[LegacyUG] Missing Master Source Text

2009-12-30 Thread Brent and Judy Schultz
I'm having problem with disappearing text within a master source that is created using the Source Writer option in Legacy 7. Any text that I type into the master source text box can be viewed under assigned sources screen under output master Text for a person, yet when I click on edit source and

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy with a Netbook

2009-12-30 Thread 2marion wimps
I do have Legacy on my Netbook and it works well - although I keep the main copy on the laptop. I use the netbook for when I can sit with it on my lap at night and fiddle gently - the only thing to remember is to make changes on both if necessary. 2010/1/1 D Davis > I was wondering if any one h

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy with a Netbook

2009-12-30 Thread Elsie Saar
I run Legacy on my Acer netbook, with Win 7, with the program in the Program Files folder. HTH. Elsie Saar - Original Message - From: "Ron Ferguson" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy with a Netbook Provided it's Windows O/S and has enough me

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy with a Netbook

2009-12-30 Thread Ron Ferguson
Provided it's Windows O/S and has enough memory then it should be OK - I do not have a net book to test on. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw ht

[LegacyUG] Legacy with a Netbook

2009-12-30 Thread D Davis
I was wondering if any one has tried to run legacy on a net book? I did not see anything in the faqs? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeated Problem with Legacy on Vista

2009-12-30 Thread Ron and June
Hi Dave, I have just been having this problem with the same messages as you. I have networking between two computers and found that sharing Legacy between the two was not turned on, not sure why, but once I re enabled the sharing, the problem disappeared. May not be the same problem, just a tho

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread GeoSci
Though an interesting discussion - this has always been possible with any WIN product. Just resize the windows and drag to where you want. I often run with 2 or even 3 windows at once! I understand the new WIN7 does the snap to 1/2 thing - but it has never been that tough. Love the 22" Samsung LD

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Jim Walton
Windows 7 users. There is a feature in Windows 7 that makes it even simpler. Just open the two windows you want side by side, say Firefox (Or IE) and Legacy. Then take the top bar of one of the windows and drag it to the left, off the screen. When you release the mouse, the window will pop to fill

RE: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Once again, I'm going by the following: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/helpWindowsVista.asp "Make sure the User Account Control (UAC) feature is enabled in Windows Vista. If this feature has been disabled, you need to re-enable it, otherwise you will get run-time error 339." Sounds like the UA

RE: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Jan Roberts
I have Vista x32 - UAC turned off months ago - no problems with Legacy or anything else. Cheers Jan -Original Message- From: Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:br...@the-lightfoots.com] Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2009 3:40 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] multiple erro

Re: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Brian L. Lightfoot said the following on 2009/12/30 18:40: > Maybe its x64 that solves the UAC problem with Legacy. I'm only going by > what Millennia Corp says. If you're running x64 with UAC turned off and > Legacy is running with no errors, then great. There is light at the end of > the tunnel.

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Elsie Saar
Ditto!! That's really neat. Usually when I minimize Legacy I get a little box, this is much nicer. Elsie >Mary, that is simply brilliant! Best tip I've learned while reading >LUG. Thanks, Deborah Mary Trogg wrote: > Legacy tips Sept 26, 2008 > > Question from a Legacy user, > > /Can I do a Sp

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Deborah Trounstine
Mary, that is simply brilliant! Best tip I've learned while reading LUG. Thanks, Deborah Mary Trogg wrote: > Legacy tips Sept 26, 2008 > > Question from a Legacy user, > > /Can I do a Split Screen View with the Internet as one of the screens?/ > > Great question! Yes, you can do this with Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Marilyn Clark
Jane, I am using Vista, not sure what you have. If you right-click in the bottom taskbar of your screen, one of the options I have is "Show Windows Side by Side." I have a 21" monitor and routinely keep my source doc'n on one side and Legacy on the other side. I love it. If you have several win

RE: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Brian L. Lightfoot
Maybe its x64 that solves the UAC problem with Legacy. I'm only going by what Millennia Corp says. If you're running x64 with UAC turned off and Legacy is running with no errors, then great. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Brian in CA -Original Message- From: Marilyn Clark [ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Happy New Year

2009-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Robert Carneal USA said the following on 2009/12/30 17:40: > Seeing that parts of the world are celebrating the New Year tonight > (It's one day early in United States), I wanted to wish those of us > celebrating it tonight a nice, grand, and happy new year. May the > next year bring you prosperity

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Book - sorting

2009-12-30 Thread P Perry
Brian, Thank you!! The narrative report is just what I was looking for. Thanks, Peggy On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Brian/Support wrote: > Try using the Descendant Narrative format report. That will include the > descendants in the same order as the Descendant Chart and Descendant View. > >

Re: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Mark Klan
I'm running Vista x64 and Legacy 7. I've had UAC turned off for months with no problems at all. I've also got the Legacy program installed to C:\ as recommended. I believe the Legacy folks say that turning off UAC creates a problem for some (but not all) people under Vista. Mark Wednesday,

