On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:10:21 -0600, Laird <[email protected]> wrote:
>Legacy version 7.4.0.45, Windows Vista 64 bit. >Do this: >1. Open/run a file browser i.e. Windows Explorer. > >2. Browse to the location of your Legacy family database and note the date/time >it was modified, NOT the created date. > >3. Open your Legacy family database, DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. Click the "X" in >the extreme upper right corner of the window to exit Legacy. Also File>Exit >produces the same result. > >4. Exit Legacy and the modified date will now show the current date/time! > >5. Does your version of Legacy exhibit this problem? > >This problem is extremely annoying to me! Edit dates are very important to me. >I just want to browse my database to look at something. Later on at some point >I want to see when I last edited my database and it erroneously gives me a >wrong >date. This also causes my automatic backup software to make unnecessary >backups >and wastes storage space as I like to save several versions of the last version >saved. I wonder if LockBox also wastes time and bandwidth uploading an >unchanged revised date file? I have tried using copies for viewing but that is >so difficult to know if it is up to date or not. I don't think the developers can do anything about this one. It is the way the JET Database Engine (MS Access) works. The same thing happens if you open the database in Access or LTools. I'd suggest you file a complaint with Microsoft, but since JET is old technology, I doubt if they are making any changes anymore. -- 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
