I tried to submit this via Legacy's "Suggest a new feature" screen on the "Legacy Home" tab in the program, but I'm not sure if it made it. I got a "suggestion confirmed" msg, but on that same screen it had a web address and a "GO" button that made it look like I needed to click that GO button to actually submit the suggestion. However, whenever I clicked the GO button it said I had entered an invalid name and invalid e-mail. (FYI - I submitted it under my primary e-mail address, I did not use the same e-mail address I use on forums like this.)
Here's my suggestion: It would be REALLY great if you could change some of the charts/reports/displays so they indicated blood-line vs non-blood line as an option. To some people this is not important, but to some this could be a big plus and a good selling point for Legacy. You could even have it where this was only available in the Deluxe Edition to encourage sales. It is important to note that this would involve: * No change to underlying database * No new fields * No change to GEDCOM It would make use of existing information already defined in the database. It would use the “Relationship to Father” and “Relationship to Mother” fields, and maybe also DNA fields. It would only impact charts/reports that show connecting lines. * No impact on reports like family group record report, Individual report, book reports, etc * It would impact Descendant chart, Pedigree chart, Ancestor chart, Lineage chart, etc. * It would impact Pedigree DISPLAY * It would impact all(?) items under Legacy Charting For me, I would think 2 connector line types would suffice (blood-line or not blood-line), but I can see where some folks might like up to 4 line types: * Red or solid = bloodline * Green or long dash = legal document/court document (adopted, guardian, etc) * Blue or short dash = no legal/court document (raised by relative or friend per family agreement) * Black or dotted (optional?) = not specified or conflict or unclear (conflict between DNA and Relationship fields, user created their own custom item in Relationship field, etc) Along with this change, there should be another change to the program when adding a new child or parent (you may want to make this change user-optional). The “child status” and the two “Relationship” fields should either display right on the “Information” screen, or the “Children’s Settings” screen should automatically pop up once the “Information” screen is closed (or maybe the “children’s settings” screen should display alongside the “Information” screen at the same time). I would prefer it automatically display on the “Information” screen, but I’m not sure how you would do this without confusion. Maybe since you change the “Information” screen’s title based on how it is opened, you should be able to use that same code to modify the screen. For example, a section on the “Information” screen would pull the names from the fields and say something like: “John’s (child’s) relationship to Sam (father)” (obviously the names and the “father” or “mother” info would change based on how it was pulled up). And “John’s (child’s) status”. These fields would not show up if you were adding a new unlinked individual. Thank you for considering this change. Bob Patton 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
