Yes. I had forgotten that midstream there are some options uniquely avalable, that disappear as a choice after decisions/saves have been I am to picky, I never start a merge until positive I need it, so never second guess my plan. I am to paranoid about making errors on my part. What I meant was, that at some point the 'TO BE MERGED', has finished the process, and is now in the new version of the old DB, as an intergral part. I avoid this option. Sorry for any confusion. Rich in LA CA
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, Gene Young <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gene Young <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] restore from merge backup > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 5:59 AM > On 4/15/2011 11:32 PM, RICHARD > SCHULTHIES wrote: > > What do you mean. Any merge that is finished, then > backed up, is now the whole new DB. As long as you save > normally, it should be there. I have restored many times, > but I think you may misunderstand what it does. You can only > restore an actual backup. If you saved the backup to either > C: drive or elsewhere, it can then be restored from that > place. It doesn't differentiate from whether the data was > keyed in, merged in or other. > > I hope this helps > > Rich in LA CA > > > No Richard, when you do a merge and select to have a back > up made from > that screen, Legacy creates a special temporary back up > that you can use > to undo edits. This temporary back up is available > only during the > current session and is lost when you close the > program. If you had made > changes to 50 people then did a merge, you would lose all > those changes > if you restored from a regular back up. If the Edit > > Undo Merge is > readily available it will only undo the MERGES, saving the > work on the > 50 you changed. I usually make a complete back up > before a merge so it > is not a problem but having only about three individuals > that needed > merging I opted to not back up. I mean, what could go > wrong, right? > How about a muscle spasm causing an inadvertent mouse click > just as the > cursor passes over the merge button? Ah, the joys of > growing old. > > > -- > > Gene Young > Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada > With Legacy Family Tree > http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm > > > > 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
