Mike, I cannot check this out with my set up as I have both my image files folders and data files folder both contained in my Dropbox Folder (I know some do not recommend this direct use of Dropbox, but it suits me!), and it defaults to the Dropbox folder. For my set-up, therefore, it is defaulting to the level above that of the files containing folder.
I am not certain from what you say, but is that the behaviour which you are seeing? BTW. the differentiation which I have made is to put image files (jpg etc.) in the picture folder and txt, pdf etc. in the data folders. So I would expect Legacy to look in the appropriate folder when it finds an extension, but I agree this does not seem to happen. Nevertheless it should not open in a totally different place. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Correct file path for media On 2012/01/21 17:11, Brian Lehman wrote: > My Default location of Family Files: C:\Legacy\Data > My default Locations are now: > Pictures: C:\Legacy\Pictures\ > Sounds: C:\Legacy\Sounds\ > Video: C:\Legacy\ > Documents: C:\Legacy\Docs\ > All my scans are kept in C:\Legacy\Docs\Lehman Family docs\(subfolders). > When I try to relink a question mark it is still trying to first look in > the > Data folder. Should it? Not according to the documentation or the apparent intent of the fields on the locations page. Mine are set exactly as yours are and when I go to add a new file using any of the four buttons (Picture, Sound, Video or File), Legacy either opens my Documents library (I'm using Win/7) or the directory from which I last attached an image to a source detail from. So, it seems that those defaults aren't much use at all :-( > And still,when I relink a birth record scan(source), it still doesn't > relink > to the other sources that this scan is attached to. When you re-link the image (or other file) all you're doing is changing the reference that is stored in the either the Master Source or Source Detail or Event record (or whatever). Other records that ostensibly refer to the same image have their own references which can, occasionally, need correcting separately. > I believe it should,after relinking one scan, relink everything is that > folder. That is what the developers and the support staff claim, but in my experience, this is not always the case. I will admit that it it not easy to find what you're looking for in the Help file. Better and more comprehensive indexing would help. On this particular subject, you need to read a page entitled "Managing Picture, Sound, Video, and Document Locations", which doesn't appear to be referenced in the index. The easiest way I've found to "move" pictures to a new location is to physically move them to their new home. Then if you use Legacy you'll get the ? icon for all the 'missing' images, so don't! Go to the List of Multimedia Locations and edit the old location so that it now reflects the new location. This works because there is only ever one path value for all the images in that folder. The records in the database just contain a reference to that single path. So, change the path once and change all image references in one go. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
