Paula, If you change any file name in anyway it will no longer be found by Legacy, this does include the extension. Note also that extension should, normally only be changed using a program designed for that purpose. Irfan View can be used for changing the extensions of picture files.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Paula Ryburn Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 6:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search for source detail picture Rose, I've just discovered that all captioning/date/description info that you may have entered for an image is gone if you follow these steps. I don't know how much you use those fields, if at all. I don't use them much, but DID notice it on a picture of my cousin Rose from Ireland... I'm assuming that Legacy zaps that when you choose a file named other than what you originally linked. Don't know if that same logic applies if all you're changing in the extension. I'll bet you've already taken care of all of this with LTools or something, haven't you? --Paula in Texas ----- Original Message ---- From: Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, September 6, 2011 12:08:30 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Search for source detail picture Hey, Rose, I've just been working on renaming my picture files to remove spaces, and I may have stumbled upon something that would work for you... since you don't really want to change anything about your citations... just the file names of the images. Right? I've just tested it with a picture that is attached to a master source: I renamed the picture file in my Pictures folder under Legacy. (You would deleted the PDF and copy the JPG into the folder.) Under Options > Customize > Locations tab, I clicked on "Test All Media Paths". UNCHECK the "make a list" bit and then "Proceed" (so it prompts you when something is missing rather than writing it to a file) Sure enough, my renamed file showed up as missing. For the missing file, there are 4 buttons... click on the "browse for file yourself" button. Find the newly named file (JPG in your case) and click on it. Legacy asks if you really want to use this one with a different name? Yes. VOILA! THEN I tested it with two pictures attached to detail citations. You do the process for EVERY citation (not just for two pictures), so it does become tedious. However, you do not have to open the citations or individuals at all, so that saves some clicks. Hope this helps! --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams ----- Original Message ---- From: Rose <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, September 2, 2011 12:38:46 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Search for source detail picture Hi all, Is there a way to get a list of everyone who has a specific source detail picture attached? I have some census pages that are PDFs and plan to convert them to JPGs. Since many family members might have that particular census page attached as the source detail, I need to find all who I need to change. Sometimes the page will have more than one related family, so it might not be apparent by looking at the filename. And if I can get a list of these folks, would there be any global way to make the change or do I need to just use the source clipboard? Thanks for your ideas. Rose in Maryland 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
