Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
- Original Message - From: Hope Bagot Bees To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:59 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. As it happens I would like to copy information from one file, which contains the sources, to the other, which lacks them. Does this mean I have to tackle another merge? I would like to drag and drop as suggested by Ron Ferguson some time ago. Any advice before I give up completely would be welcome. Elizabeth -- Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window. Colin. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
No, definitely completely different files. Colin Liddell wrote: Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window. I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. On Split Screen, the 'working' file is denoted by strong blue top line, while the inactive file is grayed somewhat. When I click on one file, on someone's name, then click on a name on the other 'inactive' file, I get that message. However, if I first click on the top grayed line to make that the working file, I do not get the message. In any case, once you click OK to the message, you can then click on the inactive file and do what you were intending to do anyway. It just takes an extra click sometimes. -- Carlct...@getgoin.net Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
Elizabeth, I have tested this and have added it as a problem in our problem reporting system. You should not be getting that message box. Until it is fixed in an update to Legacy here are a couple of ways to avoid the message (Thanks Carl! for pointing out that using the title bar avoids the message) a. Click on the title bar above each file b. Click on either the parents or children area of the other pane. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Hope Bagot Bees wrote: I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen. When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following message You cannot copy to/from the same family file. Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file, composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the information is to be found in both files. As it happens I would like to copy information from one file, which contains the sources, to the other, which lacks them. Does this mean I have to tackle another merge? I would like to drag and drop as suggested by Ron Ferguson some time ago. Any advice before I give up completely would be welcome. Elizabeth Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: 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: 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
OK it was worth an ask.{;-)
Colin.
- Original Message -
From: Hope Bagot Bees
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Copying from one file to another
No, definitely completely different files.
Colin Liddell wrote:
Check that you actually have to two different files in the window, it
sounds to me as though you have the same file in each window.
I am trying to compare two different databases, using the split screen.
When I move from one screen to the other I keep getting the following
message You cannot copy to/from the same family file.
Why does it say the same family file? It is a different file,
composed yesterday, under a different name, although a lot of the
information is to be found in both files.
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