Hello John,
I thought this is what Rex wanted, to see the list of names in order by ID
number, i.e. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 etc.
When I click on Names List they all come up in alphabetical order, but when I
click on the # sign to the top left they revert to a numerical order, which is
what I assume Rex was looking for.
I have approx 18,000 individuals and I alternate between numerical and
alphabetical display depending on the circumstances of my search.
I'm assuming here that ID# and RIN numbers are the same.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 3-Aug-00 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] My Complaint: Chronic Complainers
> No. You simply get the list sorted in RIN order instead of by name.
>
> This has always been one of the failings of Legacy: failure to fully suport
> the use of REF#s, especially in the name list. Since the REF#s are
> alpha-numeric, a sort is no more difficult than that of the RINs. The field
> in the name list would need to be widened slightly to accomodate a usable
> REF# length -- say 10 characters. Hardly an insurmountable problem for
> clever people like Dave, Ken, et.al.! 8^)
>
> In spite of arguments to the contrary, the use of RINs as a point of
> reference, especially when exchanging data between different genealogy
> programs (not everyone has caught onto the advantages of Legacy!). RINs
> change!!! REF#s remain constant.
>
> In fact, a case could be made for the use of REF#s instead of the
> Intellishare feature of Legacy. Simply allow the REF# field to be "locked"
> so it could only be filled in/changed by the keeper of the master record, as
> is now the case with Intellishare, and do the merge on the basis of the
> REF#.
>
> Maybe someday!
>
>
> jas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Chenier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Rex,
> >
> > If you clicked on the # sign would you not get your Name List by User ID?
> >
> > Ron
> >
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>
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rex Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: 2-Aug-00 1:45 PM
>
> > > I think there ought to be some balance here because I'm still waiting
> for
> > > the abilitity to sort the Name List by User ID!
>
>
