Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-11-01 Thread Mary Wilson
Settings:camera: format: check most compatible and all see jpgs On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 6:27 PM Ian Macaulay wrote: > Irfanview is my fav. Just open the file and save it as what you want. > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 5:07 PM Bill Hoff wrote: > >> iPhone converts pictures received or taken to a

Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-10-17 Thread Ian Macaulay
Irfanview is my fav. Just open the file and save it as what you want. On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 5:07 PM Bill Hoff wrote: > iPhone converts pictures received or taken to an “heic” extension. Legacy > does not support. Don’t really want to change phone application as a jpg > file takes more storag

Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-10-16 Thread Ian Thomas
I should have added that a later version is available here - https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/#downloads Info there - XnConvert is a fast, powerful and free cross-platform batch image converter. It allows to automate editing of your photo collections: you can rotate, convert and compress

Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-10-16 Thread Ian Thomas
The Apple format may be the same as many websites now use, invented by Google (WEBP) Possibly of use to some, is a free program for Windows that will convert from many image file formats to others (eg, to JPG) - it is Xnconvert. XnConvert Version 1.83 - windows (Jan 16 2020) - Libformat versio

Re: [LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-10-16 Thread Leon Chapman
Change your settings in iPhone to JPG. Makes life a lot simpler. Storage on iPhone is cheap - $1/mo fo 50 GB storage in iCloud. If you don’t want to do that, then get a photo program that converts Apple format to Jpg and do that for every photo you take and want to use in Legacy. That’s a pai

[LegacyUG] Media - Picture File Extension

2022-10-16 Thread Bill Hoff
iPhone converts pictures received or taken to an “heic” extension. Legacy does not support. Don’t really want to change phone application as a jpg file takes more storage it’s said. Tried saving the heic file on PC to jpg file but Legacy still won’t accept. Any help would be appreciated. Bill

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-18 Thread June
: [LegacyUG] Media Files I have been working with Legacy since version 3.0. I have had computers not wanting to start, files being corrupted or accidentally deleting a picture. If you value your pics, and the hours you spent, backing up to the cloud or a removable hard drive is a must. You

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-18 Thread M Sonnier via LegacyUserGroup
I have been working with Legacy since version 3.0.  I have had computers not wanting to start, files being corrupted or accidentally deleting a picture.  If you value your pics, and the hours you spent, backing up to the cloud or a removable hard drive is a must. You realize that backing up to t

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-17 Thread June
so much June From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Monday, 18 May 2020 2:02 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files June, It is always necessary to back up all your data including pictures off your computer and best practice is to backup to at

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-17 Thread Cathy Pinner
June, It is always necessary to back up all your data including pictures off your computer and best practice is to backup to at least 3 different places. If you are asking whether you need to copy into the default Legacy Media folder when you link an image in Legacy, then the answer is you ha

[LegacyUG] Media Files

2020-05-17 Thread June
Within my Pictures folder I have a folder – named Legacy - where I place all my photos and media associated with Legacy. Is it necessary then, to back up my media into another file. Thank you – June -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscript

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-15 Thread l...@cox.net l...@cox.net
users.com mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media > > There are several webinars but most seem to about capturing and organizing > media files. > > I did find this link: > https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=568

Re: [LegacyUG] Media ( Pictures ) ?

2019-10-11 Thread Brian Kelly
The broken media links indicate that a file which is currently linked to something in your data (person, event, source etc. See Chris Hill's reply) has been moved or the file name has changed. Legacy 9 includes a tool to help you find these missing files. It will search your hard drive(s) look

Re: [LegacyUG] Media ( Pictures ) ?

2019-10-11 Thread Chris Hill
via LegacyUserGroup" To: "Robert O. LaBonte Sr." ; "Legacy User Group" Cc: "Robert O. LaBonte Sr." Sent: 11/10/2019 15:42:20 Subject: [LegacyUG] Media ( Pictures ) ? To my User Group, I have had Legacy 9 Deluxe for over a year now and I still do not know how

[LegacyUG] Media ( Pictures ) ?

