On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:12:12 +0900, Jim Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
>Using Ltools, go through the given name field. Parse each name >(programmer speak for break it into pieces) and if it contains a space >it may also contain an initial. Count the characters after the space. >If there is only one character, add a period. If there are two or more >characters no period is needed. > >There is the method, does somebody out there have the means? I don't think this is possible in LTools because many of the VB functions that are available in the MS Access client (like the substring function) are not available to LTools. I'd be happy to be proven wrong though. You might be able to do a bunch of search & replace's in Legacy. Maybe search for anything that ends in a cap letter "A" and replace it with "A."? Do this 26 times. Then look for anything that contains an "A " and replace it with an "A. "? Do this 26 times. I am just throwing these out off the top of my head. -- 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
