Re: [LegacyUG] FamilySearch ID pull-up list

2009-11-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:11:12 -0700, "Mary E. V. Hill" wrote: >I don't see how to make a list of all the FamilySearch ID numbers I >have put into Legacy. Is it possible to make such a list? In MS Access or other front-end... SELECT tblIR.IDIR, tblIR.Prefix, tblIR.GivenName, tblIR.Surname, tblIR.

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Files

2009-11-10 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:03 +1000, "Colin Liddell" wrote: >QuestionDo I a: Click on Merge right into Left or do I > b: Click Skip to next? >If a: Does Legacy create a second marriage or does that happen if I click >Skip to next? > >I have looked in the help fil

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing directories for pictures

2009-11-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:52:21 -0500, "Elsie Saar" wrote: >I have put my database and pictures on an external hard drive so >that I can use my database at another location that has Legacy. I >thought I could go to Options/Customize/Locations and change the path >to read e:\Legacy\SS pics but that

Re: [LegacyUG] PURPOSE OF USER-FORUMS ?

2009-11-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:20:21 -0500, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >Probably one reason why they >don't use it is because people who respond to a compilation of many messages >will be reposting all those messages again and again. Their listserv does not support digest mode. -- Dennis Kowallek (L

Re: [LegacyUG] PURPOSE OF USER-FORUMS ?

2009-11-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:22:28 -0700, Julie Hite wrote: >How can I set this forum to a "once a day" list of posts rather than having >each post be a separate email? You cannot do this with this mailing list. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/g

Re: [LegacyUG] Default and Overide Sentences for Events - not working

2009-11-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:24:19 -0500, smegraw wrote: >I've started using Events and decided to use my own wording. In the Sentence >Overide... I don't know which Descendant report you are using (there are several) or which version of Legacy you have, but you need to tell the report to use Event Se

Re: [LegacyUG] Question about mass cleanup of location

2009-10-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:12:05 -, "Ron Ferguson" wrote: >Sure you can Keith, but I don't have to as it's in the Burial Location >field, so I do not need the clutter of Burial Events. > >Just out of interest, because I can think of two, or more, ways of getting >your output from the Events, whic

Re: [LegacyUG] Right click on individual in family view tab

2009-10-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:19:10 +1100, Margaret Turner wrote: >I seem to have lost the functionality of right clicking on the family >page. At the moment when I right click on husband or wife I'm taken to >the individual screen rather that the options. If you truly have lost this ability, I would r

Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Features

2009-10-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
>Why have to pay for an add-on to do a simple sort? Because it's the only option for now? Duh... -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] Phone numbers and / or addresses missing

2009-10-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
First search: Look for Address-Line1 wildcard = ?* Tag what you find (after clearing Tag1). Second search: Tag1 = Untagged and Living = Yes. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.Legac

Re: [LegacyUG] Phone numbers and / or addresses missing

2009-10-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:39:36 -0500, Robert Carneal USA wrote: >Some advice please. I know how to search for people in my family >file that are "alive" so to speak. Can anyone tell me how to do this: >1. Find those who are "alive" >To do this, I set >Look for whom = Individual >Where to look =

Re: [LegacyUG] Lost and needing help

2009-10-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:51:02 -0700, "Mary Horner" wrote: >Am I the only one who is lost? What are your goals? To publish a book? To create a website? Or to just keep track of the data and where it came from? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com

Re: [LegacyUG] relationship

2009-10-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Larry Rodgers wrote: > Back in January 2009 I entered a husband, wife and 2 children. The children > come up as 3rd cousins. I have just entered 8 more children but they don't > show any relationship. You probably upgraded to V7 between January and now. Things ch

Re: [LegacyUG] MRIN troubles

2009-10-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:21:17 -0400, "Nancy" wrote: >Awhile ago I imported a gedcom from somewhere (I think FamilySearch). It >wasn't until recently that I discovered that the MRIN's imported were 8 >digit numbers and all subsequent MRINs generated by Legacy were 8 digits. >I've corrected all th

