On 7/10/2012 10:56 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jacob, > > I take it that you mean you had created two new files (with new names) by > saving modified Sample files. If when these are loaded you then delete them, > they should be deleted from the Legacy/Data folder, and will not, therefore, > show up on the list at File>Open Family File. > > However (and I had not realised that you were talking about the list at the > bottom of the File tab), the list at the bottom of the file tab does not > seem to be updated until Legacy is closed. On reopening it will show the > last 4 less any that have been deleted i.e. delete 2 and only 2 will show. I > imagine that the reason for this is that once a file moves off this history > list it's record is destroyed. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >
That has been my experience always. Just to test it again, I moved one of my .fdb files that did show on the list to another location. Sure enough, it no longer showed on the list the next time I started Legacy. -- Tim Rosenlof > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Psutka > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reduction in number of Family Files in File > Drop-down box > > Ron, > > The two test files were variations of the Sample file which accompanies > Legacy. > > They were deleted using the "delete Family File" in the File drop-down > box in Legacy. > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Ron Ferguson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Jacob, >> >> I would be grateful if you could answer my questions below, I'm afraid >> that >> I cannot quite picture what you have done, and the effects. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacob Psutka >> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:58 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Reduction in number of Family Files in File Drop-down >> box >> >> I am using the latest version of Legacy. Please help correct my >> software. I was testing something and imported two test family >> files into Legacy. >> >> From where and how? >> >> When I was through, I deleted them in Legacy. >> >> Dou you mean that you just deleted the records from the database, of did >> you >> delete them from the folder in which they are contained. >> >> Problem is that the family files shown in the drop-down box under File >> has reduced from 4 to 2. >> >> If you deleted them from the Legacy folder then that would be correct i.e. >> two .fdb files would have been deleted >> >> I have run check/repair, but it did not >> help. >> >> If you have deleted them from the folder this would be the case. >> Check/Repair will not bring your deleted files (of any sort) back) >> >> When I open an additional family file, it just replaces one of >> the two in the File drop-down box. >> >> I do not understanding what you are saying here, please clarify. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jacob 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
