Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Johnny V
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, "SUGGEST A NEW FEATURE" IS ON THE LEGACY HOME SCREEN. Why are you wasting everyone's time and bloating this forum with this nonsense. "SUGGEST A NEW FEATURE" through the proper channels!!! John Valencic On 8/4/09, Anne Hildrum wrote: > > > From: "ronald ferguson" > To: >

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Anne Hildrum
From: "ronald ferguson" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:35 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See Anne, My main objection to Chick's post was to his first paragraph ie. checking the entry for duplicates in real time - it was only later that he suggested it may be opti

RE: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Kirsten Bowman
I agree. There isn't much that I miss about FTM, but these were *very* handy features. Now I just periodically GEDCOM my Legacy database into an old version of FTM and sort/scan the name list. It's a clunky way to accomplish what Legacy should be able to do so easily. If it's put on the Suggest

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Chick Lewis
Rich in LA, I am not suggesting a soundex type search, but I can see some merit to it. All I am asking for is a simple index sort on birth date. Other genealogical programs have had that popular option for years. Chick in Ventura On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:06 AM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Chick Lewis
Don, Sorry to say I have not submitted it as a suggestion, but I will rectify that oversight. Thanks for reminding me. Chick On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Don Varner wrote: > Chick, > > Just curious.  Have you made use of the "Suggest a new feature" on the home > tab?  It would seem to me tha

RE: [LegacyUG] Index Sorting

2009-08-04 Thread ronald ferguson
I see that you have added this to your LTools program from http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/download.html. Now we can all be happy ;-) Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
What I may be hearing is a request for a variation of Soundex (first used on US Census) tool. Using Search; Individual; Sounds like; Querido; would not find Kerido nor Crudo either, but that is not the computer's nor the program's fault. We have to go in the past and teach our ancestors how to

Re: [LegacyUG] Index Sorting

2009-08-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:14:02 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >Index>Options allows sort by User ID Which gives me the idea of somehow mechanically populating the User ID with the birthdate. ;-) I think the SQL would look something like: UPDATE tblIR INNER JOIN tblNX ON tblIR.IDIR=tblNX.IDIR SET t

RE: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Anne, My main objection to Chick's post was to his first paragraph ie. checking the entry for duplicates in real time - it was only later that he suggested it may be optional. The only point I made about the sort suggestion was that I consider it a waste of time because Legacy can already d

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Anne Hildrum
From: "ronald ferguson" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:32 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See Chuck, We have had this discussion before, and I wonder why you have raised it agin. There is, as you know, a way of putting in an enhancement request on the Legacy Home

Re: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See

2009-08-04 Thread Anne Hildrum
I second your wishes. I really miss those two for the same reason. Anne - Original Message - From: "Chick Lewis" To: Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 9:15 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Things I Would Like to See I have been using Legacy for almost a year now (since V7 came out.) My previous

RE: [LegacyUG] Index Sorting

2009-08-04 Thread Marlene Williamson
Thanks Ron - yes it does. I had tried it earlier but it didn't work until I closed the program and reopened it. Now works a treat and is a very good option for my many-of-the-same-name. Proves the benefit of the user group, so thank you. -Original Message- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [

RE: [LegacyUG] Index Sorting

2009-08-04 Thread ronald ferguson
Marlene, Index>Options allows sort by User ID Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of