[LegacyUG] Happy New Year

2009-12-30 Thread Robert Carneal USA
Seeing that parts of the world are celebrating the New Year tonight (It's one day early in United States), I wanted to wish those of us celebrating it tonight a nice, grand, and happy new year. May the next year bring you prosperity, peace, and may your family be well and happy. Robert Legacy U

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Gene Young
Mike Fry wrote: > Gene Young said the following on 2009/12/30 16:33: > > > Minimizing the unwanted windows before tiling the desktop won't work. The > minimized windows will also be tiled along with the two you want. > > No, they won't. I do it every day. The only windows that tile are the one

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Mary Trogg
Legacy tips Sept 26, 2008 Question from a Legacy user, /Can I do a Split Screen View with the Internet as one of the screens?/ Great question! Yes, you can do this with Legacy. It sure makes it nice to be able to see both your Legacy data /and/ the Internet at the same time. Follow these ste

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Sources

2009-12-30 Thread Ron Ferguson
Dennis, LTools is a set of utility programs designed to work with Legacy. To find out what it can do for you, it is best to visit the site and have a look at the excellent set of tools which are available. Dennis gave the URL below his signature, but if you didn't notice it is http://zippersoftwa

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Gene Young said the following on 2009/12/30 16:33: > If you are using Windows, right click on the task bar at the bottom > of the screen. In the pop-up menu there will be an option to tile > windows either vertically or horizontally. It is a windows function and > should work with any progra

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Dave Christmas said the following on 2009/12/30 16:26: > You can also purchase a separate monitor and then have two 'full > screens' running off the same computer. For this I use Internet Explorer > with my Ancestry.com account up and running, then on the same computer I > start up Mozilla Firefox

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Gene Young
Jane Sarles wrote: > The split screen is a very neat feature. I wonder if one might use it > in a manner other than with 2 screens of Legacy? For example, if I am > copying information from a site of Family Search 1800 census - can I get > the census screen up as one-half of the screen? When

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Mike Fry
Jane Sarles said the following on 2009/12/30 16:16: > The split screen is a very neat feature. I wonder if one might use it > in a manner other than with 2 screens of Legacy? For example, if I am > copying information from a site of Family Search 1800 census - can I get > the census screen up as

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Dave Christmas
Jane, You can also purchase a separate monitor and then have two 'full screens' running off the same computer. For this I use Internet Explorer with my Ancestry.com account up and running, then on the same computer I start up Mozilla Firefox and use that for other searches on a separate screen

Re: [LegacyUG] Copying people

2009-12-30 Thread Jane Sarles
The split screen is a very neat feature. I wonder if one might use it in a manner other than with 2 screens of Legacy? For example, if I am copying information from a site of Family Search 1800 census - can I get the census screen up as one-half of the screen? When I try to close one-half of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Sources

2009-12-30 Thread Dennis Sutton
Dennis, Also, I noted your reference to LTools and have seen it mentioned a few times. What can LTools actually do for me? Thanks again. From: Dennis M. Kowallek To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 7:56:01 AM Subject: Re: [Le

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Sources

2009-12-30 Thread Dennis Sutton
Thanks Dennis. Guess I didn't make myself clear. I am trying to update source docs from basic to the extended format. I looked at your suggestion and can't find an easy way to do this other then redo all my sources manually. From: Dennis M. Kowallek To: Le

RE: [LegacyUG] multiple errors

2009-12-30 Thread Marilyn Clark
Brian, I barely understand what you are talking about when you say "virtualization"... but my ears perked up when you mentioned UAC. I just turned off UAC in Vista x64 2 days ago. I was tired of the constant pop-up windows asking me if I "really wanted to do this..." for EVERYTHING! So far no

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding Sources

2009-12-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
>From: Dennis Sutton >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: 30 December 2009 01:42 >Subject: [LegacyUG] Adding Sources > > >In TMG there is a capability of copying a source, which when selected would >add a duplicate of that source to the master source list. You can then go >in and edit that

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeated Problem with Legacy on Vista

2009-12-30 Thread Dave Christmas
Genius! That worked. Worth noting that the printer was working with all other programs, but a reinstall of the driver downloaded from the manufacturer did the trick. Thanks Margaret. Dave C - Original Message - From: "Margaret Turner" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:46 AM Su

Re: [LegacyUG] Address searches

2009-12-30 Thread Ron Ferguson
Sylvia, Sorry, but to select which one wants to read from right to left is not poossible. It is a choice for all, not individual records. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the fam

Re: [LegacyUG] Repeated Problem with Legacy on Vista

2009-12-30 Thread Margaret Turner
Dave, Have you tried updating and/or reinstalling the printer driver for your default printer? I think Legacy should detect whatever you have as the defalt printer. :) Margaret On 30/12/2009, Dave Christmas wrote: > I use Vista and have Legacy Build 7.0.0.109 > > Which was working correctly b

[LegacyUG] Repeated Problem with Legacy on Vista

2009-12-30 Thread Dave Christmas
I use Vista and have Legacy Build 7.0.0.109 Which was working correctly before, but now each time I open Legacy the 'Select Report Fonts' window opens, then an error message "Legacy can't find any printer defined for use with Windows. You will not be able to print any reports until you define a