Georges,
Legacy does remember the paths to all the linked media.
I also use sub-folders.
Are you saying that it doesn't remember the last folder you were using
last time you linked a piece of media but starts at the folder in 6.2?
That's what I expect it to do. But within a session it remembers the
sub-folder I'm using.
Cathy
Gmail <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, 16 March 2017 4:16 AM
I have to live with some constrains imposed by Legacy.
Since I have copies of Legacy on more than one computer, I keep all my
Media file on a separate external drive that I move from computer to
computer.
If I use only one folder that I identify with 6.2, I have no problems
and all the files are identified correctly on the different computers.
But I am a bit compulsive and like to keep together files of the same
nature.
This is why I create subfolders – one for birth related pictures,
another one for marriage related pictures, etc. and this is where my
problems start.
Because of 6.2, Legacy goes to the main folder where there are no files.
It would be nice if Legacy could remember the path of already
registered pictures, videos, . . .
Georges
*De :*LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]]
*De la part de* wam eskes
*Envoyé :* 15 mars 2017 12:18
*À :* Legacy User Group <[email protected]>
*Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] TO LINK THE MEDIA FOLDER/FILES
wam eskes <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, 16 March 2017 1:18 AM
Thanks Cathy,
I migrated all application files (PICTURES, WORD, SOUND, VIDEO, etc.)
into a commom media folder and all links worked fine.
Wam
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*From:* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> on
behalf of Cathy Pinner <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:28 AM
*To:* Legacy User Group
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] TO LINK THE MEDIA FOLDER/FILES
Wam,
To see where your media attached to Legacy is, see either View -
Master Lists - Media Folder List or go to Options - Customise 6.2 and
click View Current List of Media Folders.
These may show the full path or use codes that reference the folders
at 6.1 [Family File Folder] or 6.2 [Default Media Folder]
Option 6.2 should reference your parent media folder. You set this
yourself.
What is unusual with your folder setup is that you don't have your
data at a different level in your folder hierarchy. More normal is
Data and Media at the same level with Pictures, Documents etc under
that or Data as the parent folder with Media under it.
Data\Media\Legacy Pictures\
However that shouldn't be a problem.
With your folder setup you are right that 6.2 should reference
D:\Dropbox\legacy-myname\
The default locations are
...\Documents\L egacy Family Tree\Data\
and ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media\
but you don't have to use these. You just set 6.1 and 6.2 to the
folder you are using.
However you do have to have
...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\
This folder holds your Legacy Settings. You cannot change the name of
any element of that path.
RE the data. Note that your family file is <yourfamilyfilename>.fdb.
This is the file that holds your data. The <yourfamilyfilename>.tc is
just a minor associated file. The more features of Legacy you use, the
more associated files you'll have
Cathy
wam eskes wrote:
wam eskes <mailto:[email protected]>
Tuesday, 14 March 2017 7:13 PM
Hello Team,
I have a problem: "TO LINK THE MEDIA FOLDER/FILES"
My legacy-myname folder contains the following subfolders:
Legacy-myname
backup data
Data
Docs
Pictures
Sounds
Video
Works In Progress HOW
Selecting Options>Customize I search in 6. Locations for my family file:
6.1 Default location of family files (gbl)
D:\Dropbox\legacy-myname\Data
And Legacy starts up with my family file “myname.TC” and all looks fine.
Looking now at:
6.2 Default location of media files (ff)
D:\Dropbox\legacy-myname\Pictures
I now link the photographs but no other media files (Docs, Sound, etc.)
However, from reading the “Help” for 6.2 I had expected that just the
path "D:\Dropbox\legacy-myname" should suffice:
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*6.2 Default Location of Media Files*
Legacy keeps track of all the folder locations from which you have
loaded picture, sound, and video files. If the file cannot be found
in any of these locations, the /Find File/ window is displayed and
offers to help you find it or let you browse for it yourself.
As you link pictures, sounds, video, and other documents into your
family file, Legacy automatically records their location folders
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Am I missing something?
Wam
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