Re: [LegacyUG] Master l Source is messing up

2009-10-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:53:38 -0500, "Eileen" wrote: >Pleae help as soon as possible If you decide to take me up on the offer to help, make sure you send the requested items OFF-LIST! -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy Us

Re: [LegacyUG] Master l Source is messing up

2009-10-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Eileen: If you want to send me a copy of your database as well as screen shots (with explanations for each) that describe what you are doing, I would be happy to look at your problem. As you guessed, your explanation is confusing. Dennis -- On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:53:38 -0500, "Eileen" wrote:

Re: [LegacyUG] Central Place for All Source Details (Citations)?

2009-10-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:30:48 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >For >instance, when I imported a GEDCOM from Family Tree Maker into Legacy, all >of the Detail Text was put into Detail Comments. Something like... UPDATE tblSX SET tblSX.SrcDetText=tblSX.SrcDetNote,tblSX.SrcDetNote="" WHERE ((tblS

Re: [LegacyUG] No report indices in text format, & other bugs in reports

2009-10-07 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 23:58:35 +0100, "Ron Ferguson" wrote: >It was only when I read your post, Dennis, that I realised I had a >translation problem, and the OP was concerned indexes! Yeah, I thought you might have been thinking of superscripts. If true (I have no reason to doubt the OP), the OP

Re: [LegacyUG] No report indices in text format, & other bugs in reports

2009-10-07 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:23:04 -0700, "CE Wood" wrote: >I am trying to produce Individual, Family, Ancestor, Descendant, and Lineage >Reports. When I choose Text file or HTML (there is no option for RTF), the >file is produced without any indices, even though both Name and Location >indices have be

Re: [LegacyUG] Gedcom problem

2009-10-07 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:33:27 +0800, Stuart Gregory wrote: >Legacy does not open Gedcom files. Actually, you can open a GEDCOM file with legacy. But Legacy will immediately give you the import screen. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lt

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy unable to "lock file"

2009-10-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:52:55 -0700, "CE Wood" wrote: >Legacy cannot create long PDFs. If this is the case, maybe the OP can install a PDF printer driver to get around the problem. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOMs From Legacy: Brett

2009-10-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:04:16 -0700, "Kirsten Bowman" wrote: >I >have version 7.0.0.90 and XP, but I wouldn't expect that to make any >difference. I just tried it in 7.0.0.100 on XP and it worked as Brett says. So maybe an update is in order. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.c

Re: [LegacyUG] sorting children

2009-10-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:34:35 -0700, Dawn Crowley wrote: >Besides, doing this en masse >could also unintentionally change the order of children where the order >is known, but dates are not. It all depends on how it is implemented. It could certainly be coded to only sort families where *all* th

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing surname

2009-10-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 20:16:09 -0700, "Kirsten Bowman" wrote: >But Laura, how do you account for pastors who couldn't spell or who >"latinized" infants' names? Should a baptismal record for "Fredrikus >Merkel" take precedence over a will signed in the man's own hand as >Frederick Markle--along with

Re: [LegacyUG] REF file within zipped Legacy Backup

2009-10-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:27:28 -0400, "Ken" wrote: >Does anyone on this list know what the REL file represents within Legacy?I >recently noticed that the size of my total backup file had dropped from where >it was >a couple of weeks ago. When doing a comparison of the files that make up my

Re: [LegacyUG] Grave Photos--With Burial Event?

