> > As for your comments about the Index list... You're perfectly correct. >> That's what to do if you want to keep a particular order and size of >> columns. The only difficulty with it is, you have to keep reloading your >> favourite layout each time you run Legacy. > > > That is precisely my point - if I Customize the "favourite layout" stays > and reopens the same way each time I open Legacy.
On 2 September 2010 21:34, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010/09/02 14:06, 2marion wimps wrote: > > Re Settings don't stay. I may be wrong on this but my setting seem to > > stay very well. I would prefer someone from Legacy to come in on this > > but if I go to the Index settings, Set the columns the way I want, > > right click on the header row, then click on Customize (which brings > > up Index View Columns) and Save (as) - it works every time. I have > > several "types" under Save as - one for General, one for Wives, one > > for Parents - saves trying to get lots of columns on one page to view. > > As I said it works for me but perhaps someone else may have a comment > > who maybe has tried the same. > > There is plenty of evidence in the archives of this group, that various > Settings are not always persisted from one execution of Legacy to > another. To my way of thinking, people cause unnecessary problems for > themselves by a) keeping windows running overnight and b) keeping Legacy > running when they're not using it. Your settings, and the overall > behaviour of Windows, will benefit from regular shutting down, switching > off, restarts and what have you. > > This is not a problem that particularly bothers me, since I use the > program for its' original purpose - as a database for storing my data. > I'm not in the least bothered about all the fancy reports and charts. > > As for your comments about the Index list... You're perfectly correct. > That's what to do if you want to keep a particular order and size of > columns. The only difficulty with it is, you have to keep reloading your > favourite layout each time you run Legacy. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<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
