Yes, A few years ago I used Skydrive for storage only i.e. backup. In that context it works well, I now use Dropbox for my current files and, hence it is also there as a backup.
The reason you cannot use the Skydrive files on Legacy is that they are not on your machine, which Legacy demands; with Dropbox they still are, of course, and Dropbox synchronises the ones in your files (on however machines you have them) with that in the Cloud, Skydrive does not. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] File locations For some time I've been using DROPBOX for a repository for the photos and other documents for use in Legacy. Recently I came across an alternative to DROPBOX that I decided to try....Microsoft's SKYDRIVE. Reviewing the specs for it it seems to serve the same function as DROPBOX, but you get twice the storage space (7 gb vs 2 gb) for the same price...FREE! I installed it and have been playing around with it using a PLAY VERSION of my master Legacy database. As noted the first thing I did was make a copy of my master Legacy file to a new location from the real one. I used the EXPORT - Legacy File option rather than using the EXPORT - GEDCOM option. Next I copied a few photos from the hundreds I have to this same new location to use for testing purposes. Then I opened the Legacy PLAY VERSION went to OPTIONS - Customize - Locations and changed the PICTURE FILE to the path to SKYDRIVE where I put my test photos and SAVED. Nowhere was there a reference to the path for the REAL photo file. I was surprised to find that photos of individuals NOT in the test photo file still show up! When I edit one of them it still shows the path to the real file, not the SKYDRIVE path. I would have thought, and was assuming, any photos not in the test file would have the ? and message "file not found"! I went to an individual in the PLAY Legacy version who had a photo in the PLAY photo file and attempted to add their photo again. After clicking on the Picture Gallery Icon on the FAMILY screen; Picture and redirecting the path to the SKYDRIVE folder for the Test Photos I added a picture from that Test group. When I EDIT that new addition it (correctly) identifies the path as being that of the SKYDRIVE folder. The question/issus here is ONE - why do the REAL photos remain in tact? TWO why isn't everything directed to the new location path I specified in the OPTIONS? I just want to be SURE this SKYDRIVE thing works before (possibly) committing everything to this new cloud repository procedure only to find out it's not working like I thought/assumed. Anybody have any thoughts or experience using SKYDRIVE?? gc 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
