Estelle,
So pleased you worked out what you were doing wrong.
So you now have your Legacy file outside of the Temp folders?
If it is still in a Temp folder use File - Save As or restore your
latest backup to a new filename and sensible folder.
Don't forget to set Options - Customise 1.2 to automatically open the
file you want when you open Legacy.
And as Joyce says - use the Recent File list when in doubt or if you
have more than one file, to switch between files.
Cathy
Joyce Herzog <mailto:[email protected]>
Saturday, 23 December 2017 5:16 AM
Unless you have more than one file (like I do), personal & One-name.
If you just click on big Blue "L" It will show you the last file
opened.. Very simple. You were making extra work for yourself!
Regards & Merry Christmas
E. Nad <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, 22 December 2017 11:13 PM
Hello everybody,
I hope I finally have it right.
Since I don't use the Cloud, it is not the source of the problem.
As Cathy wrote, I realised that I was opening my family tree from
within the zip file, assuming it was the latest version of my tree.
This, in turn caused Legacy to duplicate the file I had used when
again I left, adding the [1] to the file name.
Thanks again everybody for your help,
Estelle
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*De :* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> de la
part de Cathy Pinner <[email protected]>
*Envoyé :* 21 décembre 2017 17:23
*À :* Legacy User Group
*Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem
Estelle,
You should be making backups every time you leave Legacy. That does
not add [1] to the filename. The backup automatically has a unique
name as it adds date and time to the filename - if you don't interfere.
That is not the source of the problem you were having.
I think it was what you were doing when opening Legacy I think - using
the backup in the wrong way.
I hope you have it sorted and you're not using a file that is in a
temp folder on your computer.
Cathy
Cathy Pinner <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, 22 December 2017 6:23 AM
Estelle,
You should be making backups every time you leave Legacy. That does
not add [1] to the filename. The backup automatically has a unique
name as it adds date and time to the filename - if you don't interfere.
That is not the source of the problem you were having.
I think it was what you were doing when opening Legacy I think - using
the backup in the wrong way.
I hope you have it sorted and you're not using a file that is in a
temp folder on your computer.
Cathy
E. Nad wrote:
E. Nad <mailto:[email protected]>
Thursday, 21 December 2017 10:41 PM
Hello everybody,
Thank you all for the help and relevant solutions.
It now works as it should.
The source of the problem was my making backups everytime I left
Legacy. As I was keeping the same file name on and on, Legacy added a
[1] to the file name every time.
Thanks again for the help, I am so impressed with the efficiency and
readiness to help of users from all over.
Yours truly,
Estelle Nadeau
[email protected]
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*De :* LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> de la
part de Chris Hill <[email protected]>
*Envoyé :* 18 décembre 2017 11:22
*À :* 'Legacy User Group'
*Objet :* Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem
Hi Estelle
There is a very ‘hidden’ option within Legacy to
prompt to save on exiting. This is from the *Help* on *Exit Program*.
*/Automatically Prompt for Backup /*
*//*
/With this box checked, Legacy offers to make a backup file for each
Family File that was opened during the session. (See Backing Up a
Family File for more information on making backups.) /
//
/These options can be set from the Customize screen reached by
choosing Customize from the Options tab on the Ribbon bar and then
choosing the Other option on the menu panel. Click the Turn on
Optional Reminder Messages button. From the Optional Reminder
Messages screen, click on the Reminder to make a backup when exiting
Legacy option./
To change these settings, you need to open the
*Customise* dialog from *Options* – it is the left entry in the
Options ribbon bar. You then select *Option 12 – Other Settings* and
then click on the button below *12.5 Message boxes*. This will open a
dialog with a number of options that you can configure. You have
probably got the third one under *Prompts/Reminders* (left tab) set,
which is *Reminder to make a backup when exiting Legacy*. Clear that
option to stop Legacy asking for you to make a copy of your database.
In practice, you DO NOT NEED to make a copy of your
database, since as a fully managed database it is always kept up to
date. I suspect that every time you run Legacy you are then opening
the latest copy and then saving it again, thus adding the [1] onto the
file name. Hence you should be finding that you have a set of files in
your PC reading A.fdb, A [1].fdb, A [1] [1].fdb … etc. In this case,
you need to open the latest version and then use the *File* and *Save
File As* option to create a new file with a clean name.
You only need a single .fdb file as your working
database. If you need a backup, then use the *File* and *Backup File*
to create a compressed copy of your database, and remember not to copy
it to the Legacy Cloud unless you want to. I would make backups before
making major updates, check/repair or merges from other trees.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Chris
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of E. Nad
Sent: 18 December 2017 15:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] File name problem
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