Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Kathy, Charles, et al, Your custom event sentences from L7.5 should migrate to L8. However, you might wish to spend a few minutes reviewing them as the sentence syntax has has changes and there are extensions. Let me emphasize, that to get these conversions, you must convert the family file and

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View Customise Columns

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Kathy, You will have to re-enter them for L8. john. At 08:14 PM 12/2/2013, Kathy Thompson wrote: I seem to have lost my custom columns in L8 that I had in 7.5. If I can find the 7.5 file for them, where should I move it to for my custom columns to come back in v8? Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo-location db in v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Cheryl, The option to have partial GeoDBs was eliminated for L8. Just go to Tools/Location Database and download and install it again. The file is about the size of the Installer file for the program, so, if you have slow Internet, plan ahead... ;-) L8 does not remember where you installed it

RE: [LegacyUG] Picture Folder location in Picture Centre will not save

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Barry et al, Let me start by reminding you, and all, that Picture Center only works with image type files: Not sounds or videos, or docs or PDFs, etc. I am not sure I understand your problem. This is what I think it is... When you close and re-open Legacy, the remembered folder in the picture

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View Customise Columns

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
ok, thanks John On 3 December 2013 17:48, John B. Lisle leg...@tqsi.com wrote: Kathy, You will have to re-enter them for L8. john. At 08:14 PM 12/2/2013, Kathy Thompson wrote: I seem to have lost my custom columns in L8 that I had in 7.5. If I can find the 7.5 file for them, where

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
I'm pretty sure I did a conversion - certainly didn't do a GEDCOM import. Many of my sentences incorporated the Notes within the sentence - that's how I'm pretty sure I've lost at least some of mine as my Census sentence does not format the same any more. On 3 December 2013 17:34, John B. Lisle

[LegacyUG] Subscribing

2013-12-03 Thread Robin Watson
Has this worked? 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 messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:

RE: [LegacyUG] Picture Folder location in Picture Centre will not save

2013-12-03 Thread Barry Hardman
John, You are correct in your understanding of what is occurring. From a logical point of view, perhaps it does not make sense. Let me explain briefly in point order. We have always maintained our different media types, in specific sub-folders. In a top/down hierarchal format, our top media

Re: [LegacyUG] Index View Customise Columns

2013-12-03 Thread KenMcGinnis
I haven't tried it. It might work. Open help in v8. Search for usr and you will see a listing of all the .usr files Legacy uses. These are the files the settings are saved in. Find the usr file you are looking for. In Legacy 8 you can find the .usr files in [My Documents]\Legacy Family

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 03/12/2013 00:25, Charles Apple wrote: Does one lose their Custom Event Sentences when opening a Legacy 7.5 Family File in Legacy 8 Deluxe? No! -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 Custom Colors

2013-12-03 Thread Larry Lee
Virginia, I am fairly certain this is a bug as it was reported previously. Hopefully someone from Support will be able to verify this. Larry Lee Sent from my Nook On Dec 3, 2013 12:49 AM, Virginia Dunham geistdn...@gmail.com wrote: In the Family View screen, I have been able to set all of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 Custom Colors

2013-12-03 Thread Bert van Kootwijk
This is no bug. This text will be coloured when a source is linked to it. Bert Larry Lee schreef op 3-12-2013 11:54: Virginia, I am fairly certain this is a bug as it was reported previously. Hopefully someone from Support

[LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Bob Janice
Is there any way to change the background color of the Individual's Information screen?? The one that pops up after you choose to edit the person (i.e. enter their birth date, death date, events, etc.) from the Family View. I've been able to modify most of the other screens but not this one.

