On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:02:19 +1300, Wendy Howard
wrote:
>If you really don't like the way this mailing list operates, why don't
>you refuse to pay the subscription next time it is due? Oops, I
>forgot - it's FREE.
I'll tell you what I will do Wendy. To make you happy I'll unsubscribe
from the L
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:19:38 +, Ronald Bernier
wrote:
>While you may have "complained" about how the listserve behaves, it has not
>been your sole focus on this list.
It would be if I were an Opera user. Either that or I would be gone.
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:49:49 +, Ronald Bernier
wrote:
>You really are the only one that has spent more time complaining about the
>list server "issue" than you have asking or responding to legitimate questions
>on the list.
Ron,
I also have complained about the problems from the start. I
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:09:36 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>Clearly, they are sources, not events, and I prefer to use my
>Merriam-Webster roots to provide the correct definition.
Keep in mind that the Legacy field is called Event/Fact. So anything
goes.
>or an obituary is an event in someone's life beca
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:11:53 +1000, Lea-Anne Davison
wrote:
>Any suggestions on how to condense this information, perhaps to appear
>only once at the end of each family.
The only quick & dirty way I can suggest is to make the Census's Event
Definition "private".
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:47:19 +, Elizabeth
wrote:
>Well, yes, I think that is the case. Where should user files be found, please?
Before you try anything...
You say that the version on the new PC is 7.5.0.149. What was the
version on the old PC?
Ideally you should install the same version o
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:49:27 +, Elizabeth
wrote:
>I also loaded the new version of Legacy from the Legacy Home page but
>now my Tags are not shown anywhere. Also the ancestor colours no
>longer seem to be changeable. Can anyone explain whether this is due
>to the new version of Legacy (mine
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:18:21 +, Elizabeth
wrote:
>Thanks - you may just have to live with it!
We don't have to live with it. You do. If you look in the archives
you'll see that the list is only getting a single copy of your emails.
Only you are getting an extra copy.
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On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:24:23 -, "Alan Pereira"
wrote:
>I would prefer to apply one or more sources to the whole birth event and not
>have to apply them separately to parts of the birth event.
I don't think this suggestion will ever see the light of day as a Legacy
enhancement.
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On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:23:01 -0500, Brian Lehman
wrote:
>Suggestions?
Boot your PC and try again?
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On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:49:46 +, Elizabeth
wrote:
>I have exported a descendant report, via rtf, to Word but am puzzled
>by various additions to the text which appear to have inserted
>themselves.
Have you ever opened an RTF file in a plain text editor? That's the kind
of things you would see
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:24:36 -0800, CE WOOD wrote:
>The tech specs: "Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista - GENViewer is a 32-bit
>program."
>
>
>Does that mean I cannot use it because I have 64-bit Windows 7?
32-bit programs (like Legacy) can run on 64-bit Windows. I suspect the
tech specs were n
Past experience says that using "date last modified" might not get you
everything. For example, if you change something in an event/fact or
citation.
Dennis
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:28:03 -0800, Allen Watson
wrote:
>You can find by date last modified
>
> Original Message
> Fr
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:31:48 -, "Jack Earnshaw"
wrote:
>Is it possible to, effectively, "copy & paste" a person to create a second
>person with the same name and details?
>
>I have an ancestor where I have now discovered that I have made a mistake.
>His mother was Martha Earnshaw, but not the
>I just finished my portfolio for the Board for the Certification of
>Genealogists (BCG). During that process I found that my SW sources did not
>match the Evidence Explained formats exactly and instead of being able to copy
>and paste, I had to hand type them correctly. I am seriously thinking a
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:45:11 +1030, "Mark Lang"
wrote:
>> Technical Support first responded with: "Unfortunately, when the
>> programmers change settings options for
>> reports or web pages, this is going to happen. There's no way around
>> it."
There is a way around it, but the programmers don't
Keep in mind that NOT EVERYTHING that gets fixed is itemized in the
Release Notes.
