So you went to file - export AFTER making a focus group? Which file is empty? I had to hunt thru Legacy to find where it hid<G> I keep my gedcoms and backups in my Documents.
Eliz > From a later post, it appears you are trying to use a Focus Group for a > GEDCOM Export. If so, forget the View menu. Just go to "Export to GEDCOM > File" and click on "Record Selection". Then click the "Selected records > contained in Focus Group" radio button, then click the "View/Select > Focus Group" button. When you get the Focus Group dialog, create the > Focus Group you want -or- Load one from disk. When you are finished, > just click the "OK" button. The GEDCOM Export is now going to be > restricted to the Focus Group you have told it to use. > > DISPLAIMER: Instructions are for V6. On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Jane Sarles <sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe I did exactly as you suggest. I still get a message "folder > empty" when I click to do the gedcom. > > Jane > > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek <kowal...@iglou.com> > wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0500, Jane Sarles >> <sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>I am totally washing out with trying to develop a "Focus Group". When >>>I go to "Focus Group" on the View menu, I get a box that allows me to >>>choose the individual or family line that I wish to use for it. I >>>choose the individual and pick the "Individual and Family Line" and >>>click "Load". Nothing happens. Then I try clicking "Save" and still >>>nothing. When I try to export to a gedcom it says the folder is >>>empty. >>> >>>What can I be missing? >> >> Viewing a Focus Group only brings up a DESCRIPTION of the current Focus >> Group. Loading loads a DESCRIPTION of a saved Focus Group from disk. >> Saving writes a DESCRIPTION of the current Focus Group to Disk. >> >> What were you expecting to happen? >> >> *** >> >> From a later post, it appears you are trying to use a Focus Group for a >> GEDCOM Export. If so, forget the View menu. Just go to "Export to GEDCOM >> File" and click on "Record Selection". Then click the "Selected records >> contained in Focus Group" radio button, then click the "View/Select >> Focus Group" button. When you get the Focus Group dialog, create the >> Focus Group you want -or- Load one from disk. When you are finished, >> just click the "OK" button. The GEDCOM Export is now going to be >> restricted to the Focus Group you have told it to use. >> >> DISPLAIMER: Instructions are for V6. >> >> -- >> >> Dennis Kowallek (LTools) >> http://zippersoftware.com/ltools >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools >> >> >> >> 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: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> > > > > 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: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