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
no maybe not - but it did rearrange things enough to be annoying. I now have my notes in my description field and that has messed up my sentences as a result. For one event I had [HeShe] resided at [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace]. [Notes][Sources] Which would have given me He resided at Oak Hill,

Re: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
Options Customise 9.2 Click to set header colour On 3 December 2013 21:14, Bob Janice bobjan...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any way to change the background color of the Individual's Information screen?? The one that pops up after you choose to edit the person (i.e. enter their birth date,

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 Custom Colors

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
I agree. I think it is a bug. It is applying the color change to the labels (Birth-Baptism-Death-Burial-Cause) rather than to the data items. Changing the background (top bottom) applies the color change to the correct area and selecting the labels and changing their text color works

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 Custom Colors

2013-12-03 Thread Virginia Dunham
Bert, You are right that when you click on an individual and open up to their Information view...but I am referring to the view from Family View. The Birth, Date, etc. does not change as information is added to those catagories... Virginia On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Bert van Kootwijk

Re: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Bob Janice
Just tried it - doesn't work . . . . On 12/3/2013 6:19 AM, Kathy Thompson wrote: Options Customise 9.2 Click to set header colour On 3 December 2013 21:14, Bob Janice bobjan...@gmail.com mailto:bobjan...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any way to change the background color of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
Sorry - misread which screen you wanted In that case I don't know - sorry On 3 Dec 2013, at 9:30 pm, Bob Janice bobjan...@gmail.com wrote: Just tried it - doesn't work . . . . On 12/3/2013 6:19 AM, Kathy Thompson wrote: Options Customise 9.2 Click to set header colour On 3 December

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy8 Custom Colors

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
Label text color is changed to an alternate color when there is a source linked, but not the data text color. It is the set text color on the data that is not working correctly (being applied to the labels instead). From: Bert van Kootwijk [mailto:vank...@hetnet.nl] Sent: Tuesday, December

RE: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
I think Option 9.2 was the correct answer. Just a bit more complicated. If you choose Fancy Headers, you get to choose a Header Background combination. If you choose Gradient Headers, there is a separate selection (listed after the Fancy Header sub-items) labeled “Click to select color

[LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
I am not at all clear on the new file structure within Legacy 8 and what I need to do to migrate all my folders of Pictures, Videos, Sounds. And right now this is a show stopper. I have no idea what I am doing nor how to get things right in the conversion and migration. I keep all my Legacy

RE: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
Before trying to fix them individually, try View-Master Lists-Event Definition-Select your residence event type-Edit. See if you can correct the sequencing there that will then apply to all your events of that type. From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December

[LegacyUG] Name List Report Bug

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
If this a duplicate, I apologize. I never got a copy echoed back to me, so I don’t think this got through the first time. From Name List - Print - Options Tab - Record Selection - Individuals with Tag Pulldown list of tag numbers not populating and won’t let me manually type in a tag

RE: [LegacyUG] Subscribing

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
Your email is being received. If you're not getting emails from the list, contact supp...@legacyfamilytree.com and ask them to reset your account. -Original Message- From: Robin Watson [mailto:rob...@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 2:26 AM To:

Re: [LegacyUG] Mouse scrolling in grids

2013-12-03 Thread 2marion wimps
Is that on the children on the Family View as well Brian? Marion On 3 December 2013 04:15, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: I have entered a problem report to have a single click in the grid move the cursor and enable the scroll. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation

Re: [LegacyUG] Is there a Preferred Children Option?

2013-12-03 Thread Moe Crosby
FIXED Cathy, Fantastic! That is what I needed to do. I turned on the * and Bold options in Options 3.8 like you said. The next step confused me for a time until I set myself as the Direct Line in Tools/Set Direct Line Now my problem generations show both of my ancestor-siblings in Bold and one

Re: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Bob Janice
Kurt, Thanks. Looks like you are correct. The only problem is that if you choose Fancy Headers it appears that then choosing Click to select color of form background has no effect. I was only able to get the background in the Individual's Information screen to change when Gradient Color Headers

