It's a great thought, but unfortunately my database wouldn't open automatically under those conditions either. First thing on the agenda when I pull out the laptop is to hook up the modem to the correct port, plug the portable hard drive in (always in the same USB drive - habit) and then power on. But these responses are giving me a great checklist.
Thanks for taking the time to jump in. Maureen Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2010, at 6:35 PM, "Bobby Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: Pardon me for jumping in here, but maybe your portable drive has changed drive letters. If you have more than one flash drive or hard drive plugged into USB ports the drive letter may have changed. Check your paths in Options>customize>locations and be sure they show the same drive letter as the portable drive. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Updating images 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 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