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:21:22 -0600, Laird wrote:
>OK Mike,
>I did not file the original bug report.
>Please tell me how to do this.
>Laird
>
>On 2/5/2012 11:58 AM, Mike Fry wrote:
>> On 2012/02/05 19:19, Laird wro
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:22 +1100, Tony Rolfe
wrote:
>Ah, cracked it now. The advanced Tagging feature of LTools has an
>ancestors plus option and setting the "Generations from trunk" to
>something huge and including spouses, seems to tag all blood relations
>attached to the ancestor side.
Tha
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:55 +1100, Tony Rolfe
wrote:
>I don't suppose there is anyone clever enough to show me the SQL?
>Ideally, in two separate bits - one to set the tags and the other to do
>the search and replace?
The tagging can be done with Legacy using its Advanced Tagging feature.
Let's
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:29:53 -0500, Ron Bernier
wrote:
>Outlook has absolutely no problems sorting Legacy messages into appropriate
>threads.
I doubt if Outlook is sorting it "properly". Yes, it is probably sorting
it under the appropriate Subject, but it is not sorting it under the
message it
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:01:21 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen
wrote:
>Agent? I used to use Agent ages ago, but that was only for reading
>newsgroups/usenet.
>Is it the same program that has evolved into handling email too?
Yes.
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:37 +1100, Tony Rolfe
wrote:
>I want to concentrate on my blood-line first, so is there a way to untag
>everyone who is not some sort of blood relation?
You might want to have a look at this thread...
http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/msg16791.
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:40 +1100, Tony Rolfe
wrote:
>Is there any way to tag all descendants of a specific individual and
>then, if their birth and christening locations are both blank, set the
>birth location to "Australia"?
Probably not without using SQL.
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:57:25 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>So, the question is - should I / do some of you change this to a safer
>setting when not working with Legacy or do you worry about this setting
>at all?
Do you have Legacy installed in the recommended C:\Legacy\ folder?
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:19:57 -0500, Marnie Oakes
wrote:
> Any hints on how to do run check/repair without problems?
Most of the time Check/Repair produces a log of what it is fixing and
why. I would make a backup, then run Check/Repair. Then I would look for
problems. If at this point you find
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:55:29 -0500, "Eldon Wade"
wrote:
>I would appreciate help with the sizing of my Legacy screens. I have a 23"
>monitor and on most screens the bottom of the screen are cut off preventing
>me from seeing the Save, Help, and Cancel buttons.
Do you know how to resize (or move
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:52:27 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>What field do you think should be used for different spellings, if not AKA?
I created a custom event called ... Alt. Spelling. ;-)
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:37:16 +, Jenny M Benson
wrote:
>Dennis will be along
>in a minute to tell you if Ltools will do that (I know it works for
>combining Basic and SW Sources.)
It won't.
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:39:14 -0800 (PST), Ron Taylor
wrote:
>The obvious continuation of development on v7 is evidence that all efforts are
>concentrated on getting it clean before focusing on a new major release.
Millennia has jumped to a new major release without fixing the existing
bugs befor
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:39:27 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>What do you mean by "can be shared?" When I put text into one of the
>"burial notes" as a test, it does not show up in the other note.
There are two separate tables we are dealing with. When you enter text
in a Burial Note (click the + and then
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:23:48 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>However, if you click on Burial Address, you also have a NOTES tab from
>that window and apparently these notes don't show up in the same place.
These notes (Address Notes) are associated with the address rcd, which
can be shared. The Burial Note
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:06:23 -, "Gensearcher"
wrote:
>How do I clear relationships
Look in the Help under Set Relationships.
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:37:19 -, "Gensearcher"
wrote:
>I don't know how to get rid of the relationship
>How do I do it
Clear all relationships and recompute them.
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:28:17 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen
wrote:
>What was actually the response 2 years ago (and later?)?
Deafening silence from Millennia on the LUG.
