Perk, >From previous comments in this thread, you will no doubt have seen that there >is a bug relating to this function in the current release version of Legacy, >which, hopefully, has been attended to. The CPU usage by no means indicates a >loop, simply that it is working at close to its maximum capacity; this is >normal if one is to get the best speed performance from your PC.
There is, how ever, a work around, and that is to create your own file from scratch. If you look at the existing timeline files which you will find in your Legacy folder>Timelines – open this folder, select the language and you will see that they are simply text files which can be opened in any text editor and which use “|” for the end of field and “{\n}” for the end of a record. Just write the list which you require and save the text file in the appropriate language folder. I actually prefer to use this method rather than the Legacy option, which is probably why I had not spotted the bug. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Perk Bingham Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 7:24 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Timelines to download Hello all who very kindly responded. I was truly not aware of the Timelines editor. And when I was told about it, went there with great hopes for a timeline of the various composer's lives as well as the ones I mentioned in my other posts. OK so far, I've entered a Description for the file, but when I click on "Save", the program just locks up and I have to kill it & reload it. This has happened numerous times in the past day or so.   Nothing seems to have been effected or injured by the crash when I reload it and, during the time it's locked up other programs seem to work normally. For those who know about such things I have a small indicator of CPU usage that sits in the System Tray (lower right of the screen) and though I don't always pay attention to it, I have noticed that when the "lock-up" occurs it jumps up to about 92 to 97% usage. It must be in a loop or such. Thanks again for all the help, I promise to try to be more observant in the future, Perk (:>) Family History: Where every little step backward means progress (:>) Researching: Clawson, Kibby, Ford, Starek & Rohrer (in Ohio) And Black, Webb, Millar, & Nichol (in Ontario & UK) On 1/9/2011 6:44 AM, Virginia Dunham wrote: Out of curiosity...have you clicked on the "Help" button and searched on "Timelines"...it explains about creating new timelines... Virginia On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Perk Bingham mailto:p...@wavecable.com wrote: Thanks Ellen, I guess what I'm looking for are additional timeline files, some that would be a bit more specific such as the wars that Finland fought against the Soviet Union (and lost all of them (:>)) and the various battles in our own Revolutionary War. As I see it the one in Finnish (Soumi) is only a listing of the leaders and presidents. Failing finding a download, could one do the research as to the dates and make and install their own?  I think it's only a text (.txt) file. Thanks again for the quick response, Perk (:>) Washington State, USA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp