Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
I agree that it is painfully slow to start up but when it finally decides to get going I did not have a problem. G.C. On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:46 AM, jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: > I just installed it and imported a gedcom.  It works but is excruciatingly > slow.  Not too practical from my poi

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
I just installed it and imported a gedcom. It works but is excruciatingly slow. Not too practical from my point of view. Jeff Grover Oliver wrote: I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to go

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Gene Young
Grover Oliver wrote: I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to go into the folder to start it using the .exe but it works OK. G.C. Oliver Actually all of the portable apps will run as standalone

RE: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread David E. Damouth
Gayle wrote: >I am planning a research trip and would like to have my Legacy information >with me but I will not be able to take a laptop. Is it possible to put the >program and my information on a USB port and use it on someone else's computer? You might consider using Legacy to create one or

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
I have GRAMPS portable installed in a seperate folder on a Sandisk USB drive with U3 . It does not need Portable Apps suite or U3. You have to go into the folder to start it using the .exe but it works OK. G.C. Oliver On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Gene Young wrote: > jeffma...@orthohelp.com wr

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
Aha! I will try it too. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Gene Young" To: Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: I believe Gramps is a Linux application, not a Windows application which most Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Gene Young
jeffma...@orthohelp.com wrote: I believe Gramps is a Linux application, not a Windows application which most Legacy users are. Am I wrong? Jeff Yes. Portable Gramps is for the portable apps suite of applications that run on windows. I have not yet had the opportunity to try it but am in

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread jeffma...@orthohelp.com
I believe Gramps is a Linux application, not a Windows application which most Legacy users are. Am I wrong? Jeff - Original Message - From: "Grover Oliver" To: Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy Gayle, If all you need

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:53:01 -0400, Grover Oliver wrote: >If all you need is to have your Legacy data available for referance >use GRAMPS Portable at http://portableapps.com/node/18728 . > >Install GRAMPS on a USB drive then export Legacy file to GEDCOM and >import into GRAMPS. I have done this w

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Grover Oliver
Gayle, If all you need is to have your Legacy data available for referance use GRAMPS Portable at http://portableapps.com/node/18728 . Install GRAMPS on a USB drive then export Legacy file to GEDCOM and import into GRAMPS. I have done this without a problem. I  do not recomend making changes in

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Laurence E Stephenson
> Some memory sticks here, come with U3 software pre-installed on > them. Although I don't use it, the software is supposed to be able > let you put an installation package on the stick that will be > installed on which ever machine you plug the stick into. Sorry Mike but U3 only works with wha

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-24 Thread Mike Fry
Brian/Support wrote: You cannot put the program on a flash drive, it needs files that have to be in the Windows system folders to work correctly. You could put your data file on a flash drive but you would have to find a computer with Legacy already installed to be able to access the file. I

RE: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-23 Thread leo macdonald
Hi Gayle, you can always download and use your passwords to use Legacy on another computer proviving you have their permission to do so. When your finished update your USP, then you could just uninstall the program and delete any saved Legacy files off their computer. Leo From: grm...@mt

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-23 Thread Willard Ellis
Gayle, I think I would create a gedcom file and save it on a flash drive. Just in case you find a computer that has a genealogy program on it, you could import the gedcom and hopefully use it that way. Bill On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Chuck Arbogast wrote: > Brian, > Are there any plans

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-23 Thread Chuck Arbogast
Brian, Are there any plans on making this portable? Many applications are and a competitor has a portable version already. I really like Legacy over any other program but the way things are now, a portable version seems very practical. Thanks, Chuck On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Brian/Suppo

Re: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-23 Thread Brian/Support
Gayle, You cannot put the program on a flash drive, it needs files that have to be in the Windows system folders to work correctly. You could put your data file on a flash drive but you would have to find a computer with Legacy already installed to be able to access the file. If there is an

RE: [LegacyUG] Travelling with Legacy

2009-04-23 Thread cathie
I am doing something similar. I was told that I could not put the program on a memory stick but I could take my data on one. I would not be able to access the information on someone else's program unless they also had the Legacy program installed. If they have Legacy installed all you would need is