I submitted it as a bug report and the reply I got said they would
submit a bug report to the maker of the listserv. I don't know if
Replying to Brian because the OP did not post in plain/text...
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:48:36 -0500, Brian/Support
wrote:
>> What I see in GedPad Pro is an issue with the Death field â if this
>> field is blank (i.e. no date or place on it) for any individual â it is
>> then annotated with a Y
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen
wrote:
>What is strange is that when I reply to a message it does get properly
>threaded when I eceive it back from the listserver.
>No other threading happens though. Maybe it's an Opera-only "feature"?
That happens to me also. Here is my exa
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:33:47 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen
wrote:
>Looks like this is a general for several people, and not just Opera users?
I don't have the problem you originally reported. I use Agent 5.0.
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:57:26 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen
wrote:
>The reason for that is because it uses the List-Id header field in a
>non-standard way.
And if you go back to Dec 2009 (shortly after the list came back online
with new list software) you'll see a thread I started with this...
>>Legac
>The tiff and bmp files can also be edited, so they are NOT non-destructive!
Ron was referring to the fact that .jpg's can lose information if they
are simply opened AND THEN re-saved. See "lossy" vs. "lossless".
It is probably a good idea to store the master copy of an image in a
"lossless" form
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:59:58 +, Jenny M Benson
wrote:
>The OP wants to convert multiple files from .bmp to .jpg and then needs
>to tell Legacy to look for the files which are now, in effect, renamed.
Then they need to learn SQL and use some tool (hint) to fix this. There
are other alternativ
Try renaming it in Picture Center. From the Help...
"Rename
You can change the name of the currently highlight file in the Picture
Filename List by clicking the Rename button. The file is then renamed
on disk. If the file has a + in the U column, any links to this picture
within your family fil
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:05 +0800, 2marion wimps <2wi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>The changes are in the file I have relinked so nothing is making sense.
The only other thing I can think of is that for some reason you OPENED a
6 month old .fdb in Legacy, added some data, and backed it up thinking
you
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:40:11 +0800, 2marion wimps <2wi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Now it seems I either have the choice of relinking all the photos or
>taking an old file and working out all the changes I have made (which
>are reasonably numerous)
I would double check to see if those changes are even
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:53:53 -0500, "Lee Irons"
wrote:
>Of course. Another way to accomplish enhancement #4 (and make a much more
>efficient database) is to reconfigure the data structure of the database so
>that a single source citation/detail record can be linked to any number of
>events in
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:31:00 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>Is there an option in Legacy (or perhaps LTools) to remove all the
>instances where there is a source listed under UNSPECIFIED?
Don't think Legacy has this feature, but in LTools "Run Raw SQL", or MS
Access, run the following DELETE query...
DEL
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:02:50 +0800, 2marion wimps <2wi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I am using Windows 7 Legacy Deluxe v 7.5.0.112. I backup every other
>time I use Legacy and yesterday made a mess of some entries so I
>decided to restore the files from the previous backup (as I have done
>before if real
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:02:50 +0800, 2marion wimps <2wi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I have gone to Options/Customise/Locations/View Current List of
>Multimedia Locations and none of the paths line up with where my files
>are
Can you give us an example of how they don't line up?
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:10:05 -0500, "Lloyd L. Hite"
wrote:
> How do I do a search for all persons with a burial place and the burial
> source is blank?
Have you tried the Missing Sources tab on the Search screen?
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:21:50 -0500, wrote:
>Your "Add Events" in LTools looks like what I am looking for.
The way I read your original post, I was under the impression that you
had already added the events. But if you haven't, then my "Add Events"
should make your life easier.
>I also am interes
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:05:39 -0500, wrote:
>It just seems like Millenia was on their way to doing it, but then just didn't
>finish the development before releasing the advanced sourcing capability. And
>then they just never got back to it.
