Sherry, Is there a program that can view the PicList.dbm file and show its records?
It should be a simple process to load the fields of a Picture List from those in the Attached Pictures. That would make it easy to use the same description, date, caption, file ID in another Legacy database. Ron Taylor --- On Sat, 5/26/12, Sherry/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sherry/Support <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Notes > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:40 AM > From the Help file for Picture > Center: > > ***** > The Picture List tab: > > Caption, Date, Description, File ID # > > You can enter caption, date and description information > before > assigning a picture to an individual. There is also a > field for a > File ID # if you are assigning these numbers to your > pictures. These > entries are remembered by Legacy for future use even if the > picture > has not been assigned to anyone yet. > > The Attached tab: > > Caption, Date, Description, File ID # > > You can view and edit the caption, date, description and > file ID > number entries for the current picture. > ***** > > > The data entered on the Picture List tab is stored in a > .PicList.DBM > file that's in the same folder as the pictures. The data > entered on > the Attached Pics tab and in Picture Gallery are stored in > the main > Family File. > > > Morris, you will have to copy/paste to put the data in the > fields on > the Picture List tab. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:27 PM, M Sonnier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks Ron, > > > > It would appear to be more efficient if both the > Picture List description and the Attached Pics description > both write and link to tblBR. That way you do not have > information appearing in the Attached List and not showing > in the Picture List. > > > > Morris Sonnier > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ron Taylor <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:23 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Notes > > > > I am going to make a guess at how exactly the > information for caption, date, description, and file ID are > stored by the Picture Center. You may be using the > description field for notes but there is no "notes" field in > the database. When those pieces of information are entered > for an attached picture, they are stored in the tblBR > including the name of the multimedia file. If the > information is entered on the Picture List tab, it seems to > be kept on a clipboard such that it can be copied into the > Attached Picture record when the "Attach" button is clicked. > It might be a good feature request to have a "copy to > clipboard" button (like the one in events) which could store > the information from an Attached Picture back into the > Picture List "clipboard" fields. Then it could be used > again when attaching the Picture List item elsewhere. Your > point is interesting. > > Ron Taylor > > > > 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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
