Because the calculation with the additon of non-blood relationships was more complex and takes a lot longer. The programmers felt it would be disruptive to data entry - and better to run the Set Relationships after entering the new individuals.
Not everyone has newer computers with dual-core processors or even Windows Vista or Win7- we have a lot of users still on older XP computers. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected]> wrote: > That brings up a question that has been bouncing off the few brain cells I > have left for quite a long time now. Before the first introduction of v7.0 > (or maybe it was v6.0), the relationship calculation in Legacy used to be > done automatically in real time. Since then, its required that manual > intervention stop that Sherry described. I'm wondering....why was that > changed? I'm thinking that back in those "old days" of single core > processors, it might have been too taxing of a calculation without creating > some lag in system performance. But given the extra horsepower found in > today's processors, why can't it be changed back to an automatic real-time > calculation? > > Brian in CA 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