I can't read minds so I don't know if Millennia had pl
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:37:34 -0500, wrote:
>Through Advanced Sourcing, I would like to link the Source Citation/Detail on
>my
>Source Clipboard to one selected event (identified by the same Event Type,
>Date,
>Place, and Description) that is common to all individuals or marriages I have
>selecte
On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:10:55 -0500, Jerry
wrote:
>Is there an easy way to combine these files and include
>his name for the things he contributed and my name and sources for the
>things I contributed?
First import his GEDCOM into a new .fdb. Clean that up to your liking.
Then use Advanced Sourci
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:33 +1000, J Richard Nickel
wrote:
>Hmm, interesting. The number of individuals and the number of families
>are the same in both files. However, the number of unique surnames is
>(old/new) 547/406 (a HUGE discrepancy), and the number of Master Source
>entries is (old/ne
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:30:18 +1000, J Richard Nickel
wrote:
>Other than the File Management routines, is there any other testing I
>can perform to 'prove' the original fdb?
Do the number of individuals look OK? Maybe, after doing a backup on the
NEW .fdb, run a Legacy Check/Repair on it to see i
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:16:43 +1000, J Richard Nickel
wrote:
>Yes, Legacy appears to be working perfectly.
The only thing I can think of trying is to use Legacy to export your
data to a NEW Legacy database. Then try opening that one in Access.
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On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:57:39 +1000, J Richard Nickel
wrote:
>I receive the following error message when trying to open an .fdb file
>with MS Access:
>
>"This database is in an unexpected state; Microsoft Access cant open it.
>
So does Legacy still work with this database?
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:11:15 -0600, "Nancy J Corey"
wrote:
>Wondering if there's a way to do a surname only report--a report from a
>specific individual, but only the patriarch line??
You could export the line to another Legacy file and then run one of the
existing reports off of that file?
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:01:59 -0500, Brian Lehman
wrote:
>I have noticed,in the the LUG Archives,some of the messages are
>displayed in a kind of faded out look and the links don't work.
>Some messages are as usual OK, but some would display lighter that others.
>Is this a problem with my computer
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:16:24 -0500, ci...@treadles.ca wrote:
>A very large gedcom file I imported a few months ago entered the
>author's name as an "Unspecified" source for everyone in the entire
>file. Since then I have had the chance to borrow all the original
>material used to compile this ged
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:41:47 -0800, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>I was referring to personal information on individuals, not
>"commercial" Facebook sites!
Without getting into the source vs. repository argument, I think it is
entirely proper to use these facts (actually assertions) if one chooses
to
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:06 -0500, s megraw
wrote:
>I created a Child Status "Died in infancy". Legacy has the option of
>displaying this in the Family View. Is there a way to show it in Descendant
>reports?
Do you have an actual date of death for this individual? If not, Legacy
allows you to
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:18 -0800, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook???
You might be friends with a relative that listed their birthdate on
Facebook.
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:55:46 -0500, Robert57P_gmail
wrote:
>I don't see anything about "Henry Numbers" or "Blood line" or anything
>like that in the LTools writeup.
It's a deluxe feature. See "Set Special User IDs" on this page...
http://zippersoftware.com/wp/ltools/current-ltools-features/delu
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:18:40 -, "Genealogy"
wrote:
>Why use the street address in any location when Legacy has an address section
>available for all events
Because some people prefer the way it displays in reports and web pages?
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:34:38 -, "Alan Pereira"
wrote:
>I haven't tested this but go to your oldest bloodline ancestor. Do a
>miscellaneous search.
>Select that ancestor and chose select "Add an idividual and Descendants" then
>on the following Descendant options select only his spouse (thi
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:52:15 +, Elizabeth
wrote:
>I started my database about ten years ago with few sources and I am
>now trying to remedy that. I have a whole family tree on Legacy which
>came down through the family and I would like to assign it as a source
>to many many people. How can
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:24:39 +1100, Tony Rolfe
wrote:
>That facility doesn't exist for Location Notes. It should.
