Try renaming it in Picture Center. From the Help... "Rename
You can change the name of the currently highlight file in the Picture Filename List by clicking the Rename button. The file is then renamed on disk. If the file has a + in the U column, any links to this picture within your family file are also renamed to match the change you made." -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. *** On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:46:35 -0000, "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Bruce, > >Not that I know of, without using Access and SQL to change the extensions in >tblBR of the .fdb file. > > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > >From: Bruce Jones >Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 8:01 AM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg > >bmd files end with bmd, jpg files end with jpg >So, >xxxxxxx.bmd when converted to a jpg file is >xxxxxxx.jpg and Legacy can't find it. >Does that help explain my problem? > > >On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Shirley Richardson ><shirleyr...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > >Sorry didn't make sense.... >How about renaming the Large files then make a copy, reduce the copy and >save with the name of the original file. > >Shirley >NZ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bruce Jones >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:05 PM >Subject: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg > >I have several pictures linked as source detail multimedia that are LARGE >bmp files. I would like to change them to much smaller jpg files. >Creating new jpg files is easy. However, since they are linked to quite a >few source detail citations, is there a way to change all these source >detail multimedia links to the new jpg files without going into each source >detail separately? > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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 > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
