I guess I'll plan to import my file again and then compare the 2 when the time comes.
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Brian/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > > I imagine, like most modern genealogy programs, TMG included special > tags to output data for items that were not supported by the GEDCOM > specification. The spec allowed for these special outputs by letting > programs invent custom output tags preceded by an underscore "_" that > were unique to their program features. I do not know what custom tags a > TMG GEDCOM contained nor whether Legacy tries to interpret those custom > tags when importing where we support the same feature. The GEDCOM spec > allows importing programs to ignore any custom tags encountered but > Legacy does try to accept custom tags from competitor's GEDCOMs if we > can figure out a compatible feature in Legacy where it would apply. > > Hopefully the direct import will include all the mutually supported > items and will transfer a more complete set of data. Items like modified > dates (date last edited), date added to file etc (if TMG has that info > in the file) may transfer without change. When using a GEDCOM all the > people's added dates are the date of the import and last edited dates > are also set to the import date. I do not know the structure of a TMG > file since I never used the program nor am I aware of what the > programmer working on the import is trying to include. > >> On 16/12/2014 5:41 PM, Nancy wrote: >> I already imported using a Gedcom file. Will this new import import things >> that the gedcom did not from TMG? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Dec 16, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Brian/Support <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> We are working on a direct import from TMG but we never promised that we >>> would import "everything". We cannot import things for which Legacy has >>> no equivalent. The direct import will import from a TMG file without the >>> use of a GEDCOM but it can only import things that Legacy can support. >>> >>> Brian >>> Customer Support >>> Millennia Corporation >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >>> >>> >>>> On 16/12/2014 4:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> snip> >>>> Several months ago the rumors were that Legacy was being retooled to >>>> directly import everything directly from the TMG structure, but I am >>>> wondering >>>> how many years that will take. TMG has taken 25 years to become the >>>> program >>>> that it is closing down as. Is that how long it will take Legacy to get >>>> caught up??? >>>> >>>> PJ >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 > > 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
