Thanks for the suggestion Gary. I still have build 55 on wife's laptop and tonight's her poker night out so may have a go at it. What are disadvantages of rolling back via gedcom? 1) Everyone is labeled an import. 2) Modified date for all is set to today. 3) What else?
-- Richard Van Wasshnova http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Gary Templeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > > Assuming getting those merges done is important enough to you, if you happen > to have another computer available there is a solution. Install Legacy on > that, using the original download or CD, but do NOT update to build 76 or > 81. Since there were some database changes and you can't open a file that > has been converted to a later build on build 55, you need to go the GEDCOM > route. Export from the existing computer, then import it into a new file on > the second computer. Once you get all the merges you want done you can then > move the file back to the primary computer and let it update to the newer > structure. > > Even though that one feature was removed, there were other fixes that were > included in the later builds, so generally speaking it is better to update > than stay at build 55 indefinitely. > > Gary Templeman > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Van Wasshnova" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging basic style source to sourcrewriter > > >> Hi Jenny, >> >> Thanks for the reply. Build 81 is same as 76. I couldn't find any >> recent threads on this topic in recent archives so sorry if I'm >> repeating. I would suggest to Legacy that a strong warning that the >> sources are not compatible should suffice. Were there any complants >> from users that damage was done to their file from such merges? I >> regret that didn't stay with build 55 until I did a lot more merges. >> -- *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