Since Location Notes don't appear in reports or web pages (AFAIK), I
would suggest that you just include a comment in the Location Note
itself. I don't really see a need to complica
On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:31:35 -0400, Brian/Support
wrote:
>Legacy does not support same sex couples. To enter the couple you will
>have to falsely indicate that one member is male. If you have MS Access
>there are steps you can do to change that male to female but then there
>are implications wher
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:42:11 -, "Malcolm Green"
wrote:
>As far as I'm aware, this only affects reports; when editing notes etc. in
>Legacy, the text appears correct, which is why I wasn't aware of the problem
>until now.
Malcolm,
In the file I repaired I could see the extra lines in Legac
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:07:56 -, "Malcolm Green"
wrote:
>This problem was fixed in Families Sync 1.2.0 released on June 21.
Does this release go back and repair the problem the next time the file
is sync'ed?
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:44:52 -, "Alan Pereira"
wrote:
>Even breaking the query down with advanced tagging will end up with the same
>results.
You can do it with Access or LTools. Using Jenny's example, the query
would look something like ...
SELECT tblIR.IDIR AS RIN
FROM (tblET INNER JOIN t
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:24:50 -, "Alan Pereira"
wrote:
>That suggests the "AND" operators are not working properly.
No, it is working properly ... just not the way you expect.
In English, Jenny's query looks something like...
Find all individuals with an event where EventName equals "England
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:48:53 -0500, "M. Brenzel"
wrote:
>I know that the notes are correct. They printed correctly in previous
>versions. I am not sure but I think that the added lines have just appeared
>in 7.5.0.112.
This is interesting. I helped one other user fix her file about a week
ago
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:12:07 -, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>LTools has a routine which works from the oldest down...
Not exactly.
http://ltoolshelp.zippersoftware.com/#39-en
In the right hand pane (scroll about halfway down) there is a section
entitled "How It Works".
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:10:49 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova
wrote:
>I don't have Access on this computer (just ltools). Access may be able
>to reformat that field to date format to make them all standard dates.
No. I believe the field is designed as Text(30). It is not a Date field.
Any formatting
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:29:01 -0400, "MarksLady"
wrote:
> Any other idea's? It's not sending the file is just too big! HELP!
I will reply off-list.
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:08:11 -, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>I would agree that it should, however I have seen reports (Graham? Seaver)
>which have shown that an export to a GEDCOM and an import back into Legacy
>will not return the source in a Source Writer format. I have also tested
>this myself t
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 06:47:10 -0400, "MarksLady"
wrote:
> I'm not using any notes with photo's, so I guess that leaves that out.
> Almost 99.9% of the notes involved are research notes.
This can probably be fixed with some simple SQL. I'd suggest sending me
a backup .zip OFF-LIST and I'll take
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:16:01 -, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not
>export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw.
I wouldn't say it's GEDCOM's fault. Software developers have the option
of exporting non-standard GEDCOM tags (Le
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:55:49 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell
wrote:
>I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for
>me.
Except for the export part.
>I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my
>original file. :-/ I don't know enough about tagging in Legacy to
>kn
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell
wrote:
>I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their
>siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and
>use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at
>least not at the moment.
>
>It woul
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:32:31 -0700, CE Wood wrote:
>No. When I clear the tags, former ancestors remain tagged.
Robert said to "clear ALL tags" ... IOW check "Untag", set the correct
Tag #, and press the "Everyone" button. At least this is the procedure
in V6. In your original post (not plain tex
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:12:50 -0700, Vivian Gullickson White
wrote:
>I had unchecked the box "Prompt for Detail" on the source detail
>screen.
No, you unchecked the box on the Source Clipboard screen. The Source
Detail screen does not have this checkbox (it wouldn't make sense
there).
>When I "un
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:27:06 +0100, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>I know the process by which a Database is updated
I was addressing the not-so knowledgeable with my explanation. ;-)
>Your observations
>should, however, convince the doubters!