2019-10-11 Thread Robert O. LaBonte Sr. via LegacyUserGroup
To my User Group, I have had Legacy 9 Deluxe for over a year now and I still do not know how to attach pictures to my tree. I have asked this user group some time ago about this matter. My photos are all messed up. I always get this message ( There are 168 broken media links in the family file.

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-09 Thread Ron
On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: Friday, 4 October 2019 10:24 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media There are several webinars but most seem to about capturing and organizing media files. I did find this link: https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-06 Thread Holly Nelson
Vaughan] in sunny Sydney > > -Original Message- > From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of > Brian Kelly > Sent: Friday, 4 October 2019 10:24 PM > To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media > > There are several webinars but most seem to

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-05 Thread Valerie Garton
: Re: [LegacyUG] Media There are several webinars but most seem to about capturing and organizing media files. I did find this link: https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=568 to a webinar titled: Using Pictures with Legacy Family Tree it is not in the free list so you will need a

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-04 Thread Ron
*From:* LegacyUserGroup on behalf of Brian Kelly *Sent:* Friday, October 4, 2019 5:24 AM *To:* legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media There are several webinars but most seem to about capturing and organizing media files. I did find this link: https

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-04 Thread CE WOOD
The syllabus can be downloaded for free. ​CE From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of Brian Kelly Sent: Friday, October 4, 2019 5:24 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media There are several webinars but most seem to about capturing

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-04 Thread Brian Kelly
view the whole thing. That can get your started. Brian Kelly On 04-Oct.-19 7:15 a.m., Bobby Johnson wrote: From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 11:24 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Hello Gordon, Does this have a NAME. I've

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-04 Thread Bobby Johnson
https://familytreewebinars.com/ bgj -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 11:24 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Hello Gordon, Does this have a NAME. I've been unsuccessful finding a likely listing on th

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-03 Thread Ron
Hello Gordon, Does this have a NAME. I've been unsuccessful finding a likely listing on the LFT webinars site Regards Ron Burling On 3/10/2019 06:31, Gordon Tayor wrote: Have you watched Goeffs webinar on managing media -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To m

[LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-02 Thread Gordon Tayor
Have you watched Goeffs webinar on managing media. I highly recommend it. It is free in the LFT Webinar library. Assentualy, it is a media file for LFT. That you can use once built to attach the media to any person of multi persons in the file. Gordon -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-01 Thread Evelyn ..
I created a "Photo" event. Then attached the photo to the event and put any details from the back of the photo or any notes about the photo in the Photo event details. On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:40 AM Robert O. LaBonte Sr. via LegacyUserGroup < legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote: > I have been

[LegacyUG] Media

2019-10-01 Thread Robert O. LaBonte Sr. via LegacyUserGroup
I have been with Legace for some time now. I am still having a difficult time with my media ( pictures ). I have hundreds of pictures and don't know how to put them with my families sites. Could someone help me with this problem? Thanks ahead of time. -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUser

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ?

2019-01-20 Thread Dave Naylor
Hello Chris, If all else fails... one trick I've used for a few things like this is to generate a gedcom of your database. Obviously for this time you need to include graphic links. Then open the gedcom with a text editor and do a Search for part of the filename. The line with that filenam

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ?

2019-01-20 Thread Brian Kelly
The file is linked to one of the sources you have for Joseph Edgar Swann, it is not linked directly to him so you will not find it in his media Gallery. Open his attached sources and you will find the missing media linked to one of those. Hopefully the source names will give you the clue as to

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ?

2019-01-20 Thread Gloria DeSousa
It sounds like what I just went through. I can't remember the number of the error message that I was getting. When I looked it up, it said that last resort is to remove the program and re-install it. I eventually did, and no longer get that pesky message :-) On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 12:07 PM Chris

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ?

2019-01-20 Thread Chris Hill
Message -- From: "Chris Swann" To: "Legacy User Group" Sent: 20/01/2019 17:06:43 Subject: [LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ? All, I'm trying to sort out the mess I have created over the years with media files :-) and have got t

[LegacyUG] Media Files - unlinked, but where do I find the item ?

