It would be more useful if u always use the latest test version - 7.4.0.42 Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman [email protected]
On May 28, 2010, at 11:51 AM, "Ward Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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