2009-10-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:25:03 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >Is this where I should put all tombstone photos or is this for actual photos >of funerals? It's for whatever you want to do with it. Please heed Ron's advice about checking reports/web pages before proceeding. -- Dennis Kowalle

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-10-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:07:46 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >You get that screen in V7, once you've made your initial selections and >clicked Print Multimedia List. I don't get it in V7/100 standard. It's either a deluxe feature or something they fixed since build 100. -- Dennis Kowallek (LToo

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:58:28 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >Unfortunately, it gave me one blank page even though the progress bar was >counting many images. > >-Original Message- >From: William H. Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] >Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:48 PM >To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:45:55 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >Is there a way print a report (PDF) that shows everyone in the file and at >least the path/file name of the images associated with each person? I just went back and looked at V6. They used to have, under View|Scrapbook, a button fo

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:45:55 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >Is there a way print a report (PDF) that shows everyone in the file and at >least the path/file name of the images associated with each person? There is no way to do this within Legacy that I know of. There may be ways to do this u

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Report

2009-09-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:29:03 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >Dennis, it took me about 4 hours to create my Source report in Word, but now >it's done and I can update any time I need to and make corrections to errors >made during typing. It's okay that Legacy can't do what I want for this >report b

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:02:38 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I'm only interested in the source images. All the other images have been >relinked in Legacy. > >You can link source images, but it's a little confusing as to where to do it >because there appears to be several places to do it. Th

Re: [LegacyUG] Attaching Source Citation Images to Events

2009-09-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:18:39 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I wish someone would >improve GEDCOM so it brings in your image locations. Relinking is a >nightmare. Did the FTM export contain any picture info? You can email me a copy of the GEDCOM *privately* if you like. -- Dennis Kowall

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Report

2009-09-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:20:01 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >I think I'm not going to get what I want. I think you are correct ... unless you create your own report. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book Display Irritation

2009-09-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:45:34 -0400, "Ken" wrote: >I am using the identical format you >have laid out and am seeing the problem on the Preview screen but it also >carries over when I save to PDF. Try a different printer driver ... even if you don't have a physical printer to match. -- Denni

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Report

2009-09-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:56:19 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >Bob Janice wrote >>Look on the "Options" tab for the report - check the appropriate box. >>Just tried it and the File ID is included just fine. > >That's only for Source Detail File ID. The OP referred to Master >Sources and I don't se

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Report

2009-09-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:05:11 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >I am trying to print a Source Citation Report that has the file ID and then >the Master Source but I only get a list of the Master Sources, no file ID. >How do I get the report I want? You haven't provided details as to which options you

Re: [LegacyUG] Archives

2009-09-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:59:10 -0400, Larry wrote: >Does anyone know what has happened to the LUG archives? Until today I >could see all the recent posts, but now the most recent is Mar 2009. The Archives were screwed up earlier on Saturday. I reported this problem to Sherry. They appear to have

Re: [LegacyUG] How to reduce size of Gedcom

2009-09-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:29:43 -0400, Jacob Psutka <4freeb...@gmail.com> wrote: >I would like to send a Gedcom that has all my entries except for the >first few generations, which would not be of interest to the >recipient. Since there are >over 3000 records, adding a tag to each one I want is not

Re: [LegacyUG] Count of People in Database

2009-09-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:10:38 -0700 (PDT), Marilyn Clark wrote: >Thanks, Ron. I haven't advanced to making Web Pages yet, but I will keep that >in mind. I don't really need to re-use RINs; I was just wondering about using >them as an absolute way to know how many individuals are in a db, as the

Re: [LegacyUG] Access and Burial Table

2009-09-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 6:58:06 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Is there an Access table that would permit me to add this data enmass without >having to go to each person to enter this information? tblIR (Individual Record) contains the column IDLRBuried. It contains the foreign key to tblLR for the burial l

Re: [LegacyUG] Christening & Baptism

2009-09-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:22:00 -0500, "Pat Jones" wrote: >I >have the dates for both but haven't found a way to add both. Enter one as an Event. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.Leg

Re: [LegacyUG] Help! Marriage doubled!

2009-09-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:08:05 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >I pulled up Jane in the Family View and added William (link existing) as >father and Mary (link existing) as mother..  yes, there was a question >to "link again?" but if I didn't say yes, Jane did not get a mother. >Patrick

Re: [LegacyUG] Step children in descendent chart--was: Chart question

2009-09-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:53:54 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >So, I have Ann whose first husband is unknown (I did not explicitly enter a >husband named "Unknown") with a daughter Deb.  I also have Ann married to Ken, >and they have a son Wade.  What I would like to do is link Deb to Ken, with

Re: [LegacyUG] Step children in descendent chart--was: Chart question

2009-09-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:40:19 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >And the child from a previous marriage of that spouse is also a 1/2 child of >the spouse in the descendent line, right? Wouldn't that child be a step child to the non-blood parent? You can always add the child to the marriage and l

Re: [LegacyUG] MRINs - why they be 8-digits long?

