Depending on what you are trying to do, an option that has worked for me: Buy GenViewer (only about $20 from http://www.mudcreeksoftware.com/ ) Open the same database in both GenViewer and in Legacy (or open 2 different databases - your choice depending on what you are doing) GenViewer is read only, so opening the same database in both Legacy and GenViewer should not cause problems. GenViewer does not show everything that Legacy shows. And you have to do an EDIT, COPY TO CLIPBOARD, then paste it into NOTEPAD, then select what you want to copy/paste into the Legacy instance - in other words copying something from one person to another is painful. BUT - if you are just trying to compare/view stuff, using GenViewer works pretty good.
Bob On 08/08/2013 05:20, Alan Pereira wrote: > > Just tried this suggestion. I have many Legacy databases but Legacy > will only allow me to open one at a time unless I use split view. > > The only way I have managed to open multiple databases is to use > Oracle Virtual Box and have multiple Operating Systems (Windows XP) > running copies of the same database in their own windows. (You need > an old Installation CD of Windows XP for this). > > Alan Pereira > > *From:*Brian L. Lightfoot [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 08 August 2013 00:38 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Version 8 > > All these workaround seem to work but I was just wondering why nobody > just makes a copy of their existing database and then Legacy is > perfectly happy with having both open at the same time simply because > they have two different file names. If you make your extra copy just > before you want to have multiple windows open, then the data in both > is identical. Just be careful that if you make any changes that you do > it on your “real†database and not the copy. > > Brian in CA > > *From:*Jay 1FamilyTree [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2013 5:35 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Version 8 > > Well, I use a simple workaround to allow "windows" of data to be > viewed while I am working in Legacy. > > The easiest method is by keeping an up to date gedcom at Rootsweb > world connect and opening those pages in regular window browsers. > > You will not find much of anything that is faster or more secure for > your desktop pc than an Access database foundation as Legacy uses, and > I for one would never want a reduced response time as far as data > entry goes. > > But thats just my own personal opinion. > > Jay > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 2013/08/06 07:29, Sue Anderson wrote: > > > Oh how I long for more than one window to be active at one time.! > > Access (the db system underlying Legacy) doesn't seem to allow this. > So that's > an indication that version 8 hasn't changed anything in that area. > What's really > wanted is a Multiple Document Interface system, but that would entail > a total > rewrite. For the foreseeable future, you'll just have to put up with > the Split > Screen feature :-) > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg (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 > > > > 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
