Hi Guys,
I have purchased Geoff's excellent book on The official Unofficial guide to using Legacy family tree, and have noted that there is a step-by-step instruction for transferring legacy from desk top to lap top. However, I have always had some problems when transferring all the data from my desk computer to my lap top. I have followed the explanation and instructions to the letter as laid on page 152 through page 156. The family tree works well with absolutely no problem at all. The picture files do not work as well for me. Let me try to explain what the problem is, and then perhaps someone may be able to suggest a solution. I have a split disk on my laptop. 'C' for programs and 'D' for data. I have put the zipped multimedia file into D:\legacy\data and then unzipped them. [all my data is stored on a split disc to the D drive on my laptop.] If I then go to an individual's information page, where I have recently put in a picture on my desk top program, the picture is shown as missing on the laptop, and I have to ask the program to look for it, which it does, and find it on the 'D' drive in the unzipped files. However, each family has to be done individually, and the end result is very unsatisfactory, as many pictures are not linked to their individuals screen data. If I go into options\customise\ locations\test all media paths - there are literally pages of 'missing' pictures!! I have changed the default location of pictures to pick up from D:\Legacy\data\.........multimedia, but this still does not rectify the problem. If I look at all the locations of my pictures, they are all over the place!!. Some are on the 'C' drive, and some are in 'documents' files. Is there any way I can force the program to only get all the pictures from the unzipped files in D:\Legacy\Data\....? By the way, I store all my reference documentation and pictures in jpg picture files. I really hope that someone will be able to assist. Regards, Mike Mike Bridgeford (M.B.A.,B.Sc. Mech. Eng.,F.S.A.I.Mech.Eng.,M.S.A.I.M.M.,Pr.Eng.) P.O. Box 325 Plettenberg Bay 6600 South Africa tel: +27445359434 fax: +27865151814 email: [email protected] alt1 email: [email protected] alt2 email: [email protected] mobile: +27832667634 DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. 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
