Why wouldn't merging work? Just merge what you want. I'm working with exported files from a cousin's database. I'm dragging and dropping one person at a time. That takes me to the merge window where I decide what I want to add to my main database. If I only wanted the events I think I could do that.
JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/24/2012 4:09 PM, Ian GARDENER wrote: > Hi and thanks for the reply. > > Cutting and pasting text isn’t the issue. What I’m trying to achieve is > cutting and pasting entire events between files open in split screens. > Within the same file I can create a “template†of an event and for > example, assign it to myself, my siblings & my parents. > > I am starting a new database/family file which I open in the left screen > & I have my old database open in the right screen (split view) as the > reference. I would like to either: > > (a)Be able to copy/template an event, source, etc from the right screen > old db, to the left screen new db. This doesn’t work, I suspect due to > access database file locking as someone else mentioned. > > ..OR > > (b)Run 2 instances of Legacy so I can keep the event detail open in the > right screen while I transcribe it to the left screen. Running one > instance of Legacy means that Legacy/Access is forcing me to close one > database before accessing the other. All that really remains on the non > current screen is a placeholder image. > > Obviously I could achieve this with two computers but I really don’t > want to buy another and importing or merging is not an option for me. > For numerous reasons the old database can only be considered as the > thought starter for me. Imagine it was written by my dead grandmother > while she was drunk and actually thought she was following the horse races J > > *From:*Michel Lacoursiere [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, 25 June 2012 3:21 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy split screen view on 2 monitors > > Hi Ian, > > 1) Yes,Legacy is Access based. Legacy is just the interface that allow > you to add,delete, update,view etc... the informations > > in the Access database. A database for a Family file has 29 tables in > the latest update and a table like the Individual Records > > table has over 110 columns and as many rows as you have individuals in > your file. > > 2) For the Window Clipboard, Legacy is not different than any other > Window program. If you can highlight text, right click, Cut or Copy > > you will be able to paste the content of the Window Clipboard into any > field in Legacy whether it comes from the same Family file, another > > Family file or a completely different program (eg.text on a web page, > text from a text file, a cell from an Excel file etc...). The same > > goes true for the reverse. If you highlight a field in Legacy then right > click, Copy you will be able to paste the content of the field > > into any program that accept it or any other field in Legacy if you do > not go over the number of characters limit of the field. > > If you are having problems with Copy/Paste it is not related to Legacy > there must be something in your dual screen setting > > that is not correct. I might be able to help you more later this week > since I intend to go dual screen too. > > Regards, > > Michel Lacoursiere > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Hi, > > No matter what i do, I cannot cut and paste from one file to another. I > can copy/paste within the same file but not using two different files. > Specifically: > > On the let screen/split I have myself open in the new database, on the > right screen I have myself open in the old database. > > In the right screen I open up details, open an event, then copy it to > the clipboard. I then close that screen (have to to proceed), click on > the left database and the clipboard in now empty. It doesn’t matter > wether I save or cancel in the old database, the result applies, “THE > EVENT CLIPBOARD IS EMPTYâ€. > > So I set up two new databases in split screen and tried the same thing, > same result. The clipboard does not hold data once I click on the > different file in the other screen. Someone mentioned access (is Legacy > accessdb based?). So in access database I tried essentially the same > thing and same result. > > Ian G > > > > 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 > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5090 - Release Date: 06/24/12 > > > > 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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