Hi Todd, Legacy 8 makes it much easier to transfer from one computer to another but you're doing it with 7.5
If you want to keep the data for the Picture Centre you have to preserve the piclist.dbm files in each of your media folders. The data's not a problem. Put it where you want (or restore the backups) and then open with Legacy. The media requires more handling to adjust the links. When you have the media where you want it, you'll find that it isn't showing because of the different path. Take a look at View > Master Lists > Media Folders and see where Legacy expects to find the media Then use Search and Replace on Lists - Media Folders to change the beginning of the path from the old location to the new one. Then in Options - Customise - Locations tab - Test all multimedia paths - just to make sure it's found everything. This can be done in Legacy 8 as well but it's best to use it to change the beginning of the path to [Default Media Folder]\ Then when you change computer you just go to Option 6.2 and set the Default Media Folder and you're done. Hope that's clear, Cathy At 12:37 PM 9/12/2013, you wrote: >I want to transfer my Legacy family file from my old computer >(running XP) to my new computer (running Windows 7.) Legacy 7.5 >Deluxe (build 7.5.0.278) is installed on the XP computer and I have >now installed Legacy Deluxe (same version and build) on the Win 7 >computer. I have some questions about the effect of differing >directory paths on these two computers and about how to include the >Picture Center information in the transfer of the multimedia files >(e.g., picture captions and dates in the entered in the Picture List >Tab.)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > > >The two computers are networked together on a LAN with file sharing >enabled, so file transfers between the two is easy and >straightforward. The directory structure for the Legacy data files >and multimedia files will be identical for the two computers, but >the absolute paths to them will be different at the front end. For >the data files, the paths are: > > > >XP computer: > >C:\Documents and Settings\(username-on-XP)\My Documents\Legacy-7\Data\, > > > >Win 7 Computer: > >C:\Users\(username-on-Win7)\Documents\ Legacy-7\Data\, > > > >where "Username-on-XP" and "Username-on-Win7" are different. > > > >For multimedia files, an example for photos of people is > > > >XP computer: > >C:\Documents and Settings\(username-on-XP)\My >Documents\Legacy-7\Media\Photos\People\, > > > >Win 7 computer: > >C:\Users\(username-on-Win7)\Documents\ Legacy-7\Media\Photos\People\. > > > >I think I understand how to transfer the data files from old to new >computer (backup the data files on the XP computer, copy the >resultant zipped file to the Data directory on the Win 7 computer, >and then restore it from there on that computer.) However, I am >uncertain about how to transfer the associated multimedia files in >such a way as to preserve/include the information (e.g., captions >and dates) that appears in the Picture List Tab of the Picture >Center (i.e., the PicList.dbm files that are located in each of the >multimedia folders - in my case, there are a total of 98 PicList.dbm >files corresponding to different groups/directories of multimedia files.) > > > >So my questions, restated here, are: > > > >-- Are the differing path front ends a complication in the transfer >of the data and multimedia files? > > > >-- How can I ensure that the Picture Center (Picture List Tab) >information gets included in the transfer? > > > >Any help will be appreciated! > > > >Todd . 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
