On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:31:45 -0400, "Ward Walker" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I would suggest that we not use the word 'backup' for a GEDCOM export. As we >have discussed a few times on this list, certain Legacy things are lost in >the GEDCOM format. In particular, SourceWriter sources are converted to >Basic-style sources with a certain degree of scrambling. 'Restoring' a >database from GEDCOM would be a last resort. But a GEDCOM is universal. If the OP is concerned about being locked into Legacy's database format, then the only option is to also backup as a GEDCOM (notice I said "also"). And if the OP is concerned about being locked in to Legacy, then maybe he shouldn't be using SW sources or anything that won't transfer via GEDCOM (the OP didn't say he was using SW). Granted, a GEDCOM backup should only be used to restore to a Legacy database as a last resort. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools 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
