Thx, Tony. Sorry so long in responding. I did receive these tips from the LUG list when I was renaming my files. However, I'm not so sure these things work on images that are only linked to master sources and source citations. Of course, now that I'm finished renaming, the details are fading fast from my memory. I just know that I had to do a lot of clicking for census citations. ;) (I was not changing file extensions (tho I did reformat a few), and I was not moving among folders or adding new folders; just renaming for consistency... e.g., surname, etc.) --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: Tony Rolfe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, September 21, 2011 6:40:04 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Change fie extension Firstly, I've managed to fix my problem, thanks to all the advice here. All my JPEG's have a jpg extension and Legacy has no missing files. When I did the SQL run in LTools, I found a bunch of other files that I didn't know about, but they are all fixed now as well. To Paula in Texas, I have found a technique which combines two Legacy features to make this an easier fix. 1) If you can rename a file using Pic Centre, it will change all references to that file. 2) If you move a file from one folder to another known folder without renaming it and immediately run a test multimedia paths, it will fix all references to that file. So, the way I have found to move and rename a file is as follows: . Go into Pic Centre and rename the file, leaving it in its old folder. Maybe you can put it into another folder as well, but my typing isn't that hot, so I do it this way. . Get out of Pic Centre and run a test all Multimedia paths. This is probably not necessary, but it does settle the nerves . Move the file to the new location using Windows. . If the new location is not known to Legacy, edit any person using the file and try to access the file. Then either let Legacy search for it or search yourself. this puts the new folder into legacy's list. . When the new folder is known to Legacy, run another test all multimedia paths. This will fix all references to that file. Life would be much easier if there was a test button in the Pic Centre, but there isn't (hint). So, Thanks to everyone for the help Cheers Tony 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