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Brian/Support
Legacy 8, like 7.5 is quite happy to use multiple folders for media but Legacy 8 now uses the Windows Standards for storing user data and programs instead of a special C:\Legacy folder for the program and sub folders of C:\Legacy for Data, and media. The Legacy 8 program is installed in the

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo-location db in v8

2013-12-03 Thread singhals
Hmmm. Thanks, Sherry. I've /never/ seen a list via my free v or the ones at the FHC that had more than 8 countries listed; all of those listed are protectorates of sorts of the US (I'm a bit unsure about Papua). I'm getting to it : TOOLS/Geo Location Database. Yes, the format looks like the

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo-location db in v8

2013-12-03 Thread singhals
Thanks. I may try that. Cheryl John B. Lisle wrote: Cheryl, The option to have partial GeoDBs was eliminated for L8. Just go to Tools/Location Database and download and install it again. The file is about the size of the Installer file for the program, so, if you have slow Internet, plan

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
I am still not clear what to do here. I see that the Option 6.2 is for those people willing to let Legacy manage their media and store it all in a single location, which may be what I wind up being forced to do, even though it will cause a great deal of immediate term work and a lot more

[LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread Pam Gosling
Hello, I there any recommended format to list locations for the older Prussian now Pommeranian areas of former Germany now Poland? I’m new to this, and in the archives from 2010, it seems that it is not possible for the Geobase to properly identify these locations? So, if this is true, are

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Ed Carpenter
You should be able to keep your media files where they are. If you convert your file from 7.5 to 8, the existing media paths should remain intact and still be linked. There shouldn't be a need to re-link your media in this case. You can still continue to link new media from any folder you

[LegacyUG] Inconsistent Geobase mapping USA

2013-12-03 Thread Pam Gosling
In trying to fix unresolved Geobase locations, I’m seeing seemingly inconsistent Geobase mapping of locations as follows: (this is 7.5 not yet purchased v 8): For example, I had this address listed in wrong format 4 different ways, for same person, but different year events: This is

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
Should is not working. My converted tree does have one individual's images that somehow are pointed to the right place, but it is the only one out of more than 600 that is. So I went into option 6.2, which is how I would have pointed the search for images in the right direction in Legacy 7.5,

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread William Boswell
The way I do it set up customized folders. A main folder for just photos of people and cemeteries. The second one is just for source images. The people photos folder has subfolders according to surnames; cemeteries by the name of the cemetery and surnames for those I have photos of graves.

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Mike Fry
On 2013/12/03 19:36, Ed Carpenter wrote: If you convert your file from 7.5 to 8, the existing media paths should remain intact and still be linked. There shouldn't be a need to re-link your media in this case. You can still continue to link new media from any folder you desire. I'm

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
I am getting tired of repeating this: should is not working here. The reality of this situation is not how it should be. And I need answers to how the situation really is. repeat of questions for Brian - It looks like I am either being forced to either (a) dedicate my entire K drive

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
Your configuration of folders is very similar to mine, and like yours I have been using this setup for years - many years. And no prior Legacy upgrade has caused any problems with this, since I could always customize the locations for each type of folder. But Legacy 8 is clearly different in

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Paul Gray
Wesley, I am trying to understand your situation but I can’t. Please bear with me as I ask in a different way questions I’m sure you have already answered.. I am absolutely positive that your media can stay exactly where they are, and that there is no reason to change anything. I have my

RE: [LegacyUG] Mouse scrolling in grids

2013-12-03 Thread Ardenholme Genealogy
And on the individual screen for events, I have the same issue there. It only works if I open the event and then close it, it will then scroll down. But without opening/closing the event the cursor stays up in the main fields above the event list. Thanks, Jemima From: 2marion wimps

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Bobby Johnson
Wesley, “Should” should be working! My 7.5 media files are stored on my D: drive in many different folders and they moved over to 8 when I converted. All of them were attached properly. If you go to 6.2 and click on “View current list of media folders” there is an “Add” button that will let

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
If this is the correct solution, then I would like Legacy to say so. Option 6.2 is precisely where I went to try to deal with the problem. If all I have to do is point this media pointer to my Legacy folder on my K drive and have it then find all the media files in the Pix, Videos, etc.

