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-Original Message-
From: Al Mieswinkel
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:54 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
Excuse me for "jumping" into this discussion but I could not ignore this
subject. I know
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-Original Message-
From: Al Mieswinkel
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:54 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
Excuse me for "jumping" into this discussion but I could not ignore this
subject. I know
Thank you.
-Original Message-
From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk]
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 5:43 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
On 18/12/2011 00:54, Al Mieswinkel wrote:
> You
On 18/12/2011 00:54, Al Mieswinkel wrote:
> You may have already specified why in some message that I missed, but
> what is the technical reason that Legacy has to look for bitmaps and
> not .jpg?
Because the OP had saved pictures in bitmap format originally, so Legacy
knew the files as xxx.bmp.
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From: Al Mieswinkel
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:54 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
Excuse me for "jumping" into this discussion but I could not ignore this
subject. I know many engineers, artists and pho
Al Mieswinkel would like to recall the message, "[LegacyUG] Changing linked
pictures from bmp to jpg".
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--Original Message-
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 11:49 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
That's essentially the same as renaming the file. Legacy is looking for a .b
Thanks everyone.
You have confirmed that I either need to do it the brute force way (one at
a time) or use Dennis's hint and learn SQL.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:59:58 +, Jenny M Benson
> wrote:
>
> >The OP wants to convert multiple
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
Correct - what I meant by "essentially the same as renaming" is that
the file now has a new name and Legacy can't find it on its own. The
file is linked as sherry.bmp and you have to tell it that it's now
sherry.jpg.
If a file has just been moved, Legacy knows the file name and can look
for it, bu
On 16/12/2011 16:48, Sherry/Support wrote:
> That's essentially the same as renaming the file. Legacy is looking
> for a .bmp file, not a .jpg file.
I think that's very misleading.
If you have a file which Legacy knows as sherry.bmp you can rename it
sherry.jpg and tell Legacy to look for that i
e: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
That's essentially the same as renaming the file. Legacy is looking
for a .bmp file, not a .jpg file.
Best to make sure that pictures are in the final location and have the
correct name and file type before linking to Legacy.
Si
That's essentially the same as renaming the file. Legacy is looking
for a .bmp file, not a .jpg file.
Best to make sure that pictures are in the final location and have the
correct name and file type before linking to Legacy.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Fri, Dec
On 16/12/2011 12:03, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote:
> 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
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
>
>bmd files end with bmd, jpg files end with jpg
>So,
>xxx.bmd when converted to a jpg file is
>xxx.jpg and Legacy can't find it.
>Does that help explain my proble
naming the Large files then make a copy, reduce the copy and
save with the name of the original file.
Shirley
NZ
- Original Message -
From: Bruce Jones
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:05 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
I ha
ay, December 16, 2011 7:05 PM
> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
>
> I have several pictures linked as source detail multimedia that are LARGE
> bmp files. I would like to change them to much smaller jpg files.
> Creating new jpg files is easy. However, since t
How about renaming the Large files then make a copy but save the copy with the
name of the original file.
Shirley
NZ
- Original Message -
From: Bruce Jones
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:05 PM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures
bject: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg
I have several pictures linked as source detail multimedia that are LARGE bmp
files. I would like to change them to much smaller jpg files.
Creating new jpg files is easy. However, since they are linked to quite a
few source d
I have several pictures linked as source detail multimedia that are LARGE
bmp files. I would like to change them to much smaller jpg files.
Creating new jpg files is easy. However, since they are linked to quite a
few source detail citations, is there a way to change all these source
detail multi
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