Update: I just updated my (Deluxe) build from 7.4.0.30 to 7.4.0.39 and got a different result. (Somehow I missed or overlooked the notice of a newer build.) The detail information is once again present in the GEDCOM file and likewise in the Source Detail fields in the re-imported family file. This is good! However, in the Legacy family file, the checkbox to "Add this detail to the source citation on reports" is not checked. I can't recall whether this was the behavior during last year's tests. It looks like a Legacy import bug. Other systems might behave differently on import, as I don't think there is anything in the GEDCOM that could influence this import decision.
If one manually checks the above box, then, as before, all the information is present in the citation, but it is badly formatted. Non-Legacy products would surely do the same, given the same GEDCOM file. An example of the formatting problem: The export of a master source includes the string "... e-mail<; ...", while the detail source field contains the string "... 27 Dec 2009> ...". The resulting output citation places these two strings in different locations! Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: Ward Walker To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Incomplete Export of Source Details Ron, For both problems (source details missing, and source fields scrambled), the test need go no further than the GEDCOM file produced by Legacy. The first problem is entirely a Legacy bug. The root cause of the second problem is the GEDCOM standard, although Legacy might be able to mitigate the effect somewhat during the export. Dave, Ron, and Connie, I just tried a 1-individual GEDCOM 5.5 export. The source details were completely missing from the SW-originated citations, although the text from the Text/Comments tab of the Detail was present. (The source details from a Basic-originated citation were not missing.) The 2 SW templates involved in this test were: Internet > Website, generic (as in Dave's test) and Email > Grouped by corresponent. The templates that I had investigated last year all had the details in the export. I don't recall if I looked at these 2. Perhaps Legacy has changed such that details are now missing for ALL templates! If so, a serious, but understandable, problem has evolved into a major defect. Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Ferguson To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 3:44 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Incomplete Export of Source Details Dave, One of the reasons I suggested that you test is because there are two programs involved, Legacy and TNG. Whilst my main method of publishing my data is on websites I do not like TNG, much preferring the Legacy Pedigree pages. What one needs to consider is not only whether Legacy is exporting the Source Details etc. but whether the importing program is reading them correctly. Yesterday I exported to a GEDCOM 5.5 and imported into My Heritage, and the Source Details do not seem to be there. I have yet to examine the problem in detail but I suspect that they are in My Heritage somewhere, and are simply not being included in its reports. This could be the case with TNG. I know that there are a number of users who do use TNG and perhaps one of them could advise on this question. But I still consider that it is something best tested on one's own set up. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Keeney To: [email protected] Sent: 28 May 2010 04:18 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Incomplete Export of Source Details Maybe it's different by SW template. I'm talking about Internet > Website, generic. I'll check some others but I have yet to see any get exported. Dave On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Connie Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: Dave, Legacy has always supported the exporting of "Source Detail in the Source Writer templates," as far as I'm concerned. There was one Source Writer template (Tax Records) I'm aware of where the detail did not export; it has been fixed. Connie --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Dave Keeney <[email protected]> wrote: Has there been any advances to this issue in the last year? E.G. has Legacy stated that they will support the exporting of Source Detail in the Source Writer templates? Or anything like that? If not I'll need to go back and unconvert all of my Source Writer sources. Legacy is an important part of my genealogy toolbox, but no more important that my use of TNG. They have to work together, at least for me. 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