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Kathy, Kurt, et al, In part because of Shared Events, a lot of changes were made to Event Sentences. Let me walk you through some of the changes. 1/ Option 7.10 With L8, the default sentences no longer have the [Notes] and [Sources] fields included, UNLESS YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THEM... (see

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread JV Leavitt
Thank you for explaining what ff and gbl were supposed to indicate. It seems logical now, but somehow it escaped me. :-) Joseph Leavitt On 12/3/2013 6:25 AM, Brian/Support wrote: Legacy 8, like 7.5 is quite happy to use multiple folders for media but Legacy 8 now uses the Windows Standards

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Pam, Please indulge me to talk about Location in Legacy 8. Actually, little has changed since Legacy 7 but many users do not have a strategy for locations and mapping and such. -- One of the major changes (and it is rather minor) for L8 is that the GeoDB is now unified. Instead of picking and

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread William Boswell
I preferred the media-type-specific location options in 7.5 too. However, I just selected my main folder for people photos (with no option for my source images) and figure I'll just have to navigate to the correct folder/sub-folder when the time comes to add new images. When I converted from

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Brian/Support
You misunderstand the relinker. It searches the entire drive yes but it is only looking for the filenames for the media you have linked to your family file already. It builds a catalog of all the files with that name for the locations on that drive. It will then let YOU tell it which of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread singhals
Wesley Johnston wrote: [snip] It looks like I am either being forced to either (a) dedicate my entire K drive to Legacy by the Media Relinker looking only at the entire drive and not at a specific designated folder and all of its sub-folders or (b) dump all my files into a single Media

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Paul Gray
Hi again Wesley, In an earlier post, you said: I keep all my Legacy files on a different hard drive (K) than the default. There, under Legacy, I have folders for Geo, Pix, Sounds, Videos ... which were the Legacy 7.5 file structure. So, that the media folder structure we want to

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread mbstx
Hi, John - great explanation! I have a related question. Rather than use custom event sentences in 7.5, when creating an Event, I use the Sentence Overide tab option putting [Notes][Sources] in the text box there. Then I write my own sentence(s) in the text box for the Notes tab - that way the

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo-location db in v8

2013-12-03 Thread Brian/Support
The full GeoDB for Legacy has always included foreign locations, those who installed from the Legacy CD got that full file. In version 7 and earlier however users who did not have the CD copy could download only part of the GeoDb, there were 6 regional files, from our website to create their own

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Wesley, Let me step back and share some things and maybe then we can all speak the same language. First, the media process in L8 was designed to be simple. And for someone, like yourself, whose files are organized, it should be trivial. Remember what we are trying to do. Every media object in

RE: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread CE WOOD
I am still using Legacy 7.5x. I like to be more precise in identifying locations than Geobase, and I also have specific locations, such as a church, castle, cemetery, etc. I have always used mapping websites to find the latitude and longitude which I enter on the edit screen for the location.

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread Randy Clark
Why won't Legacy use decimal coordinates which are quite prevalent nowadays? On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:25 PM, John B. Lisle leg...@tqsi.com wrote: Pam, Please indulge me to talk about Location in Legacy 8. Actually, little has changed since Legacy 7 but many users do not have a strategy

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread R G Strong-genes
I do that also and once I have both locations geocoded to the correct location I enter some information in the notes field as a historical date range of the location and other data as to what it is now. Then I put a check mark in the verified box so that I know not to delete that location or

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Marianne, Thanks you. As far as I know, everything like that you did with L7.x you can continue to use in L8. I prefer creating a good sentence in the Event Definition that would work (for me!) 99% of the time. I have used the override only once or twice in 10 years. However, my focus is on