2009-09-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:02:10 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >it loaded the MRINs that were in the GEDCOM into my DB? If you let it. >Then my Legacy just picked up with the next MRIN after THAT? Yes. >am not sure it will do what I want (leave other MRINs unaffected & not fill in >gaps) It

Re: [LegacyUG] MRINs - why they be 8-digits long?

2009-09-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:22:58 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >I've just discovered that the MRIN's (which I haven't had displayed for a >while) are 8 digits long on most (probably all) the marriages I've entered >this year.  > >Well, they are AT LEAST 8 digits long.  I can't see the whole num

Re: [LegacyUG] Dash "-" in Picture Center picture list

2009-09-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:12:21 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >What does "View Current List of Multimedia Locations" show? > >-- > > >C:\Legacy >C:\Legacy\Data >C:\Legacy\Pictures >I've just checked and the 3 files in question only exist in the Pictures >folder. >Is this something I should worr

Re: [LegacyUG] Dash "-" in Picture Center picture list

2009-09-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:50:27 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn wrote: >I had just loaded several old photographs gathered from cousins while on >vacation this summer, attaching them to all the people in the photos. > >I noticed that 3 of my images (these have been there a while; not new) had "-" >next

Re: [LegacyUG] Icons on individual screen disappeared!

2009-09-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:27 -0700, "Brian L. Lightfoot" wrote: >Which brings up a question. Why is Legacy the only software in the entire >Milky Way Galaxy that *REQUIRES* a Vista installation folder of C:\Legacy >instead of the usual default C:\Program Files\Legacy? Probably because the devel

Re: [LegacyUG] Source tagging error?

2009-09-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:20:03 -0500, "Eileen" wrote: >After putting in the information at >the top, I hit the (three line) button, which should put this source to all >the top fields, but it also it applying this new source to any and all items >in the event field, so now I have to go to the sourc

Re: [LegacyUG] An apparent bug?

2009-09-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:39:09 EDT, jraymond...@aol.com wrote: >Finally, the Standardization Tip is grammatically wrong. Neither "given" >nor "surname" is a proper noun and neither word should be capitalized. When referring to fields on a window you will often see them capitalized. -- Denni

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Crashed Three Times and Lost Everything I Just Inputted

2009-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:11:18 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I do have one backup from this >morning that is after the first crash, but before the major one that deleted >an image file and then wouldn't stay open without crashing. No thanks, I wanted to look at the one that kept Legacy crash

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Crashed Three Times and Lost Everything I Just Inputted

2009-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:10:14 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I deleted all the data files (except the backups) and removed it from my >hard drive. If they are still in your recycle bin, you could restore the bad file and send it to me. >I'm going to import a GEDCOM and hope the >image links

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Crashed Three Times and Lost Everything I Just Inputted

2009-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:37:38 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I don't think >these genealogy programs can handle a large number of images. > >I use external images anyway and have for several years. I've never >embedded images because they are useless outside of the software. The images in L

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center - Undo "Set Preferred"

2009-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:47:23 -0400, "William H. Boswell" wrote: >I figured out how to move the images from Individual to my Grave >position using the Pic Center. I don't think they will get printed from there in many reports, if that is a concern. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersof

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from Location

2009-09-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:57:10 -0400, Kramer wrote: >I agree, Dennis, but isn't city/county/state/country the accepted way >of doing the location? I'm not sure it's "accepted" everywhere. Anyway, I was just pointing out one option. If one wanted to, I don't think having address,city,county,state

