Of course, not all reports, especially charts, are suitable for wordprocessing, so not much point with them.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ CE WOOD <[email protected]> wrote: >But not all reports can be generated in RTF!! > >CE > >Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:57:22 +0000 >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestor book report - spouse events >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] > >Paul, > >Legacy is a relational database and uses Access. What it emphatically is not >is a wordprocessor, nor in my view should it ever contain one. > >In the same way as it creates basic websites it creates basic reports. Using >other software Legacy generated webpages can be changed. Save reports as rtf >files and they can be amended in WORD or OO.org Writer. > >As a programmer you should know that programs are designed to fulfill specific >functions, in the case of Legacy to store data and enable its retrieval. The >rest is a bonus. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >Paul Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi Mike, >We use doxygen for producing some pretty decent looking manuals for our >software products. I agree its not the easiest to use, and can be a bit quirky >at times but in the end it works and it means every time a change is made to >the software the manual reflects this change provided the developers follow a >simple set of rules. In this way the manual is always up to date and matches >the software. > >In the case of family research, its all very well collecting lots of facts and >spending lots of money in researching ancestors, storing it away in some >database, but until you publish this information in some way, either on the >internet or in a book, then no one else in your family is aware of the extend >and wealth of knowledge you've discovered and there-in lies the crux of family >history. > >I've only used 2 family history packages in anger. Generations which is no >more and Legacy. I bought Legacy because of the reviews which indicated it was >the best of all of them at producing reports, but the issues I have found by >trying to use it in anger has left me wondering that if this is the best, then >there's a heck of long way to go. > >Based on my recent experiences I think I'll submit some of the issues >encountered to the Legacy developers. >regardsPaul > > > > > > >On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:54 AM, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > >On 2013/11/20 03:14, Paul Richardson wrote: > > > >> I'm not keen on generating pdfs or rtfs and then re-editing docs. after all > >> what's the point of the publishing center if thats what you have to resort >> to. I > >> also work as a software engineer and I'm used to using tools that generate > >> manuals from basic text and information in the code, so if we can do this for > >> the software industry I'd have though it could have been done in Legacy as >> well. > > > >For the price, what you get with Legacy is cheap. If you want something a bit > >more professional-looking, the solution is going to cost you money that you > >could probably better spend on more research. > > > >As for your throw-away comment concerning tools within software for generating > >documentation... I'm also a developer and the general-purpose tools built-in to > >development software are in my opinion, largely, a piece of crap! There is > >nothing that couldn't be improved with the judicious use of a good Technical >Writer. > > > >Same goes for Legacy. If you want something that looks good, you have to do >some > >extra work to achieve it. Legacy is never going to write your books for you. >All > >it can do is lift the basic information out of the database in a > >semi-presentable form that can be further manipulated. After all, the main > >raison-d'etre for Legacy is the database and the recording of facts discovered > >through research. > > > >-- > >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
