Brian, I decided to try one now as I might forget tonight (grey cells sleep early!). First one I tried is a .PNG - which is allowable in the list. It doesn't link it, doesn't do anything. Just blank with no message (I am linking it myself as the Media Relinker said it couldn't find it. Dimensions are 941 x 1121 pixels. Bit depth 24. Size 478 kb Location Is : \\NASWIMSETT\Family Tree AW\Stephen Edward Wimsett (Wilmshurst) & Sarah Cushman\Stephen arrival notice.png Before I change anything with this (file name first and then change it to a jpg) is there anything you can see that is wrong?
Thank you again, Marion On 13 August 2015 at 10:36, marion wimsett <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Brian for keeping an eye on this one. I have no idea what the > problem would have been, I gave up at one point as it was getting too hard > to go in and change the file name and then relink but I will have another > look at it tonight and see how many are "missing" and do a trial on one or > two again and let you know. If it wasn't the length of the file name there > must be something in the file name itself. > I will let you know if there are problems with the linking on the file > later today or tomorrow. > > Again thank you for your investigation - any information helps. > > Marion > > On 12 August 2015 at 00:22, Brian/Support <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have tested a long path/filename string in Legacy. I created a long >> path with nested folders until windows would not let me add another >> because filenames would not fit into the limit of path lengths. I then >> placed a picture in the next-to-last folder in that path. I had >> previously linked the file to a person in Legacy 8.0. I used the media >> relinker to rebuild to link to the picture and did not get any >> unsupported format message. I then added characters to the file name >> until Windows would not accept any more. In this way I think I hit the >> windows limit on path/filename length. This time, since the file name >> was different I told the legacy I would look for the file myself. I >> browsed to the long folder/filename and linked it without problem. >> >> I did not count the characters in the path but I am satisfied that >> Legacy can use the longest path allowed by Windows and will not give any >> "unsupported format" message. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> On 25/06/2015 11:41 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: >> > Yeah, I surmised as much but then the idea of creating a folder for >> every event and for every person just doesn't sit well with me. But once >> again, to each their own. And even with the addition characters in the NAS >> drive path, I think the OP is still far from the 255 characters. I just >> gotta find time to test this out but I'm stuck painting a house for the >> next 3 days. >> > >> > Brian in CA >> >> >> >> >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com >> >> 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
