Carol, I had not read that page until I saw your post! As you have found it is difficult to follow because in Legacy the option simply does not exist. Now whether the entry in the manual was added more in hope than anticipation I cannot say, but whilst when the Source Writer system was first introduced it had been the intention to include such a tool, I suspect the technical problems were such they they have not been resolved.
To summarise, the tool does not exist and I suspect has died a natural death. So, don't hold your breath. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 13 March 2010 23:56 Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Transferring sources from Basic to SourceWriter I’ve not tried to use the “Source Template Conversion Tool†as explained starting on page 72 of Legacy 7 manual. Dose it actually work as shown? If so, I guess you also have need to include the “source detail� I was tempted to change a few, but have a lot to change and don’t want to create more of a mess than I already have. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated… Carol From: Kathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring sources from Basic to SourceWriter OK thanks I've added "to be transferred" to the name of the old sources so I don't forget and it flags it when I go into the record and I'll do them then. Hopefully they will have done something by the time I'm ready to write. Kathy, Central Coast,NSW Australia < POST now CLOSED> On 14 March 2010 09:32, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: Kathy wrote >I would like all my sources to be done using SourceWriter but when I >started I was using the Basic system. I don't want to have to manually >transfer them all if I don't have to and wondered if there is a way of >updating those in Basic to the newere version. There are a couple of ways - using Access or Ltools - of mechanising the process slightly and thus saving a certain amount of manual slog, but there is no way to have it done at the press of a few buttons. Just take them a few at a time and you will get there eventually! I have converted scores already, and a few days ago had 189 Basics still to convert, but that's now reduced to only 129 now. -- Jenny M Benson 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