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Ancestor Report Book

2009-09-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:32:16 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >I hadn't tried that Dennis, so I have just done so using two different people, >one the child of the start person and the other an aunty. > >In both cases the "invisibles" did not appear and the numbers were adjusted >accordingly. Th

Re: [LegacyUG] Pass on mother's name, not father's

2009-09-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:55:12 -0500, Robert Carneal USA wrote: >Legacy want to give the kids the fathers name, which it should >99.99 percent of the time. This is the exception. How would >you handle it? By default, Legacy will fill in the surname with the father's. But you are free to

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem with Ancestor Report Book

2009-09-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
I wonder if there might not be a child marked "invisible"? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools *** On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:09:50 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: > >Eric, > >I cannot replicate this. I would suggest that you try File

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from Location

2009-09-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:37:06 -0400, Kramer wrote: >Easton, Lehigh Co, PA, USA >Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA, USA >St. Luke's Cemetery/867 Mervin Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, USA > >You will have the Cemetery or Street address in the place of the city >and everything else moved out from there.

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from Location

2009-09-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:45:14 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >However, if I were you >I'd have second thoughts about whether you really want to do that! I second Jenny's comments. I put cemetery names in the burial location field because I like the way it reads in reports. Try it both ways on a per

Re: [LegacyUG] Greetings

2009-09-07 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:14:38 -0500, RUNION ROBERT wrote: >Dennis - I've not had a lot of experience with the formulas you share >with us. Is this a formula applied via Access or one that is from the >LTools area? If an Access item, could you steer me to a site that >might explain the buildi

Re: [LegacyUG] Greetings

2009-09-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:36:08 -0400, Lester Davis wrote: >and better yet is there a way to remove ALL of the burial notes? I don't know of a way to do it in Legacy. But you can easily do it using MS Access or another tool. UPDATE tblIR SET tblIR.BuriedNote = "" -- Dennis Kowallek (LT

Re: [LegacyUG] Another web page question

2009-08-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
> > Okay, now I have a new Rootsweb web site and I want > > to upload my web page files. However, I have 4429 > > files! (It is 20.5MB). When I use WS_FTP looks like > > the upload will take many hours. Am I missing > > something here? Is there a quicker way to upload? > If dial-up, this could

Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINs and MRINs

2009-08-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:45 -0400, Kramer wrote: >Oops! My 6.0 version is gone in my Mac. I guess that's how my hubby >go it "accidentally" transferred. Now how do I proceed? You mean version 6 of the program? Or your version 6 family file (*.fdb)? I don't know why your sources "disappeare

Re: [LegacyUG] Compacting Family File Question

2009-08-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:32:29 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >I am not now clear whether deleting in the Master Records actually deletes the >records from the disc, or whther it leaves them for Compacting to clean them. Well, I just tried deleting a Master Location from a test database and the ac

Re: [LegacyUG] Run time errors

2009-08-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:58:56 -0700, "jwfrench" wrote: >I am frustrated beyond measure and ready to switch programs. WHY does this >thing keep throwing runtime errors? It started all of a sudden with 7.0. I >deleted the NC files and it persisted at least once a day; downloaded 7.1 >and it persi

Re: [LegacyUG] Compacting Family File Question

2009-08-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:52:48 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >I suspect we may be getting into a bit of a symantics debate! According the >Help file, when Legacy deletes inidivduals from the Family File, the >individual's information is left and Compact cleans it out. > >I did think it did rathe

Re: [LegacyUG] Compacting Family File Question

2009-08-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:10:01 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: >I may be wrong, but I don't think Compact does that. I think it just >reclaims dead space in the database. i.e. When you tell Jet (MS Access) >to delete a row in the database, Jet simply flags the row as deleted. If &g

Re: [LegacyUG] Compacting Family File Question

2009-08-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:57:00 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >but it will delete unused locations, sources, picture links etc. I may be wrong, but I don't think Compact does that. I think it just reclaims dead space in the database. i.e. When you tell Jet (MS Access) to delete a row in the databas

