Yep, I think that's how it would work. Just change the file-path. Why don't you try it instead of fretting over it? ..... JL http://www.jgen.ws/jlog
On 7/8/2010 7:40 PM, WILLARD WHEATON wrote: > Thanks Ron, that looks like the technique I was hoping for. I'll know a > lot more by Monday. > But, lets take a photo which has been attached to a certain individual, > and that picture may be down deep inside my data folder tree of folders, > sub-folders, in more sub-folders. > (Drive\Programs\Legacy\Data\Country\State\County\Family > Name\Individual\1925 xxxx photo.jpg} > If I open the photos on the individuals page in Legacy, I may see 1 to > 50 or more photos. If I click on one and say Edit, the window will > currently display the complete path to that > particular photo beginning with C:\Programs\etc. > Now, lets assume I changed that first box to "E:\Programs\Legacy\Data" > and ran the program again with the E drive hanging on the system, will > all those same photos now display > E:\Programs\Legacy\Data\Country\State\County\Family > Name\Individual\filename.jpg} for each photo? > In other words, if I tell Legacy where to look for the new "DATA" > folder, will it find the rest of the path to a file previously inserted > in the individual photos automatically? > If Yes, that would be wonderful. I was afraid I would have to delete and > reattach all the photos to each individual which would cause me big > headaches. > > Sorry for the overtime, but appreciate it. I'm not getting OT down here, > so I'm outa here! > Willard > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, July 8, 2010 9:40:28 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] How best to transfer my 60 years of Genealogy > work out of state. > > > Willard, > I think Mike will be in bed now (which is where I should also be) but > I'll have a go. Not knowing exactly what you have in your Data Folder, > makes it difficult, However, I would copy the whole of the Data Folder > to the external drive. > When looking for a family file (xxxx.fdb) to load into Legacy the > program will automatically look in C:\Legacy\Data, which is both (a) the > default and (b) where you have your stuff at the moment. > At the top of the box where you select which family file you want is a > box containing the location, just use the down arrow and tree to go to > your new (copy) Data Folder on the external drive, and select the family > file from there. There is no immediate need to bother with the customise > locations function, although it may be an advantage later. Actually I > think it changed mine automatically, but that may be because I have the > program on that drive. In any event to make the external drive the > default for the program one only needs to change the first box to (say) > E:\Legacy\Data. > Selecting the media files in their new place is not such a hard job > either - when I've had a sleep! > 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 > Follow me on twitter > http://twitter.com/ronfergy > ____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* WILLARD WHEATON <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* 09 July 2010 02:01 > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] How best to transfer my 60 years of > Genealogy work out of state. > > Thank you Ron, Mike, et al for your quick response. The answer I was > looking for was the Options, Customize, Locations portal. I wasn't > aware of it. So I will have to see what will be involved in changing > the pointers. I will look at it tomorrow. > Yes, I realize that many computers use D: and sometimes E: if it has > more than one CD/DVD drives. So a new HD may end up being anywhere > between F: and Z: It doesn't matter to me, as long as I can tell > Legacy to go there. Until I get acquainted with the customizing > process, I can't say if it will be a viable solution. > My concern is that in an attempt to "organize" my data, I set up a > whole series of folders, and sub-folders, inside of sub-folders. > Organized by country, state, county, family name, and individual > names. In the individual's folder I put all media and document files > pretaining to them. All these folders are within the DATA folder of > Legacy. Each filename in any folder begins with the year to which > the information applies. I would cry elephant tears if I had to > change individual file pointers in the multimedia file. > I am hoping that tomorrow I will find that I can do a replacement of > all data files having a "C:\" at the front end of the filename, to a > "E:\" > > Stay tuned, I will let you know more. > > Thanks again > Willard > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** > > > > > > > > > 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 > > <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 > <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 > <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