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I personally would disc
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:24:26 +0100, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>I think that you are correct, but it is confusing! At the end of a session
>ie. when exiting Legacy a message appears saying "updating drop box" - or
>similar. However if one has Legacy open an another PC at the same time
>*Definitely Dan
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:14:54 +1100, "Erica Portelli"
wrote:
>if the interaction is all on my PC until the programme is closed that would
>remove the worry of the saves not transferring quickly enough.
That is not correct. I just did a little test. Dropbox will sync your
local copy with the clou
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:05:50 -0700 (PDT), BF wrote:
>Dennis, by the time I go through the frustration of trials, errors, Task Mgr,
>restart, etc. I don't rem which marriage it was hung on. However, when I
>attempt to look at any marriage icon, they come up when I open Legacy again.
>If it h
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:27:39 -0700 (PDT), BF wrote:
>I got hung up on marriages with a blank screen again this a.m. Used Task Mgr
>close again.
Is this repeatable? If you restart Legacy and go to that screen does it
hang again?
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Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:08:15 +0100, "Alan Pereira"
wrote:
>I do not use dropbox but am supposing it to be a web based product. That
>being the case, if you attempted to open the Legacy file from dropbox would
>that not use the file using Internet temporary storage locations?
No. That's not ho
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:18:23 +1100, "Erica Portelli"
wrote:
>Dennis, I went to the Legacy customise backup screen: Select name and location
>for data backup: and directed the backup to the Dropbox folder, so the zip
>backup went there each time I closed Legacy.
>Do you mean you would have phys
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:33:25 +0100, "Ron Ferguson"
wrote:
>Hope you see this, Dennis, what do you think?
Hi Ron,
Thanks for reposting in plain text.
Speaking to Betty's very last problem...
AFAIK, tblXI (deleted individuals) and tblXM (deleted marriages) get
populated when the user chooses to
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:17:29 -0400, "BG Johnson" wrote:
>I believe that this is a case where separate fields would have been better.
I cannot say without more study. But given that the location fields
probably came long before some of the other features that use them now
(geolocs, mapping, isear
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:23 +1100, "Erica Portelli"
wrote:
>By coincidence when the first incident happened a week ago I had just
>started to use Dropbox as a backup after hearing so many good reports. I'm
>wondering if this is somehow connected as I've never had this problem
>before.
Exactly
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:52:48 -0400, "BG Johnson" wrote:
>1. It is my opinion that a single field in a database that uses a csv
>format within the field is poor design.
Being a retired IT professional, I would not make a blanket statement
like that. It all depends on HOW the data is used.
I
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:05:49 -0400, Kirstin
wrote:
>Then I tried to go back into the Picture Center and it crashes. Every time.
>
>I've already tried check/repair and rebooting my computer. I am using
>Windows 7 and Legacy 7.5.0.112.
>
>Is this a bug?
Crashes are certainly a bug. Report it at
ht
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:09:00 +0100, Joan Kemp wrote:
>though it would be great to be
>able to save searches & just click on them
You can.
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:14:10 -0700, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>They won't show in the Picture Gallery for the individual becuase
>they're not attached to the individual nor will they show in Picture
>Center.
They are indirectly attached and they could be shown if the programmers
wanted to. Not tryi
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:37:36 -0400, Jerry
wrote:
>Dennis, what about when a Legacy file or gedcom gets transferred to a website?
> Will the "probably" still be ignored?
It should get transferred as if it were just another location. The
prepositions file is just a list of prepositions that are t
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:55:28 -0700, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>According to the Help file under Location: Adding, it says
I was looking at something in the help file the other day and seem to
remember seeing the use of as a way to express an
educated guess. At least that what I remember reading. I
On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:20:24 -0700, "Sherry/Support"
wrote:
>If you click on the icon just below the information for the individual
>in the Family View, then you will get only the To-Dos for that
>individual.
By default. But you can go to the drop-down and change Individual to
General or All. If
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