2019-01-20 Thread Chris Swann
All, I'm trying to sort out the mess I have created over the years with media files :-) and have got to the point where, when I remove a file which is duplicated, I end up with a message like this from the Media Relinker Missing Media Files in: C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Dat

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File separation

2018-08-17 Thread Cathy Pinner
Jerry, I guess you mean Washington State and not Western Australia as you're not part of my Legacy Group here :-D Yes you can keep your media in sub-folders of the one Media folder. You tell Legacy at Options - Customise 6.2 where that parent Media folder is. What sub-folders you use is up to

[LegacyUG] Media File separation

2018-08-17 Thread Jerry Case
In our Legacy User group here in WA it has been suggested that media files can be separated into groups (photos, PDFs, Documents, etc) as long as they are placed in files subordinate to the Legacy Media file location. Is this correct and, if so, does it make sense? Jerry Case -- -- LegacyU

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-12 Thread William (Bill) R. Linhart
e gallery. >> >> The Picture Gallery and Media Gallery really seem quite muddled at times. >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 12:18 AM >> *From:* "William (Bill) R. Linhart" >> *To:* "Legacy User Group" >> *Cc:* "Teresa Williams"

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-11 Thread William (Bill) R. Linhart
lery. > > The Picture Gallery and Media Gallery really seem quite muddled at times. > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 12:18 AM > *From:* "William (Bill) R. Linhart" > *To:* "Legacy User Group" > *Cc:* "Teresa Williams" > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG]

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-11 Thread Teresa Williams
Cc: "Teresa Williams" Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue I am experiencing EXACTLY the same problem.    My symptoms: (1)  preferred picture showing in family view  (2) no pictures showing in media gallery  (3) no pictures attached to this person according to picture gallery

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-11 Thread William (Bill) R. Linhart
I am experiencing EXACTLY the same problem. My symptoms: (1) preferred picture showing in family view (2) no pictures showing in media gallery (3) no pictures attached to this person according to picture gallery tool (4) in media gallery, no events have an * in the drop down indicating no picture

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-03 Thread Cathy Pinner
Teresa It sounds as if you simply attached to an event rather than direct to the individual. In the Media Gallery see a drop down arrow next to Individual. If you go up the list you'll find All which is All media linked to this individual (it doesn't include media linked to source citations fo

[LegacyUG] Media Gallery issue

2018-06-02 Thread Teresa Williams
I seem to have a lot of problems with the Media Gallery! I have just added 32 photos to 32 individuals. Now for 31 of them clicking on the Media Gallery icon in an individual's toolbar displays the gallery as expected. For the other one, nothing appears in the Media Gallery. But the picture is

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Centre problem

2018-03-11 Thread Cathy Pinner
the Family and Pedigree Views selected, and under that 'All Preferred'. Teresa *Sent:* Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 7:39 PM *From:* "Cathy Pinner" *To:* "Legacy User Group" *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media Centre problem What is your setting at Options - Customise 8.9? The image

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Centre problem

2018-03-10 Thread Teresa Williams
I have Show the Picture on each main person on the Family and Pedigree Views selected, and under that 'All Preferred'.   Teresa Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 7:39 PM From: "Cathy Pinner" To: "Legacy User Group" Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Centre problem What is

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Centre problem

2018-03-10 Thread Cathy Pinner
What is your setting at Options - Customise 8.9? The images may not be attached to the Individual direct but to one of their events. Check the Media Gallery for the person rather than the Picture Centre and from the drop down list that shows "individual" when you open it, move up to "all" or loo

[LegacyUG] Media Centre problem

2018-03-10 Thread Teresa Williams
Having an issue with Media Centre. An individual has an image attached - and it is visible in Family View. But it is not visible in the Media Centre (which is where I added it some weeks ago). If I add another image in the Media Centre, (1) the existing image is removed from Family View, and r

