Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:21:12 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: >The IDIME heading in TblSX was always very confusing to me (What does >it have todo with a 10 cent coin?). Dennis' calling it ID of >Individual, marriage, event was very enlightening enough to make it >worth reading the whole threa

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Bob, I don't think anyone posting to this thread was upset. I thought Dennis was expecting someone might complain that the subject is not strictly about Legacy since you can't see the tables directly in Legacy. The IDIME heading in TblSX was always very confusing to me (What does it have todo with

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:21:26 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >Obviously a sore point... sorry. It's not really a sore point with me. I was just asking if there was a more appropriate place for technical discussions like this. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.ya

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread SgtBob
Didn't mean to upset folks in asking about the Access data. I will review the items under the design feature and see if I can figure out the data. I'm not that familiar with all the nuances of Access, so I will study it and refrain from asking more questions on this area. Obviously a sore point

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Mike Fry
M. Brenzel wrote: We are not all at the same level of experience with Legacy, with computers, or with other software. We all need to be tolerant of the questions and answers on this list, as long as they are polite in nature. I am a software tester by profession and can write my own database qu

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread M. Brenzel
2009 5:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:28:58 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this >thread. And that's as it should be. I just know that, in the p

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be >linked to the correct Individual. > >If I remember correctly, TYPE refers to the Event which is being Sourced >- 1 being Birth, for example. If you insist on getting t

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:28:58 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this >thread. And that's as it should be. I just know that, in the past, discussions that got quite technical have generated complaints from uninterested parties. I have be

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN, the programmers would h

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote I wonder if there is a better place to discuss these issues. We are probably boring 99% of the LUGgers. LUGgers who are not interested in this topic don't have to read this thread. Apart from those for whom it has an interest now, there may be others in future who fi

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Kris
Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN, the programmers would h

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:04:39 +0100, Jenny M Benson wrote: >IDIME is the Individual's RIN which allows the Source Detail to be >linked to the correct Individual. It can be ... but it can be other things also. If it was always a pointer to a RIN, the programmers would have named it IDIR. ;-) I w

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
SgtBob wrote Rich - I wanted to know what the various data in the columns represent. I can figure out most of them, but what do the first 3-4 columns of data in the tblSX and tblSR mean? I.e., what do the numbers in those columns represent? IDSX is an ID number for each entry in tblSX and ID

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:35:47 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >what do the first 3-4 columns of data in the tblSX and tblSR mean? If you open the database in Design View, some of the columns have annotations (not always up-to-date). >It might help me to work in Access on some errors I am trying to correct

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-21 Thread SgtBob
s M. Kowallek wrote: > > > From: Dennis M. Kowallek > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access > > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:02 AM > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 6:48:42 -0400, SgtBob > > wrote: > > &g

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-20 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
ns the columnar headings and their uses within the various Access reports.' Rich in LA CA --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > From: Dennis M. Kowallek > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Monday, April 20

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2009-04-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 6:48:42 -0400, SgtBob wrote: >is there any data written out that explains the columnar headings and their >uses within the various Access reports. I don't know of anything public that goes into this detail. I created a list of the various Legacy tables and published it at:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2006-06-26 Thread K Jones
OpenOffice Calc and the new OpenOffice2 Base can open Legacy files as Data Sources -- although I don't see why anyone would want to. Kraig Jones --- Myrna Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it also work with Quattro Pro or the equivalent in Open > Office? Some of us do not use the Wor

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2006-06-26 Thread ronald ferguson
.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ___ From: Myrna Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:02:05 -0500 Would it also work with Quattro Pro or

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and Access

2006-06-26 Thread Myrna Jorgensen
Would it also work with Quattro Pro or the equivalent in Open Office? Some of us do not use the Word Office program. Myrna Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.m