Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
2011/6/9 Bruce Jones : >> Would it help if a warning appears telling the user that more than one >> source is on the clipboard and do yo want to continue, Yes or No? A warning that could be turned off by the user... -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://gr

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Vary
> I absolutely agree. There are lots of ways to screw up your database, >> >>> and I've found a number of them, but don't dumb down the product. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -Original Message- >> >>> From: Dennis M

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Vary
[mailto:juicebo...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 1:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources Would it help if a warning appears telling the user that more than one source is on the clipboard and do yo want to continue, Yes or No? On Thu, Jun

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread cranberryfrog
Excellent idea, Bruce From: Bruce Jones Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 1:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources Would it help if a warning appears telling the user that more than one source is on the clipboard and do yo want to continue, Yes or No

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Evert van Dijken
There are lots of ways to screw up your database, >> >>> and I've found a number of them, but don't dumb down the product. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -Original Message- >> >>> From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Bruce Jones
gt;>> I absolutely agree. There are lots of ways to screw up your database, > and I've found a number of them, but don't dumb down the product. > >>> > >>> > >>> -Original Message- > >>> From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:ko

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Larry McCumber
solutely agree.  There are lots of ways to screw up your database, and >>> I've found a number of them, but don't dumb down the product. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message- >>> From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com] >>

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Sorry for the wrong attribution on the previous email. >If the programmers leave it alone it's ok for me ; ) (the feature >isn't part of legacy anymore). It is part of my copy of Legacy ... because I refused to upgrade! It was too useful to give up. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoft

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:21:51 -0400, Bob Vary wrote: >If the programmers leave it alone it's ok for me ; ) (the feature >isn't part of legacy anymore). It is part of my copy of Legacy ... because I refused to upgrade! It was too useful to give up. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftwa

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Vary
rking well for them. It seems to me that instead of greasing the squeaky wheel you decided to remove it. -Original Message- From: Evert van Dijken [mailto:evandij...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 11:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending so

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dan Bateham
Ditto. I miss this feature. Dan -Original Message- From: Bob Vary Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:26 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources I absolutely agree. There are lots of ways to screw up your database, and I've found a number of

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Evert van Dijken
oduct. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com] >> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:17 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources >> >> On Thu, 9 Jun 20

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:26:51 -0400, Bob Vary wrote: >There are lots of ways to screw up your database, and I've found a number of >them I've accidentally pasted wrong citations into my database when I only had one citation in the clipboard! (I forgot to copy the citation I wanted into the clipb

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Tim Rosenlof
#x27;t dumb down the product. > > > -Original Message- > From: Dennis M. Kowallek [mailto:kowal...@iglou.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 8:17 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources > > On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:31:40 +02

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Bob Vary
yUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:31:40 +0200, Evert van Dijken wrote: >And to add it an option doesn't seem ok to me, because users will use >that option and a lot of family files will get corrupted again. Leave it for the users to decide. -- De

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:31:40 +0200, Evert van Dijken wrote: >And to add it an option doesn't seem ok to me, because users will use >that option and a lot of family files will get corrupted again. Leave it for the users to decide. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/inde

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Randy Clark
I tend to agree with Evert. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Evert van Dijken wrote: > A lot of family files got corrupted because of that feature (sources > added to the wrong events and the wrong individuals because users > didn't realise there were 2 or more sources added to the source > clipbo

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Evert van Dijken
A lot of family files got corrupted because of that feature (sources added to the wrong events and the wrong individuals because users didn't realise there were 2 or more sources added to the source clipboard). And to add it an option doesn't seem ok to me, because users will use that option and a

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread cranberryfrog
I am so glad I am not the only person that misses this feature! michele 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 No

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread my genealogy email
menu. 5-104 Russ Strong From: Kathy Meyer Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:44 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources I wish I could see this function in person. I am so totally lost as to how that would work and why it would save so much time. I also

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Kathy Meyer
function be put back in? Since they obviously already have the code, it > should be fairly easy to re-implement. > > > > *From:* CE WOOD [mailto:wood...@msn.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:09 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] a

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
>Really, how many times do we cite three sources >on multiple people? I don't use it for that. I use it when I am cleaning up citations. For example, if I have 3 citations attached to a General Note, and I later create an Event/Fact to replace the General Note, I can easily copy all 3 citations in

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Denis Xenos
t; couldn't hack it.  A real loss for the program. > > CE > > - Original Message - > From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources > I just wonder why

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Pereira
@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources That's too bad. I would say that I have 'grown into' many Legacy features and I wouldn't have used that feature in the beginning but I can certainly see the usefulness of it now. I suppose if it were so complicated as to tak

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread BG Johnson
, 2011 12:47 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources That's too bad. I would say that I have 'grown into' many Legacy features and I wouldn't have used that feature in the beginning but I can certainly see the usefulness of it now. I s

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread CE WOOD
Yes. - Original Message - From: Alan Pereira<mailto:alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:37 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources Thanks for keeping me in

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread CE WOOD
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources That's too bad. I would say that I have 'grown into' many Legacy features and I wouldn't have used that feature in the beginning but I can certainly see the usefulness of it now. I suppose if it were so complicated as to take more time

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Alan Pereira
@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources The only reason given was that it was just too complicated for some folks. All of us who liked it didn't comment, and they listened to the folks who couldn't hack it. A real loss for the program. CE - Original Message -

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Kathy Meyer
oup@LegacyUsers.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:09 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources > > I just wonder why they took the capability to do away [image: Sad smile] > > michele > > > *From:* BG Johnson > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2011 10

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread CE WOOD
to:cranberryf...@cobridge.tv> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com<mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources I just wonder why they took the capability to do away michele From: BG Johnson<mailto:b...@brme

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
>This can still be done. You can load up to ten sources on the source >clipboard. See the help file for source clipboard for detailed instructions. >I also suggest you view the webinars Geoff gave in the past couple of weeks on >entering a death certificate and a marriage record. The training tu

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread BG Johnson
[mailto:cranberryf...@cobridge.tv] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 10:02 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources You can SAVE 10 different clipboards, this I know. But can you ASSIGN more than once source at the same time with one click? michele Legacy User Group

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread BG Johnson
. The training tutorials are also great in explaining this. bgj From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv [mailto:cranberryf...@cobridge.tv] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] appending sources Many versions ago, you would append the clipboard

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread cranberryfrog
I can’t type today! I should be you COULD append the clipboard and you COULD copy and paste From: cranberryf...@cobridge.tv Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 7:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] appending sources Many versions ago, you would append the clipboard. You

[LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread cranberryfrog
Many versions ago, you would append the clipboard. You should copy and paste more than one source at a time. Then it was taken away. I asked about this a long time ago and was told that we would be getting it back? Whatever happened with that? For example, let’s say I am using the 1850, 186