Re: [LegacyUG] Media not down-loading/adding to person

2017-09-21 Thread Jennifer Hardess
om> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media not down-loading/adding to person Are you sure that there isn't a window open in Legacy that is simply not visible to you at that moment? That is often the cause of what appears to be a freeze. Try using Alt-Tab to cycle through your open windows - hold you

Re: [LegacyUG] Media not down-loading/adding to person

2017-09-20 Thread Wendy Howard
Are you sure that there isn't a window open in Legacy that is simply not visible to you at that moment?  That is often the cause of what appears to be a freeze. Try using Alt-Tab to cycle through your open windows - hold your left thumb on the Alt key, and tap the Tab key as many times as you

[LegacyUG] Media not down-loading/adding to person

2017-09-19 Thread Jennifer Hardess
I am using Legacy 8, and am recently having trouble adding media to individuals in the media gallery. The legacy page freezes and I have to cntrl/alt/delete to get it started again, consequently losing all my pages open on the internet also. If I haven’t saved the most recent work in conjunction

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relink

2017-04-30 Thread Madeleine Mitchell
Thanks Cathy Madeleine E. Mitchell, Oak Hammock Gainesville, FL 32608-8902 USA 🎄Sent from my iPad > On Apr 30, 2017, at 1:27 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > > Madeleine, > It seems in this case it would be quicker to relink them yourself by going to > the gallery where they are linked. This inform

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relink

2017-04-29 Thread Cathy Pinner
Madeleine, It seems in this case it would be quicker to relink them yourself by going to the gallery where they are linked. This information is on the missing media list. When you click on the icons for the missing media, you get the choice to use the Media Relinker or to find them yourself. Yo

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relink

2017-04-29 Thread Madeleine Mitchell
Leon, thanks for your reply. I have specified the C: drive but the .tmp file or .docx file is in a Family Tree Maker Media folder on the C:drive. It takes about 20 mins for the for the relinker to search my C:drive. I have many media files, not Legacy ones. I did an add media to the perso

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relink

2017-04-29 Thread Leon Chapman
Madeleine; When using the Relinker, you just specify the Drive(s) you want to search (e.g., C:, D:). Normally, you would just select the C: drive. The Relinker will search the entire drive to find your picture files. When complete, you can choose to have them copied into the Legacy default M

[LegacyUG] Media Relink

2017-04-29 Thread Madeleine E. Mitchell
I have just updated to Legacy 9. I have 16 media files which need to be relinked. I know which file they are in. How do I tell the Re-linker what file to look in? It does not seem to allow for that situation. I have printed out the missing files and know who they are associated with, but

[LegacyUG] Media and document files

2017-04-29 Thread Ian Thomas
I have a general question about linked media files and other linked documents, which partly arises from Alan Thompson's recent post about the lf.jpg file or multiple files (news to me). I certainly don't want them (lf.jpg) attached to Legacy-generated outputs. Usually, I have scanned my docume

Re: [LegacyUG] Media V 9

2017-04-26 Thread Jennifer Crockett
, 26 April 2017 3:41 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media V 9 Jennifer, You don't have to move your media files! Just goto Options>Customize>6.Locations and on option 6.2 click on change and navigate to C:\Legacy and then click on Test All Media Folders to see if it miss

Re: [LegacyUG] Media V 9

2017-04-25 Thread Chris Hill
April 2017 14:35 To: LegacyUserGroup Subject: [LegacyUG] Media V 9 I upgraded from Legacy 7.5 straight to V 9 without using V 8. In V 7.5 my pictures were in a folder under C:Legacy. All the pictures are visible on my Family pages in Legacy 9. However, when I go to add a picture now it look

Re: [LegacyUG] Media V 9

2017-04-25 Thread R G Strong Genealogy
Jennifer, You don't have to move your media files! Just goto Options>Customize>6.Locations and on option 6.2 click on change and navigate to C:\Legacy and then click on Test All Media Folders to see if it missed any. On 4/25/2017 9:34 AM, Jennifer Crockett wrote: I upgraded from Legacy 7.