Re: [LegacyUG] Find people connected to a picture

2009-08-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:47:21 -0400, Kirstin wrote: >A >nice addition would be if it could find all people/instances of the >picture being used. For some reason I always forget about this because it's not someplace I would intuitively look for it... View > Scrapbook > Print Picture List This

Re: [LegacyUG] Find people connected to a picture

2009-08-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:12:04 -0400, Kirstin wrote: >I have a specific problem that I haven't been able to find an answer to. >First of all I have 2 pictures that are identical. I want to somehow >combine these pictures. I need to find all the people who are connected >to the 1st picture, and c

Re: [LegacyUG] as web site question

2009-08-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:36:49 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >Genealogy sites are by their nature big beasts! Especially if you include pictures. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.Leg

Re: [LegacyUG] adding Military even bug?

2009-08-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:17:09 -0500, Dede Holden wrote: >From Family View, click on the Individual. In the Individual screen, >Events/Facts section, click Add. For Event, enter Military. Once I >select Military, then click Tab to move to the Description, all the >fields except Event Name disapp

Re: [LegacyUG] adding Military even bug?

2009-08-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Ron: Pardon me for replying to you, but the OP did not post in plain text. The OP should check the Event definition to see if she has Show Description, Show Date, and Show Place unchecked. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools ***

Re: Fwd: Re: [LegacyUG] A Minor Glitch ? ?

2009-08-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:13:55 -0400, Cathy wrote: >But since I have never added a source citation to my tasks before, >why would the program generate an empty listing of source citations? I suspect you actually have a source assigned to a To Do somewhere. Check for a row in tblSX WHERE tblSX.Typ

Re: [LegacyUG] A Minor Glitch ? ?

2009-08-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:51:19 -0400, Cathy wrote: >And what's stranger >is that there is no way to add a source citation to a To Do >task. Yes there is. This feature is at least as old as V6. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Table Usage & Access

2009-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:34:09 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Dennis et al - I don't know how to make it any plainer - I want to change the >File Detail ID number from 1234-1 to 9876-01. I would like to use Access to >enter 9876-01 in lieu of 12340-1 in the 'File Ref' field or whichever table >this will

Re: [LegacyUG] Table Usage & Access

2009-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:34:09 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Dennis et al - I don't know how to make it any plainer - I want to change the >File Detail ID number from 1234-1 to 9876-01. I would like to use Access to >enter 9876-01 in lieu of 12340-1 in the 'File Ref' field or whichever table >this will

Re: [LegacyUG] Table Usage & Access

2009-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 5:27:28 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >A couple of suggestions I received indicated that I was on the right tract >that might permit me to change them in tblSX using Access - unfortunately, I >have discovered that even if I change the 'Filing REF' data, the change >doesn't 'take'

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Access to Change Data

2009-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 5:12:35 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Dennis - I have not been able to use your suggestion - mostly because I >couldn't figure out where to start. I am certainly not comfortable with >Access, except to view and some items and then export to an Excel spreadsheet >for further action

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:12:40 GMT, "gcr...@juno.com" wrote: >Besides, this advice is contrary to the Legacy HELP documentation on the >subject of ADD - Documents. The way I read it is "other" means anything that is not picture, sound, or video. Even if you were correct, that would only mean

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:14 GMT, "gcr...@juno.com" wrote: >I used FILE, the right-most of the 4 ICONs of PICTURE, SOUND VIDEO, FILE. For JPG, TIFF, etc. I think you are supposed to use PICTURE. Try that. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/gr

Re: [LegacyUG] Location

2009-08-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:37:34 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >What's happened to the Location Master List? It's not in alpha order and if >I try to add or change a location I get an Error Msg 3019 (not found in >Online Troubleshooting Help) and Legacy closes down. If I click on Show >List, I get no

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:58:52 -0400, gcrull wrote: >For TEST purposes I attached a >file of each of the file types (e.g. PDF, DOC, JPG, multi-page TIF, TIF. Just for clarification... Did you attach them as Picture, Sound, Video, or Document (I think the latter was introduced in V7)? -- Denni

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:36:40 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >I'm afraid. Dennis, I have tried using folders and files with spaces (E:\My >Documents\My Web Grapics\New Fergys.pdf as a matter of fact) Then I would be looking at the Windows settings (i.e. Registry) to see why these document types a

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:05:07 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: >The setup for these might be (and probably is) different. What I meant was that the setup for the types of documents in the one folder (ex. .jpg) might be different than that of the types of documents in the problem folder (ex. .

