Randy~ Thanks for posting this again. I, too am having the exact same problem!! I am also unable to get the word "County" appended to long locations. Most frustrating.
Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Clark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:40 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] editing GeoExtraCodes.txt ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Randy Clark <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace To: [email protected] One more time with this. I placed the asterisk in front of line 113 and saved the file in the hope that USA would no longer append itself automatically. Though I successfully did this once before it's not working for me now. Am I on the right line? Randy On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 9:46 PM, Coddgenealogy <[email protected]> wrote: > Snip > 3) I also wish there were a way to strip the word "County" from *only* > the > Short Locations and *only* temporarily so I could print a chart without > that > extra word. > Snip > I don't know if this will do exactly what you want, but consider the > contents of GeoExtraCodes.txt, which I reproduce below. I posted twice > to the list about this mysterious but all-powerful file, and nobody > responded, so I emailed Sherry directly, who said it did work, but all > mention of it was missing from, or should I say "not yet in," the help > files. She tried a perfunctory modification to it and it did affect the > way the geo database, etc. works. > The mod date on my copy of the file is 11 Nov 2003. Anybody else got > this in the geo folder under Legacy? Only deluxe version I think. > I think it may only function when you have the geo database open, in > which case you may be stuck with an Access fix. > Jonathan > > * Legacy GeoDB Extra Commands List. > * > * Comment lines can be added to this file by placing an * as the first > character. > * > * Notes: Add an * to comment out (deactivate) an item. > * Remove the * character to activate an item you want to use. > * > * Numbers used to perform specified Action: > * > * > * APPLY TO SELECTED LOCATION > * ========================== > * When a user selects a location in a specific country, Legacy can > * perform the following commands when assembling the parts > * 110 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * 111 = Add this text to the end of the Long County field. > * 112 = Add this text to the end of the Long State field. > * 113 = Add this text to the end of the Long Country field. > * > * 114 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * 115 = Add this text to the end of the Short County field. > * 116 = Add this text to the end of the Short State field. > * 117 = Add this text to the end of the Short Country field. > * > * 120 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * 121 = Remove this text from the end of the Long County field. > * 122 = Remove this text from the end of the Long State field. > * 123 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * > * 124 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * 125 = Remove this text from the end of the Short County field. > * 126 = Remove this text from the end of the Short State field. > * 127 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * > * > * SEARCHING > * ========================== > * When performing a search in a specific country, Legacy can remove > * or add the specified extra text and then try the search again. > * > * 210 = For searching Add this text to the end of the City field. > * 211 = For searching Add this text to the end of the County field. > * 212 = For searching Add this text to the end of the State field. > * 213 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * > * 220 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the City > field. > * 221 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the County > field. > * 222 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the State > field. > * 223 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be > used.) > * > * ... = If there is a ... in the country position for the 200 level > * Search actions then that action will be applied to all > countries. > * > * > * APPLY TO SELECTED LOCATION > * ========================== > * > * United States > * > * add County to the end of the county field for Long Locations being > returned > *USA|111| County > *USA|112| State > * add Co. to the end of the county field for Short Locations being > returned > *USA|115| Co. > * > * > * > * SEARCHING > * ========================== > * > * 220 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the City field. > * > * The following *** ones are not needed as Legacy already checks for > them. > ***...|220| City > ***...|220| Town > ***...|220| Township > ***...|220| Twp. > ***...|220| Twp > ***...|220| Village > ***...|220| Borough > ...|220| Bor. > ...|220| Bor > ...|220| Parish > ...|220| Par. > ...|220| Par > ...|220| Vill. > ...|220| Vill > ...|220| Vil. > ...|220| Vil > ...|220| Island > ...|220| Isle > ...|220| Is. > ...|220| Is > * > * 221 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the County > field. > * > * The following *** ones are not needed as Legacy already checks for > them. > ***...|221| County > ***...|221| Co. > ***...|221| Co > ...|221| Parish > ...|221| Par. > ...|221| Par > ...|221| Borough > ...|221| Bor. > ...|221| Bor > ...|221| Census Area > ...|221| (CA) > ...|221| CA > ...|221| Territory > * > * 222 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the State > field. > * > ...|222| State > ...|222| St. > ...|222| Territory > ...|222| Province > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research > trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. 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