Hi Ron, Thanks for your help, but I've solved it! At some stage the jpg's in my Family History Folders have all somehow been turned to 'hidden' and I had 'display hidden folders' turned on. On my laptop there is very little difference in the way hidden and non-hidden files are displayed - the hidden are only very slightly lighter, so I didn't notice. Of course, Legacy was not picking up the hidden files within the programme, although the file names were still visible. I have now altered the settings and all is well.
Thanks, once more. Glad you enjoyed Spain, Ron. With good wishes, David On 02/01/2012 17:37, Ron Ferguson wrote: > David, > > I'm fine thanks - I've only been away in (very) Sunny Spain for a couple of > weeks, and to me that seems like a very short time indeed, too short > actually! > > OK, I do not like the Picture Centre, so really do not know much about it's > workings, but will take a look. Firstly, a probably useless basic question, > the images are where you think they are aren't they; I guess so because you > say you search for them? However, I would appreciate some clarification of > >> I find the file, click on, and it >> takes me back to the 'Browse for the file...' box, to find the next >> picture. > When you find the image and click on it, you then need to click 'Open' to > get it into Legacy; I am not certain from what you are saying that you are > taking this step. > > One other thing, if I had not used Legacy for some time I would do a File > Maintenance, running all the options, and have you updated to the latest > version? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: David S Brookes > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Re-attaching files/pictures etc in Legacy > > Hi Ron, > > It's been a long time! Hope you are keeping well. > > That's exactly what I thought, but nothing seems to be linking up at > all. All my file names are unique. Nothing seems to be 'sticking'. I > must be making a very basic error. > > If I go to the 'Picture Centre' and find the folder where I keep all my > FH pictures, by using the 'Browse' feature, then no photos are listed > under picture file name? Now I know the photo's are there 'in > reality'. So I can't seem link them this way either. What could I be > doing? I do have a fairly long address for the photos i.e. > C:\Users\David S Brookes\Documents\FamilyHistory\Linked > Documents\Photographs\*photofilename*. Would the length of the > 'address' make any difference? > > Best wishes > > David > > On 02/01/2012 16:15, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> David, >> >> Assuming that all your images, no matter how many containing folders you >> have, have unique file names then the method which you describe will find >> all the Legacy images in the folder to which you have directed it. You >> will >> need to repeat this, once, for all folders. >> >> However if the file names are not unique then you will have to do it for >> each image, otherwise you images will be wrongly linked. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David S Brookes >> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 4:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Re-attaching files/pictures etc in Legacy >> >> Hi, >> >> It's been a number of years since I did any family history - and several >> computers ago!! I still have my legacy files and photos/ certificates >> etc, but can't get them to link up. The footprints for all the linked >> files are in the Legacy file, but all the photo's etc are coming up >> black with question marks. All my 'media' files are kept in my >> documents folder and not in the Legacy programme. Try as I might, I >> can't seem to get Legacy to read the locations. >> >> e.g. If I click on to bring up the 'Individual's Information' box, on >> the same line as the surname is the 'coloured picture frame'. If I >> click on it. the 'find file' box comes up. Out of the four options, I >> take 'Browse for the file yourself'. I find the file, click on, and it >> takes me back to the 'Browse for the file...' box, to find the next >> picture. I can go through this process until eventually it takes me to >> the 'Picture Gallery' for that person. All the boxes are greyed out >> with the titles/info. correctly displayed at the bottom. The 'find >> file' box continues to come up, and I am asked to link the pictures >> again, which I do. The photo's then appear. If I close the picture >> gallery and open it again, all pictures are replaced by black boxes with >> question marks. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Best wishes >> >> David > > > 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 > > 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). 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