My best guess is that the culprit is 3). After your recent crisis it sounds like you moved your primary database to a different location. Your files could have become unlinked at that point but you're only discovering it now. ..... JL http://www.jgen.ws/jlog
On 7/7/2010 4:07 PM, JLB wrote: > I wouldn't think closing and re-opening Legacy would make any difference > but it's an easy enough thing to try without asking. > > You can take a look at your File-Paths under Options/Customize/Locations > and see if, in fact, you're linking up to the right place. > > Legacy can be funny with tiff's where there's compression/no compression > used, but I don't know if that applies to jpg's. If it's a 7 when you > open it and a 10 after re-save? And, by the way, editing and resaving > jpg's is not a good thing to do but you can do less damage if you don't > change the compression when you resave it. > ..... > JL > http://www.jgen.ws/jlog > > > On 7/7/2010 3:57 PM, Maureen Lake wrote: >> >> >> The only reasons I can think that the images won't automatically update >> is that: >> 1) They have different file-names. -- I rarely change the name. Because of >> the size of the database and the prevalnce of some of the names ( I literally >> have 15 Joe Blows) I name the files by RIN and document type (35106 Baptism, >> 1506 Marriage, etc). I expected to lose the link if I changed the name. >> 2) They are being saved in a different file format. -- The format is .jpg >> across the board. >> 3) They are being saved to different locations. -- After a recent computer >> glitch that cost me three weeks and 3500 names, my digital source material >> and >> my primary database are both on the same portable hard drive, which is where >> the >> source material has always been. >> ..... >> JL >> http://www.jgen.ws/jlog >> >> Would the paths perhaps refresh when I exit Legacy at the end of my session? >> I’ll admit that that is the one option I haven’t tried at this point. >> Thanks, JL, for taking the time to answer me. >> Mo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > 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