[LegacyUG] Geo Database error

2013-12-03 Thread Randy Clark
Vaasa was in Länsi-Suomi province Finland. Not sure Finland has provinces any more. 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 messages from old mail

[LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread Emily Moore
I have an obituary that lists a survivor as a step-child. When I show the list of children, though, step-children are not listed. The stepchild is already entered with both of his biological parents. In order to note that he is the stepchild of his stepfather, do I have relink him again as a

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread Sherry/Support
Right click on a child and select View Show 1/2 kids. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Emily Moore eall...@aol.com wrote: I have an obituary that lists a survivor as a step-child. When I show the list of children, though, step-children

RE: [LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
I f you enable display of half-siblings, they will show on child list, though there is a comment in Help that indicates Legacy does not consider these to be stepchildren. From Family View, Right-Click on a listed child, hover/rollover the View menu item, then click on Show ½ Kids. From:

RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Judith
Thank you! And I thought I was organized, I like this. Judith From: William Boswell [mailto:whbosw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:54 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder The way I do it set

[LegacyUG] Legacy V.7.5 and v.8

2013-12-03 Thread Pierre Simoneau
Can I leave  Legacy v.7.5 and install Legacy v.8 without sharing v.7.5 database ? If so, how ? Pierre Simoneau 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

[LegacyUG] Folder cleanup

2013-12-03 Thread Don Hanson
I had installed the free version of v7.5 to play with and then purchased and installed v8. I do daily backups, so I don't like to have old, unused program remainders on the disk. I see C:\Legacy\ I think that is leftover from v7.5 and is safe to delete. Is that right? Also in my documents there

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Randy, Sorry, that is above my pay grade... ;-) I do not know or remember why this was done, but I too would like to see this changed. As it is now, Legacy seems to be converting back and forth between decimal and dms a lot. I know when I enter the cemetery coordinates from FindaGrave, or

Re: [LegacyUG] Geobase international location questions

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
R G, Yes, there are many variations on the theme... I do want to assure you that you can format the short names. Look at the headers for the GeoXXXCodes.txt files in the Misc folder and you will see something like this: * Special characters + and - mark state/province names to use: *+ =

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy V.7.5 and v.8

2013-12-03 Thread Paul Gray
Yes, you can and that (IMHO) is a good thing to do. When you first open a file in Legacy 8 it converts the file format, so I found it easiest to create a new file that will be the one to be converted. There are many ways to do this, but here’s what I did. Let’s say you currently have a file

RE: [LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Emily, Sherry, Kurt, I think you have to understand the difference between step-siblings and half-siblings. And lots of places get this confused, especially obits... ;-) A quick way to think of the difference is that you and a step-sibling share no gene pool... You and a half-sibling share half

Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Database error

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Randy, I am sure that there are lots of errors like this. Legacy obtained the GeoDB sources a number of years ago and they were the best available at the time. Think of the data as Modern, semi-historical. All of the English towns seem to be listed with their more or less historical counties,

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
Thanks for that explanation John. For me personally, while it explains why my sentences no longer appear like I planned them to, it does mean that I am going to have to go through each Event Definition to ensure it will read in an appropriate way. Not a problem in that respect, the bigger problem

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
Emily, If you wish for the child to show as a step-child in reports etc. then, yes, you do have to carry out the process which you suggest. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Emily Moore Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:22 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Folder cleanup

2013-12-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
Don, I am not entirely clear as to your meanings, so please feel free to come back to me if I am making a misinterpretation. For the record programs should never be deleted only uninstalled, once uninstalled them associated *program* files NOTE *not* data files. If you used the default Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Kathy, The default is to leave the Notes on. I have not seen a case where Legacy turned them off. Just now you have the option to turn them off either locally or globally if you choose. As for Sources, Option 7.10 controls their placement, before or after notes, when using the default sentences

