When creating a focus group that needs to be 'nested', I have occasionally created nested loops in my DB. Search the archives for Boolean logic. Might be in the old Archives. There was a discussion about this in the past. Or contact me offlist. Too technical to fill the LUG for those who don't need it. Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Dr. A.Derom <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dr. A.Derom <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Nesting Focus Group to label or export > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 4:09 AM > This question can apply to "labeling" > and/or to "exporting". I am wondering > if it is already possible or if it must be considered as a > "new requested > feature" for later versions of Legacy. > > Basic idea : Nesting levels of focus groups (just like in > subroutines in > scripts) that use the result of the previous focus groups > as starting point. > So you can make a 1st selection of persons, and then apply > a 2nd selection > with the persons of the 1st selection as starting point. > The result of the > 2nd selection must be able to include people that were not > selected by the > 1st selection. > > More in detail of what can be done in Legacy right now : > a) When you want to export persons out of Legacy you can > select them by > name, RIN-number, descendants, ascendants, labels, and so > on. > b) You can also export people using several independent > focus groups in one > query. You could export in 1 move the family of person RIN > 12345 plus all > the ancestors of person 6789. If by chance someone is part > of both selection > criterion, then that person will only be taken once into > account. > c) You can export all descendant of person RIN333, and > after opening this > export in a new Legacy file select all people that are born > before 1910. > This will result in all people born before 1910 that are > also descendants of > person RIN333. > > What do I want to be able to do with the nesting feature. > I want to add "the family" of all direct line ancestors of > person 12345, and > on this result i want to add a second time "the family" of > all persons in > the selection. This way I have a direct line ancestor list > + 2 extra > generations on the "side-branches". > > Has anybody tried this or does anybody have ideas how to do > this? > > Regards, > > Alain Derom > Derval Services BVBA > Belgiëlaan 29 > B-2440 Geel > T : +32 14 560805 > F : +32 14 560815 > GSM : +32 477 416542 > e-mail : [email protected] > > > > > 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
