Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Ron Ferguson
Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: Strange. I was playing around with Legacy's Internet Web Page builder and in an attempt to customize (customise for you folks on the other side of the pond) the web page graphics, discovered the file browser ignores .PNG files. The browser apparently only looks for

RE: [LegacyUG] Event Addresses - Churches

2010-07-26 Thread Simon Passey
Dear Jenny, Thanks for the tip about the privacy brackets. I shall try it out. The reason I am reluctant to include specific addresses in the Master Location List is because at the moment when I export the information to GenMapUK the locations come in fine (the odd ambiguous location),

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Addresses - Churches

2010-07-26 Thread Ron Ferguson
Simon, The so called four field convention does not fit English naming conventions; it was after all designed for the USA. However, if it is working for you good luck! Although you say that you are using GENMapUK which hopefully does fit. It seems like it. The geo-locator in Legacy regards

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Bob
On 2010-07-25 22:35, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: They've been around for at least 10 years which tells me the code for that rudimentary file browser built into Legacy is at least that old if not older. Why can't they use Windows resources? You might as well be asking why Legacy can't put its

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread CE Wood
Strange, isn't it? If only Legacy were built on a Microsoft product, like Access or something... CE -Original Message- From: Bob [mailto:byoabm8a4h...@wowway.com] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:05 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know

[LegacyUG] Can an event be added to multiple individuals at the one time?

2010-07-26 Thread Susan Broadbooks
I have a passenger list that includes 25 individuals in my database. Rather than entering the event immigration 25 separate times, is there a way to add an event to multiple individuals at one time? Thanks! Sue Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Can an event be added to multiple individuals at the one time?

2010-07-26 Thread Jenny M Benson
Susan Broadbooks wrote I have a passenger list that includes 25 individuals in my database. Rather than entering the event immigration 25 separate times, is there a way to add an event to multiple individuals at one time? Because Legacy works from the Individual to his/her Events Facts, rather

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Kathy Almquist
I for one am really tired of all the email on this subject and other subjects wanting to tell Legacy how to write their programs - - go write your own program. Instead of changing to a Windows base why not try a Mac base - - their things are easier to use than Microsoft applications. Let's

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Kathy Meyer
That's a great idea, Kathy! Have you submitted that to Legacy as a suggestion for enhancements? Are you going to the conference at BYU tomorrow? I'm still on the fence about it...maybe I'll just go to the Legacy Rootsmagic presentations in the evenings. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Kathy

Re: [LegacyUG] Can an event be added to multiple individuals at the one time?

2010-07-26 Thread Susan Broadbooks
Okay, thanks, Jenny. I knew about the clipboard, but wanted to be sure there wasn't some other neat little trick that I just didn't know yet. Cheers! Sue On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote: Susan Broadbooks wrote I have a passenger list that includes 25

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Kathy Almquist
Haven't planned on going to the conference but still may! Besides Legacy I use Reunion for the Mac and their program checks the spelling as you type it - - then I don't have to go back and check it all again like you do in Legacy. On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: That's a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy doesn't know PNG!

2010-07-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:27:01 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Legacy IS a Microsoft Access program AFAIK, the Legacy client program is written in VB6. The code reads from and writes to a Jet database (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Jet_Database_Engine). Jet is the same

[LegacyUG] Internet Search Feature

2010-07-26 Thread Bobby Johnson
I use the Search the internet for current person feature on a regular basis. I have developed many customized searches. The problem is, there are no place fields available to feed the search engines. There are only name and date fields. I therefore have to refine my searches after I open the

Re: [LegacyUG] Internet Search Feature

2010-07-26 Thread Sherry/Support
We don't reply to each and every suggestion that comes in but they're all reviewed. Which data fields are sent tothe website depends on which website is being searched. If you open the Search the Internet window and click through the various searches, you'll notice that which fields are bolded

Re: [LegacyUG] Can an event be added to multiple individuals at the one time?

2010-07-26 Thread Virginia Dunham
Copying and pasting the event from the clipboard is what I have always done...I then bold face the name of the individual to whom I have copied the event so that it will stand out. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

RE: [LegacyUG] Internet Search Feature

2010-07-26 Thread Bobby Johnson
Sherry, Thanks for your response. I don't have a problem understanding how to develop a search string using the fields in square brackets. My problem is there aren’t any fields in square brackets that are place fields. Here is a search string from Ancestry.com I would like to use.

[LegacyUG] Picture Center Problem?

2010-07-26 Thread Russ McGillivray
I was using the Picture Center to remove attached pictures and found that the change did not 'stick'. The picture was removed from the display of attached pictures (box in the lower centre), but when I selected another individual and then went back to the first individual the picture was back.

[LegacyUG] Marriage Tags

2010-07-26 Thread Rita Lynn McKale
I just noticed that the Tag Descriptions for my Marriage Tags are gone. When I hover my curser over the Tag the Description still shows, but when I right click on the Tags there is NO Description. The Individual Tags Descriptions are all there, no problem. Is there another place I should be

Re: [LegacyUG] Internet Search Feature

2010-07-26 Thread Sherry/Support
Feel free to edit the search strings however you'd like. They're not set in stone - they're just what we found worked best. Check the Help file for instructions on creating or editing searches. Just click on the Help buton when you're in the Select and Internet Search window. Sincerely, Sherry