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
OK, I am glad that you clarified this. Unfortunately, the level of granularity of the Media Relinker is still the entire hard drive -- which is a 2TB drive. So it took a long time to scan it. But even worse, in addition to the live Legacy database photo collection, it found two copies that I

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
I am back and found Brian's note and ran the Media Relinker, for which I sent a new note to the list. It worked but still left me wondering what to put in 6.2. After running Media Linker, option 6.2 still had the default C drive folder but clicking on the View Current List of Media Folders

Re: [LegacyUG] Folder cleanup

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Don, I concur with Ron and will make the further statement that I would give L8 a few weeks for this birthing to be complete before getting rid of anything with L7. Legacy has just too many hidden nooks and crannies that some folks might want to wait until they are sure they are whole with L8

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread Kathy Thompson
I understand all that John, my current issue is that what I had in my Notes field in 7.5, is now in the Description field after a : (colon) after whatever was already there (if anything) I don't mind if notes and or sources are default on or off, I can adjust that to suit me, what my issue with

[LegacyUG] Location database

2013-12-03 Thread Tony Rolfe
I haven't done anything except download and install V8 and then backup and convert my V7 file to v8. All the locations seem to be there. I've checked the folder containing the old V7 Geo database and the dates there are all earlier than 2010 - some as early as 2003. So, am I using the old

Re: [LegacyUG] Color of Individual's Information Screen

2013-12-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
Gee, nobody on this thread seems to know how to trim!! I’m often on a mobile and it becomes a real pain see Etiquette below. Bob, I think that you should report this as a bug. The screens actually have an option for the text to be changed, but it does not work. Clearly having this option, or

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
Thanks, John, But by the time I received your note, I already had received Brian's note and run the Media Relinker (with considerable problems, due to it having a level of granularity of a 2TB hard drive that had two other locations with folders with some of the same file names, so that I was

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Wesley, 1/ Many of the tester agree with you wholeheartedly that we would like the granularity of the relinker to be smaller.But for various technical and other reasons, that is what it is. At first, it did not even give us a choice of drives and just did them all. -- Lost media have been one of

Re: [LegacyUG] Custom Event Sentences in Legacy v8

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Kathy, I am a bit confused now. Please send me email privately with your details and examples and maybe I can make some progress with that. thanks, john. At 06:12 PM 12/3/2013, Kathy Thompson wrote: I understand all that John, my current issue is that what I had in my Notes field in 7.5, is now

Re: [LegacyUG] Location database

2013-12-03 Thread John B. Lisle
Tony, The content of the GeoDB has not really changed since it was first introduced. It definitely did not change between L7.x and L8. What I do not understand from your note is whether or not your L8 installation is able to use the GeoDB without re-installing it. Go to Tools Ribbon / Location

Re: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder

2013-12-03 Thread Wesley Johnston
Deleting the two copies and then regenerating the list did eliminate the need to go through the 2 copies plus the live version (which would probably have been about 1800 pairings = 600 x 3). I have four subfolders on Pix: Events, Locations, People, Sources. Sounds and Videos have no

Re: [LegacyUG] Location database

2013-12-03 Thread Ron Ferguson
Tony, It's simply not British is it? grin I do not use the Geo database at all, so cannot really help, I do know, however that there is now a unified one instead of the previous regional DBs. I have always found it pretty useless outside the US. I suspect that you are not quite correct in

Re: [LegacyUG] Location database

2013-12-03 Thread JV Leavitt
I have a question about this that I haven't seen answered yet. Where is the new location database file, that I installed a few days ago hiding? Before that, my v8 program was getting its location data okay, so I supposed it found it in the old Geo folder under the v7 Legacy folder. Out of

RE: [LegacyUG] Adding source showing that person is a step-child

2013-12-03 Thread Kurt Kneeland
Thanks John. I hadn’t thought it all the way through, and I knew that customize option had to be there somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. From: John B. Lisle [mailto:leg...@tqsi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 4:22 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adding

