Don, Would you be willing to share your VBA procedures? I had to abandon Shared Events because they wouldn't "export" properly. Thanks, Rick
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Don Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: > Jerry, > > > > FYI – I solved the problem by writing some Excel VBA procedures to modify > the GEDCOM file from Legacy to assign shared events directly to each > person. Works in TNG and Ancestry. > > > > Don Quigley > > Escondido, CA > > > > *From:* Jerry in Michigan [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:06 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events? > > > > Don, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for your dilemma, but TNG also > maintains an email list for its users and it has quite a few programmer > types involved there as well as the owner/creator of the software. If > there is a way to do what you need, they might be able to help. A large > number of them use Legacy and TNG. Here's the link to join the email > group: *http://lythgoes.net/mailman/listinfo/tngusers2_lythgoes.net* > <http://lythgoes.net/mailman/listinfo/tngusers2_lythgoes.net> > > Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Don Quigley" <*[email protected]* <[email protected]>> > > To: *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > > Sent: 1/13/2015 12:28:18 AM > > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events? > > > > Jay, > > > > That works for the “delete” lines, but doesn’t help with the “add” lines > that are needed for the “secondary” individuals to get their “own” event. > > > > I don’t want to give up the Share feature of Legacy because it’s a big > time saver. But I do want accurate trees in Ancestry to help with my > research, and in TNG (though I’m just starting there) to get my tree on to > the Web. > > > > I ‘m going to play around with importing the text GED file into Excel and > writing some VB macros to do what is needed. Was hoping to avoid that > effort. > > > > Don > > > > *From:* Jay Wilpolt [mailto:*[email protected]* <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2015 7:30 PM > *To:* *[email protected]* <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Modify GED File to Remove Shared Events? > > > > Don. > > Try Using Notepad++ for editing your gedcom > > Search for > 2 _Shar > > and select the "find all lines with this" > > then repeat the process for the 3 _Role > > Then at least you can see all the lines and I think you can even delete > them all at once. > > Otherwise I would just go back to Legacy 7.5 and use that to keep in sync. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Don Quigley <*[email protected]* > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Has anyone developed a simple way to modify GEDCOM files so they can be > uploaded to sites like Ancestry and TNG that don’t support Legacy’s shared > events and now lose the events for all individuals except the one for whom > the event was originally created? > > > > The partial GED file below shows that the changes are not complicated and > could be made manually in a text editor – except for the fact that family > files may have 100s or 1000s of shared events/individuals. Way too many to > do by hand. > > > > `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > 0 @I1@ INDI > > 1 NAME Peter /Piper/ > > 2 GIVN Peter > > 2 SURN Piper > > 1 SEX M > > 1 CENS > > 2 DATE 1999 > > 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States > > *1 CENS **[copied below]* > > *2 DATE 2000** [copied below]* > > *2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States **[copied > below]* > > *2 _SHAR @I2@* *[deleted]* > > *3 ROLE Household Member** [deleted]* > > 1 _UID A519BE2CF0BB421B99E9EB0ACD7F34EF961A > > 1 CHAN > > 2 DATE 17 Jul 2014 > > 3 TIME 11:29 > > 1 FAMS @F1@ > > 0 @I2@ INDI > > 1 NAME Mary /Contrary/ > > 2 GIVN Mary > > 2 SURN Contrary > > 1 SEX F > > 1 CENS > > 2 DATE 1999 > > 2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States > > *1 CENS **[inserted]* > > *2 DATE 2000 **[inserted] * > > *2 PLAC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States * > *[inserted]* > > *`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````* > > > > Thanks for your ideas. > > > > Don Quigley > > Escondido, CA > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > *http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp* > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > *http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/* > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Archived messages from old mail server - 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