Thanks, Dennis - that has solved the problem! No, I obviously didn't understand your first suggestion. [P.S. - I assume you'll now delete my database :-)!] Elizabeth
On 21 January 2011 02:07, Dennis M. Kowallek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:30:49 -0500, "Charles Apple" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>I have been following this thread with interest. Someone please correct me if >>I am wrong, however, am I to understand that renumbering RINs can cause >>confusion and is not necessarily a good thing to do. >> >>I was considering renumbering some RINs, until this thread came up. Now I am >>not sure whether to do it or not. > > Elizabeth has not gotten back to me to confirm this, but the problem > seems to be as I suspected. Here is the solution I sent her... > > 1) Go to Options | Customize | Data Entry. > 2) At the bottom of the screen where it says "Rule for generating > default names", select "0-None...". > 3) Click "Apply. > 4) When that finishes, select "1-Replace...". > 5) Click "Apply. > > It turns out that something had dorked up one particular Legacy database > table (tblNX). In particular, the married names that Legacy adds to > tblNX somehow had gotten hosed over. Fortunately, one can simply delete > them all and re-add them using the steps I have outlined above. > > But don't ask me what screwed them up in the first place ... maybe it > does have something to do with renumbering RINs. I don't have V7 Deluxe > so I can't easily test this. > > This is at least the 2nd time I have run into this problem (trying to > help LUG'ers out). The first time was in May 2009. It makes me think > that the bug that is causing this is still present. Maybe Sherry wants > to enter a bug report on this. > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- - - - - - - - Elizabeth researching ALLAMBRIDGE (Dorset, Somerset and anywhere else they might turn up) 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
