: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread ronald ferguson
Whilst I take your point about the inclusion of non English characters in the Name Index index line I am uncertain as to how far one can extend this principle. Should it include French accentuated characters, or Greek, Russian etc.? I am not sure. The names are there, of course, click the

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Evert van Dijken
Implementing unicode has high priority, so I suppose some parts of the program allready have unicode support and the programmers are still working on the other parts. This is what Sherry wrote in August last year. Evert RE: [LegacyUG] Polish language legacy Sherry/Support Sat, 09 Aug 2008

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Evert van Dijken
Why not? Evert 2009/3/30 Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com: On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:42:58 +0200, Evert van Dijken evandij...@gmail.com wrote: Implementing unicode has high priority, so I suppose some parts of the program allready have unicode support and the programmers are still working on

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:07:34 +0100, ronald ferguson ronfe...@msn.com wrote: Should not these characters only be included in a new Croation version - something for the future? I'm not sure the user actually wants a Croatian version (being an Aussie). ;-) Why can't the index line just display

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Because the OP can already enter the special chars in Legacy, and the web pages display them just fine. It's just that the Name Index (index line) was designed around the English A-Z characters plus no surname and the two angle bracket categories (for everything else). Because the OP's surnames

RE: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Branko and Chris
Hi Ron, I accept and understand that everything can't be accommodated, but if one list accepts special characters should not another in the same application. Just pointing out a possible inconsistent treatment. Yes I know the angle brackets reveal some of the names, but not all. Many Thanks

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:42:58 +0200, Evert van Dijken evandij...@gmail.com wrote: Implementing unicode has high priority, so I suppose some parts of the program allready have unicode support and the programmers are still working on the other parts. I don't think this particular issue has

Re: [LegacyUG] Change Surname Spelling

2009-03-30 Thread Evert van Dijken
Ok thanks. Evert 2009/3/30 Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com: Because the OP can already enter the special chars in Legacy, and the web pages display them just fine. It's just that the Name Index (index line) was designed around the English A-Z characters plus no surname and the two angle

[LegacyUG] Pedigree chart photos

2009-03-30 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
When printing a Pedigree charts with photos, the printed photos get smaller as one goes further from the main person. Of course, this is to be expected as the ancestral lines get crowded closer together. But, by the 5th generation they get so small that they are not really useful. Question: Is

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
John, What’s the full error message? Which build of Legacy are you on? Which version of Windows do you have? Where is your backup destination? Are you backing up Multimedia Files also? At what point of the backup does the error appear? Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread John Roose
Sherry - On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: John, What’s the full error message? Backup Error: 508, Cannot move temporary file to target zip file. Which build of Legacy are you on? Installed Version: 7.0.0.90 Which version of

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
Is drive E the CD drive? Back up to the hard drive then burn the zip file to the CD. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message,

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread John Roose
Sherry - The E drive is a memory stick drive. When I try to back up to the hard drive, the C drive - I get the same error message. Regards, John On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Is drive E the CD drive? Back up to the hard drive then burn

Re: [LegacyUG] Effect of Master Source Overrides and Preventing Disappearing Details in Subsequent Citations

2009-03-30 Thread Connie Sheets
Ward, First, thanks to you and Ron for the reminder about Ctrl+i. I also realized after posting that it is not just the Subsequent Citations capability that would lead me to choose Sourcewriter+Override instead of Basic; it also allows for a properly formatted Bibliography. I misspoke when

[LegacyUG] Correction of Subsequent Citation Examples

2009-03-30 Thread Connie Sheets
Oops, I'm citing things too often. In my examples below where my examples say citing citing that second citing should not be there, e.g. my actual Subsequent Citation would read: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, entry for William F. Reid - Elizabeth Holland, citing Tazewell Co.

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Bob Bashford
John Roose wrote: Where is your backup destination? E:/Jack's 2009-03-30 1.19.07 PM zip I seem to remember someone else having a problem with a memory stick/thumb drive/etc ... I believe that the root folder on a USB device is limited to approximately forty files ... try adding a

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
Were you able to backup ok previously? I'm wondering if something was changed with a Windows update or with an install or uninstall of another program? When you compress another file using either the Windows compression utility or something like WinZip, that's a completely different process than

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
Which version of Windows do you have on the Netbook? I’m wondering if it’s related to XP Media Center? Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread John Roose
Sherry - On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Were you able to backup ok previously? I'm wondering if something was changed with a Windows update or with an install or uninstall of another program? No previous problems backing up. I'm unaware

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread John Roose
Sherry - On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Which version of Windows do you have on the Netbook? Windows XP, Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 3 I’m wondering if it’s related to XP Media Center? I have no clue; I never knowingly

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread david
John, Before you do anything else, copy your database file to, say, your flash/thumb drive. It will have the name of your family file and the '.fdb' extension. So, for example, mine is called 'miller.fdb'. It's probably in the 'Legacy' folder (I don't use standard paths so don't recall

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
John, When you do this uninstall that I instructed, you will not lose any data.  Legacy protects your Family Files and settings files when the program is uninstalled. The additional steps just removes the usr files as well as a few others which remain but your Family Files won’t be touched. I

RE: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Sherry/Support
When it's reported that something works fine on one computer but not the other, we like to find out what the differences are. How about security software? Do you have the same security program(s) on the XP Home computer? What are you using on the XP Media computer? Thanks for using Legacy.

RE: [LegacyUG] Problem with Mapping

2009-03-30 Thread ronald ferguson
Kay, Apart from saying that the lower the zoom the more inaccurate the the position of the pin looks, I am not going to go into this aspect further at the moment. The first thing is for you to be able to use it. If you start with an individual in, say Family View, and click the Mapping Icon

[LegacyUG] Fw: Problem with Mapping - Follow-up

2009-03-30 Thread Kay Fordham
In addition to the problems noted below, there is a BIG problem with the map my family feature. For instance, when I mouse over the balloons the one in Massachusetts shows Fall River, South Dakota. The one in Fall River shows Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the one in St. Paul, Minnesota shows St.

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Mapping

2009-03-30 Thread Kay Fordham
Ron, I just tried the Map my Family from family view. Things are even worse. Mousing over the balloons shows that the one in Massachusetts shows Fall River, South Dakota. The one in Fall River shows Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the one in St. Paul, Minnesota shows St. Charles, Illinois. I have done

[LegacyUG] Fw: Problem with Mapping - Follow-up Again

2009-03-30 Thread Kay Fordham
While mapping my family in South Dakota, there is a push pin over somewhere they never resided (even with the zoom feature). Mousing over it shows Scituate, Massachusetts - Estate: Ida Mary Spencer 1927. Ida Mary never had an estate in Massachusetts and never lived there. This estate belongs

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread John Roose
Sherri - Tomorrow I plan to do as you suggest and go the uninstall/install route. See below for answers to your questions. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: When it's reported that something works fine on one computer but not the other, we

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Colin Liddell
John, First my apologies to the list for a non Legacy topic but I think this may have something to do with the problem. I have no wish to start a discussion on which is the best anti virus program but from my observations I have found Nortons cause more problems than they fix and if it was

[LegacyUG] Run time error '5'

2009-03-30 Thread Christopher Barttels
I recently had several conversations with Legacy tech support about my Run time error '5' problem, anytime I entered new info and then saved. She told me to uninstall and reinstall. I tried this, but I continued to have this problem. It got to the point where I did not use Legacy on my main

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Jackie King
Colin - I have to tell you that your experience is not unique. I work on and with a number of computers and have for a number of years in some highly delicate settings. The first thing we have done is strip them of Norton. Norton was a wonderful program when it was first released many years

Re: [LegacyUG] Error 508 ... Root Folder?

2009-03-30 Thread Art Seddon
Had the same problem 3 years ago, except it finally crashed my C: drive. Had to reformat and reinstall Windows and all programs. Glad I had backups. Art Seddon - Original Message - From: Jackie King To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:42 PM