Re: [LegacyUG] Media V 9

2017-04-25 Thread Leon Chapman
It may find them automatically. If not, run the Media relinker Chap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com ⛳ > On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Jennifer Crockett > wrote: > > I upgraded from Legacy 7.5 straight to V 9 without using V 8. > > In V 7.5 my pictures were in a

[LegacyUG] Media V 9

2017-04-25 Thread Jennifer Crockett
I upgraded from Legacy 7.5 straight to V 9 without using V 8. In V 7.5 my pictures were in a folder under C:Legacy. All the pictures are visible on my Family pages in Legacy 9. However, when I go to add a picture now it looks in the default My Documents/Legacy Family Tree/Media. If I move my Pi

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-23 Thread Cathy Pinner
The new updates to Legacy 8 (8.0.0.601) and 9 (9.0.0.165) have added a routine to Check/Repair to check for these too long filenames and the log file should tell you what they are. I have yet to test it. First I have to add some files that have paths or names that are too long. Cathy Kris

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread Kris
I didn't know about the "path too long" problem, but I'm guessing I haven't run into it because, with a few exceptions, I use a numerical system for files. Early on, too many sources pertained to too many surnames and I found myself getting stuck as to how to name them with surnames. Once I d

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Priscilla, I assume your files are in multi-branching directories like mine are. My default location of media files: C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media\V\ >From there a typical path to a file is: Docs\Civil_Records\France\Dept_Meuse\Marriage_Villers_&_Gratriiau.jpg The combined

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread GORDON M TAYLOR
use it. You will love it and is solves the probem. Gordon Talor From: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of priscilla.gla...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 6:51:27 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking Does anyone not

[LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread priscilla.glasow
Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media? The media backup and Media Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the software for recording media any more. Yesterday I found out that the backups that I religiously did were not including masses of documents and media. In the

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Paths Par Two

2017-04-06 Thread Kris
That's the ticket, Brian! Thanks! :-) On 4/6/2017 11:30 AM, Brian Kelly wrote: Open Office is a free suite that includes a MS Access compatible data base manager. It can open your FDB file (Preferably a copy so you do not ruin your main file with any mistakes). Brian Kelly On 06-Apr-17 11:23

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Paths Par Two

2017-04-06 Thread Brian Kelly
Open Office is a free suite that includes a MS Access compatible data base manager. It can open your FDB file (Preferably a copy so you do not ruin your main file with any mistakes). Brian Kelly On 06-Apr-17 11:23 AM, Kris wrote: Greetings Fellow Carbon-Based Units! Trying to use LTools to u

[LegacyUG] Media Paths Par Two

2017-04-06 Thread Kris
Greetings Fellow Carbon-Based Units! Trying to use LTools to update my media links with the new document file names. Not working (0 records updates) and I've found LTools is using the default Legacy media path (C:\Users\Name\[etc]), not the media path in the family file. (1) I can't figure

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-09 Thread Chrystal Emory
Cathy thank you so much for this help. I appreciate it very much. Crystal On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > Crystal, > View - Master Lists - Media Folders List > You might want to use the Options to purge unused. > Also > Check out Tools - Gather my Media if you discover so

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-03 Thread Cathy Pinner
ner *Sent:* Thursday, February 2, 2017 4:56 PM *To:* Legacy User Group; genseek...@gmail.com *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations Crystal, View - Master Lists - Media Folders List You might want to use the Options to purge unused. Also Check out Tools - Gather my Media if you discover some

[LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-03 Thread Carol Boswell
User Group; genseek...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations Crystal, View - Master Lists - Media Folders List You might want to use the Options to purge unused. Also Check out Tools - Gather my Media if you discover some are not in your preferred folder hierarchy for media. It can

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-02 Thread Cathy Pinner
Crystal, View - Master Lists - Media Folders List You might want to use the Options to purge unused. Also Check out Tools - Gather my Media if you discover some are not in your preferred folder hierarchy for media. It can gather all media into a designated folder OR just media that is scattered

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-02 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 02-Feb-17 07:02 PM, Crystal Emory wrote: I thought I ask this question last week but have not seen it post to the board so maybe not. It did appear and Cathy posted an answer. Maybe not all the list mails are getting through to you. Check the archives (see below.) -- Jenny M Benson --

