Hi Terry This is awesome, thanks you so much
kim On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Terry Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a developer by trade and am fairly adept at Microsoft Access. I love > Legacy but I have found all genealogy software sorely lacking in the ability > to manage locations and do research on locations in the database. > > Since Legacy uses MS Access as a back-end I decided to add a form and some > code to do what I have always felt all genealogy software should do. I would > like someone to vet this work before I submit it to Legacy as a suggested > enhancement. Please let me know if you are interested. > > Here's a few things this form does: > > Displays all location data. ( > http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen1.jpg<http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen4.jpg> > ) > Show all events tied to a location ( > http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen2.jpg<http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen4.jpg> > ) > List all child locations in a parent (All cities in a county) ( > http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen3.jpg<http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen4.jpg> > ) > Browse to google maps for each location ( > http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/Screen4.jpg) > > I have made a user guide, of sorts: > http://electricfoster.info/SourceDocs/LocationTamer/LocationTamer.pdf > > These features, coupled with the ability to quickly edit and standardize > locations in a database, are essential to me. I'm just so happy I can make > it work in Legacy. I thought I would share. > > You will need to know how to import a form and a VBA module into an Access > database in order to use this. > > Please don't attempt this unless you know your way around an Access > database and please, always back up your data before trying something like > this. I just may not be as good as I think I am! > > Terry > > > 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> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
