Mike - Being PC illiterate - could you explain how to provide an MD5 checksum to a photo (i.e., .jpg, and other such items)? I haven't experienced the problem as previously described, but a check sum might be a useful tool.
Bob On May 3, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/05/03 09:37, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Tony, >> >> I'm sorry, but in this case Legacy are correct. This is basic computing, if >> you have files with the same file name in various directories just how do >> you expect a machine to tell which is the correct one - it cannot see a >> picture. You can't blame the operating system either because it also is >> blind. > > I have to agree with Ron and the developers. How on earth can this be a > bug? How is Legacy (in its' present incarnation) supposed to know that > because of *your* error it was supposed to use *this* picture and not > *that* one? This always happens when you change something that affects > Legacy behind its' back, and don't tell it what you've done. > > There is one way that Legacy could distinguish between two pictures, > that because of lazy user practices, have the same name. The first time > a picture is linked, an MD5 checksum of the file can be taken and stored > in the database. Then, when looking for a similarly named file, the > program can calculate the checksum of each file it finds, comparing it > with the stored checksum. An exact match should mean that it has found > the right picture - so far as it can tell! If no match is found, then a > list of all similarly named files can be displayed, along with a > thumbnail, and the user can then select the right one. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > 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 > > > 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