[LegacyUG] Compare Two Files

2013-12-03 Thread Dan Toshack
I have split the screen in Legacy 8 and accessed two similar files one has been updated with thousands of corrections and the other one has about 800 additional names. I would like to compare the two files and then merge/import ONLY the 800 additional names into the updated file. Also tried the

Re: [LegacyUG] Shared events

2013-12-03 Thread Glenn Woodman
Leonard, Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful replay. I've never used Shared Events before. You've opened my eyes to considering how to tap what appears to be a powerful feature. Glenn Woodman On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Leonard Johnson legacy8.swed...@gmail.comwrote: Glenn, I

[LegacyUG] Passage Express

2013-12-03 Thread Dan Toshack
Unable to start Passage Express from the Legacy 8 tool bar. I did see an earlier message on LUG but do not recall seeing a solution. Have not tried installing Passage Express again or is there a way to change Path to passage express.exe file in Legacy 8. Thanks Dan Legacy User Group

[LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5

2013-12-03 Thread John Bernacki
I had 2 unlinked families in the same file. Recently I finally found proof they were related so proceeded to the merge a husband and wife in family A, with the equivalent couple in family B. I had not used the merge tool before and found it a bit confusing. After several attempts, all of the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy V.7.5 and v.8 - Notes not converted

2013-12-03 Thread Pierre Simoneau
V.8 converted my v.7 .fdb file. Notes  (general) were not converted. What's the problem ? Pierre Simoneau 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] Legacy 8 Installation - GLBF797.tmp

2013-12-03 Thread Glenn Woodman
John, Thank you for the info. I now see that Legacy 8 is indeed installed in Program Files. I'm curious about one thing. I have a SSD where all application files are stored by default on the C: drive, and data files are stored on a regular drive labeled D:. On the C: drive is Legacy 7.5 in

Re: [LegacyUG] PP Alert Details Hang [was: Legacy 8]

2013-12-03 Thread Glenn Woodman
John, Thank you for the excellent information (as well as all the time and efforts you and many others have put into the release of Legacy 8). Regarding my issue with the PP alert causing the program to hang, I am very happy to report that Build 356 has indeed fixed it. Thank you, Millennia and

Re: [LegacyUG] Thank You

2013-12-03 Thread Glenn Woodman
What more is there to say? I couldn't say it any better than those above who beat me to it. Sincerely and thankfully, Glenn Woodman On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Mary LeClerc quiltingm...@gmail.com wrote: Couldn't agree more. I wouldn't dream of using anything but Legacy. Their customer

RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy V.7.5 and v.8 - Notes not converted

2013-12-03 Thread Paul Gray
I believe this is a bug. If you are using the standard (free edition) this is a known problem. They appear fine in Deluxe (paid). Rest assured, they are in the file, just temporarily invisible. If you are using Deluxe (paid), that’s a separate issue. Paul Gray From: Pierre Simoneau

Re: [LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5

2013-12-03 Thread JV Leavitt
I've found that my file would sometimes have strange anomalies after a merge if I didn't run the file maintenance options before and after the merge. As long as I abide by that principle, I have no such trouble. Joseph Leavitt On 12/3/2013 5:26 PM, John Bernacki wrote: I had 2 unlinked

RE: [LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5

2013-12-03 Thread Michele/Support
John, In the Family View (husband on left, wife on right), click the first icon under the husband (spouses icon). Unlink one of the spouses. I would check the wife too to make sure she doesn’t have an extra husband. If you are lucky, unlinking the extra spouse will fix the children. If

Re: [LegacyUG] Merge problem in Legacy 7.5

2013-12-03 Thread JV Leavitt
Thank you Michele, for providing what looks like the right solution. I was only making an observation from my experience. I do think it would be well for John to run file maintenance, at least after the merge, if he hasn't done so already. Joseph Leavitt On 12/3/2013 6:54 PM, Michele/Support

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