[LegacyUG] Media file locations

2017-02-02 Thread Crystal Emory
I thought I ask this question last week but have not seen it post to the board so maybe not. I noticed recently that my media files are not all in one location. Is there an easy way to make a list of all the locations with media files? I would like to have them all toether. Thank you Crystal --

Re: [LegacyUG] Media files

2017-01-29 Thread Cathy Pinner
Go to Tools - Gather My Media and click the Help button to read up on the tool you need. Cathy Crystal Emory wrote: I have noticed that I have media files in a number of locations. Any suggestions on how I would organize them into one location such as the location that Legacy would normally l

[LegacyUG] Media files

2017-01-29 Thread Crystal Emory
I have noticed that I have media files in a number of locations. Any suggestions on how I would organize them into one location such as the location that Legacy would normally locate them. Crystal -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and u

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2016-12-23 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
Thanks Cathy, I was able to do that and also find out what I needed to know. Wonderful!! Margaret On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:31 AM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > Margaret > > I don't think you can get that list. :( > > What you can get is a list of attached media and who it is attached to. > If you save

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2016-12-23 Thread Evert van Dijken
LTools has a query that finds individuals without a picture attached: "Pictures - Find Ind's w/o a Picture","SELECT tblIR.IDIR, tblIR.Surname, tblIR.GivenName FROM tblIR WHERE ((tblIR.IDIR <> 0) AND (tblIR.IDIR Not In (SELECT tblIR.IDIR FROM tblBR INNER JOIN tblIR ON tblBR.IDIR = tblIR.IDIR WHERE (

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2016-12-22 Thread Bill Duxbury
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 7:31 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files Margaret I don't think you can get that list. :( What you can get is a list of attached media and who it is attached to. If you save that as a PDF it is searchable. Reports - Other Reports - Scra

Re: [LegacyUG] Media Files

2016-12-22 Thread Cathy Pinner
Margaret I don't think you can get that list. :( What you can get is a list of attached media and who it is attached to. If you save that as a PDF it is searchable. Reports - Other Reports - Scrapbook OR View - Scrapbook Choose your options and then the Print Media File List button. Cathy Mar

[LegacyUG] Media Files

2016-12-22 Thread Margaret Gagliardi
I would like to see a list of the folks who have photos attached to each person in my tree and also see who does not have photos. Is there a way to do that? If so, instructions please. Thanks Margaret -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription an

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread William Boswell
Cathy Pinner Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 7:56 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Richard, The Media Relinker is NOT a recipe for disaster. It does not AUTO LINK files. When it finds files of the same name as the one that is missing it PRESENTS them for

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread Cathy Pinner
acyusers.com <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of *Richard Van Wasshnova *Sent:* December 15, 2016 1:15 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Hi George, On your laptop click: Options>Locations>under 6.2 Test all Media Folders

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread George
Sent: December 20, 2016 1:16 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Cathy, The media relinker seems like a recipe for disaster. If it should find a file with the right name in some off the wall folder it probably is not the sane file and I wouldn't wa

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread Brian Lightfoot
group-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of CE WOOD Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:01 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Starting in Windows 10, version 1607, MAX_PATH limitations have been removed from common Win32 file and directory functions. However, you must opt

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread Brian Lightfoot
Group [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of CE WOOD Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:01 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Starting in Windows 10, version 1607, MAX_PATH limitations have been removed from common Win32 file and dire

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread CE WOOD
: LegacyUserGroup on behalf of Richard Van Wasshnova Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 9:15 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Cathy, The media relinker seems like a recipe for disaster. If it should find a file with the right name in some off the wall folder it

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
ng 8,000 files. > > George > > *F rom:*LegacyUserGroup > [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of > *Richard Van Wasshnova > *Sent:* December 15, 2016 1:15 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer > > Hi George, > > On y