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:45:51 GMT, "gcr...@juno.com" wrote: >There are SPACES in the PATH referencing the Individual Photos & Tombstones >and that one works OK! The setup for these might be (and probably is) different. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://group

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:17:38 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >I guess that with it being Windows neither of us would expect them to If you don't have things set up properly, you might be launching ... myprog.exe genealogy - Main ... when you should be launching ... myprog.exe "g

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding DOCUMENTS to an individuals record

2009-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:04:01 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >GC, > >Let us first ask if what you have entered is what you have :-) > >In directory d you have a folder named "genealogy - Main", containing another >folder "Legacy - Crull only" within which there is a folder called "My >Dropbox"

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendent Report bug

2009-08-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:59:50 +0100, ronald ferguson wrote: >As I said in my first email, mine shows the full names and I was unable to >replicate your result - hence the problem seems to be somewhere in your >settings and not in the program. Ron: Try creating a simple 3 person database...

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendent Report bug

2009-08-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:19:15 -0400, Cathy wrote: >Is the following what you want to happen and isn't for you? If so, >it is working for me. > >194. Bert Allen Atwell (Margaret Towers 151, William Towers 132, >Elizabeth A. Hoyt 67, Sanford 30, Joseph 12, Abram 3, Daniel 2, >Zerubbabel 1) was

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendent Report bug

2009-08-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:02:01 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >I'm creating a Descendent Book using Publishing Center. I have the box >checked Show line back to starting person but the surname of the ancestors >of the main entry are incorrect; i.e., > >Rosaria Testini's father is Salvatore Sconza Tes

Re: [LegacyUG] Access Table

2009-08-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:28:21 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >I think you might be! > >As I understand it, SgtBob uses the MRIN *with an appended hyphen and >digit(s)* in the Filing Reference field.MRIN 1234, filing ref 1234-1 >or 1234-2 etc. I think he confused the issue a little by referrin

[LegacyUG] Re: [Bulk]

2009-08-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:02:04 -0400, Kirstin wrote: >FYI, This discussion went to my spam folder (I'm guessing it was the >s-word that triggered it). Also maybe a good idea NOT to use the word "spam" in a legitimate subject. Many ISPs add that word to the subject line when an email looks suspici

Re: [LegacyUG] Access Table

2009-08-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:58:01 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Dennis - When I set up my paper source filing system to support my digital >files, I numbered master sources with 9000 series. i.e., 9212 might be >'Marriage License in Dead Center, Kansas'. Then I might assign 9030 as the >Master source for

Re: [LegacyUG] Access Table

2009-08-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:21:16 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >I have looked at my 'tblSX' and observe that there are a number of items that >look like my MRIN+number data under the column entitled 'Filing Ref' . This >appears to be a possible opportunity to correct my errors. Is it possible >that cha

Re: [LegacyUG] Default Browser Selection

2009-08-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:02:00 -0700, "Pat" wrote: >In answer to your question you might want to follow these example/steps >and you will see what I mean. > >I) Choose "Legacy Home" tab >2) Choose "Bring your Legacy family file with you on a USB drive, cell >phone, or PalmOS device" >3) About

Re: [Bulk] RE: [LegacyUG] Same Sex Relationship Entries

2009-08-10 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:26:15 -0500, "Ruth Nerud" wrote: >Do you know if allowing Alternate Names to be included in the Name Index is >still on the wish list for Descendent Book Reports in Word? Ruth: It probably would have been a good idea to start a new thread (subject line) for this topic.

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