I recently upgraded to Legacy 8 -- so far I'm using the standard version. Before importing my main database into Legacy 8, I ran a media check (Options > Customize > Locations > etc.
All of my pictures were in one folder (which is in Dropbox) and there were NO missing pictures. But after importing the file into Legacy 8 about half my pictures are missing (almost 800 of them!), although the folder is the same one I used in Leg 7.5 ! So what can have happened? The filename is precisely the same. But each time it starts looking for the right folder, it goes to the default location of my *family* folder, instead of the default location of the media (i.e., picture) folder. Why?? Then I am told: "There is an existing Legacy Media List. This list can be used if you have not added more media files since your last relink (and will save a lot of time). "Do you want to rebuild the Media List? Click Yes to rebuild the list or No to use the existing list." So I clicked "Yes" and instead of going to the aforesaid "existing Legacy Media List" Legacy proceeded to collect "media file names from the entire computer"!!! Why on earth did it not go to the "exiting list" it had referred to??? The result was that I got an error message: ”Error gathering media list with Folder C:\Users\Pat-PC\Documents\my genie-P . [full path and filename]. . .Step-9 Error 3163: The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add. Try inserting or pasting less data. Would you like to try again?” So I click “Yes” and get exactly/precisely the same error message (over and over again). What on earth was Legacy doing plowing around in my Documents folders anyway?? instead of going to the "existing Media List" in Dropbox where the pictures *are* with precisely the right names? And where I have told Legacy they are located? I fail to understand what is going on. Pat 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
