Since I never set "Please use Blank" (knowingly) that may be the defining situation/problem that may define the bug. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 8/1/10, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom Parents > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 2:10 PM > Oh, Rich, if only that was true. > > For sometime now, Legacy has had a bug which insists on > printing "Unknown" > even when one sets "Please use Blank". I must have used > over 100MegaWatts of > power informing Legacy of this ongoing problem, but alas, > to no avail. > > Every time I update my website I add to the atmospheric > carbon content by > using yet more power to eradicate this "unknown" > monstrosity from my > webpages! > > Naturally, in written reports this same bug is responsible > for the > "somebody" who got married to the daughter/son of yet > another "unknown", > thus destroying our planet even further. Yes, Legacy, soon > we will all be > history and our Ancestry Charts will be compiled by those > still trying to > remove "unknowns" from their, and our, scripts, whilst > computer failure > increases exponentially due to the high external > temperatures. > > 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 > ____________________________________________________ > > > > RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > > The program does not actually create an Unknown > person, but only a > > 'space holding' places for use on the screens, instead > of showing the > > screen as a blank. In the Marr List it shows unknown > instead of > > showing a blank field. This is for screen purposes > only. > > Rich in LA CA > > > > > > --- On Sun, 8/1/10, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom Parents > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 4:32 AM > >> On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:39:48 +1000, > >> "Jan Roberts" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Well Im not sure it does create phantom > parents or a > >> phantom marriage I have no UNKNOWN / UNKNOWN > marriages > >> in my Marriage list. However, when I look at the > son in the > >> Name List it does have his parents listed as > Unknown and > >> Unknown. But if I click on Edit Father it tells > me > >> there is no father to edit. By rights, if a > nameless > >> person had been created he /she should show as the > highest > >> number in the Index not so that honour goes to > >> the last named person I entered. > >> > >> It does create a marriage record (tblMR) with an > MRIN. Just > >> look at the > >> bottom right corner and you'll see H: noNumber M: > theMRIN > >> W: noNumber. > >> The marriage record created points to IDIRHusb = 0 > and > >> IDIRWife = 0. The > >> zeroes mean "Unknown". It does NOT create > individual > >> records (tblIR) for > >> the "phantom" husband and wife. So the Name List > will not > >> show the > >> "phantom" parents. But the Marriage List will show > a > >> "phantom" marriage. > >> The reason you do not see an UNKNOWN/UNKNOWN > marriage in > >> your Marriage > >> List is because you have "Word for Blank Records" > set to > >> "just leave it > >> blank". Instead, your Marriage List shows a > (blank)/(blank) > >> marriage. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> 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 > > > > 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
