As I have mentioned before, I think Millennia could be proactive in implementing a workaround to this problem. I wonder if any competitors are doing this? Here is my suggestion: - during the export process, internally format each SourceWriter source citation as it would appear in a Legacy report; - output that formatted result as a block in the source detail, in the GEDCOM file.
This would be inefficient, since the data from the master source fields would now be repeated in each citation, instead of stored only once. But wouldn't that be better than the current jumbled up mess that results from strict separation of master and detail fields? At least when you send a GEDCOM to a distant cousin, they would be able to make sense of your sources. Even back and forth transfers should keep their integrity. I'm sure there are some gotcha's in this idea, but is it worth analyzing further? Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry/Support" <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System All the data entered in SourceWriter will be included in the gedcom, but will not be reimported into Legacy or other programs in the SourceWriter format. It will be reimported into Legacy in the Basic format. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Chick Lewis <cglewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you saying that Source Writer does not transfer well via GEDCOM? > If that is the case then I for one will stop using Sourcewriter. I am > also a former user of FTM and that program has many features that I > miss. I wish there was an easy way to use them both. > > Chick 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