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-20 Thread Cathy Pinner
o:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com <mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com>] *On Behalf Of *Richard Van Wasshnova *Sent:* December 15, 2016 1:15 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer __ __ Hi George, On your laptop click: Options>Locations&g

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-19 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
acyusers.com] *On > Behalf Of *Richard Van Wasshnova > *Sent:* December 15, 2016 1:15 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer > > > > Hi George, > > On your laptop click: Options>Locations>under 6.2 Test all Media Folders. > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-19 Thread Cathy Pinner
Wasshnova *Sent:* December 15, 2016 1:15 PM *To:* Legacy User Group *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Hi George, On your laptop click: Options>Locations>under 6.2 Test all Media Folders. Tic the 2nd box "make a list of missing media" and Proceed. Are there missing Med

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-19 Thread George
PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Hi George, On your laptop click: Options>Locations>under 6.2 Test all Media Folders. Tic the 2nd box "make a list of missing media" and Proceed. Are there missing Media files? If not your only problem is the

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-17 Thread George
Thank you Richard. Been away for a few days. Will tackle this again soon and let you know.. George From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of Richard Van Wasshnova Sent: December 15, 2016 1:15 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-15 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova
Hi George, On your laptop click: Options>Locations>under 6.2 Test all Media Folders. Tic the 2nd box "make a list of missing media" and Proceed. Are there missing Media files? If not your only problem is the duplicates. If there are missing files let us know. On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Bria

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-14 Thread George
] On Behalf Of Brian Kelly Sent: December 14, 2016 3:22 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer Since you cannot restore your media files from within Legacy you cannot be overwriting media. That is why you are not seeing the warning about overwriting media. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-14 Thread Brian Kelly
Since you cannot restore your media files from within Legacy you cannot be overwriting media. That is why you are not seeing the warning about overwriting media. The difference in files on the desktop and the laptop probably means you have media files on the desktop which are not linked to anyt

[LegacyUG] Media File Transfer

2016-12-14 Thread George
I purchased a new laptop to take south with me this year. I have been able to transfer my data to it with no problem. The first time I transferred my media I followed the instructions available on Legacy's site. Everything seemed to go well. I decided to check the number of items in the media folde

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file names

2016-08-04 Thread Evelyn ..
I have 18,000+ individuals. There are way too many source files (almost 9,500) to keep straight especially when I may not know the full name at the time I find the file (some have initials, nickname, or partial name in the file). I use a combination of the old paper style & new digital files. Fold

Re: [LegacyUG] Media file names

2016-08-04 Thread Joyce Herzog
I use the RINs to track mine.I have dozens of Williams and somehave the same DOBs.I never renumber, but if I have to Delete someone I reuse the RIN. Joyce On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Martha Graham wrote: > Good Morning, > If I have three John Smith Death Certificates I use the following na

[LegacyUG] Media file names

2016-08-04 Thread Martha Graham
Good Morning, If I have three John Smith Death Certificates I use the following naming scheme: Smith,J-1884-1901 Smith,J-1902-1951 Smith,J-1740-1800 By using the dob-dod's, I can tell at a glance who is who. Same thing for Births, use the dob or yob along with the name. If I have two identical

Re: [LegacyUG] Media storage

2016-03-05 Thread Cathy Pinner
Carol, Take a look at your Media Paths list. Either at options - customise 6.2 or View - Master Lists - Media Folder List. There is a Legacy shortcut code available for the folder designated at 6.2 [Default Media Folder]\ If it is being used for all folder paths then all you have to do on anot

Re: [LegacyUG] Media storage

2016-03-05 Thread I Macaulay via LegacyUserGroup
16 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Media storage #yiv7278421671 #yiv7278421671 --.yiv7278421671hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv7278421671 body.yiv7278421671hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}#yiv7278421671 Which works fine if you always have access to the internet. There are ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Media storage

2016-03-05 Thread Martha Graham
Good Afternoon, If internet service is not available. Put all of the media files on a flash drive. Take it with you to use as reference, accessing the files by name. Legacy is not necessary to have with you when doing research. A simple pdf or rtf chart will work for quick lookups. Also using

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