Hi Pete And in addition, when you only want to share your family-data with people who allready have Legacy: Use the backup-features in Legacy: Backup Family File and Backup Multimedia Files from the files menu.
For restoring the multimedia files you will have to use an unzip-program. You should unzip the files with the options to restore the path also. Furthermore be sure that all these files are on the C-drive, not everybody has got a D- or E-drive Wim [-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- [Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens [[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Verzonden: dinsdag 10 december 2002 13:00 [Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Onderwerp: Re: [LegacyUG] CD-ROM copy of database? [ [ [Thanks for your prompt reply, but I am trying to build a CD to send to [someone else. What happens if the CD drive letter is different on the [system it is intended for, or subsequently changes. I have K:, but it would [usually be D: with only one hard disk, and E: with two. I don't want to [dictate other peoples configurations. [ [Is the picture location saved in the database file? If so, the locations [would be burned in too. [ [It seems that the solution may have to be to copy the database to the [target machine (and possibly the media files) and then set the Legacy [location afterwards. I could build an InstallShield distribution to do [this, but it would be nice if I could automate the setting of the Legacy [locations - is there a way to do this from a command line, script or [program? [ [thanks, Pete [[EMAIL PROTECTED] [ [ [*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** [ [On 10/12/2002 at 05:40 Boris Lav wrote: [ [>Pete, [> [>Burn your Pictures directory on to your CD (k) [>Delete them from your present location (proof of the pudding), or move [>them to another directory as backup. [>In Legacy, goto Options, Customize, Location tab [> on the Picture files... change to your CD location [>et voila, they will popup back in Legacy [> [>Cheers, [>Boris [> [> [>----- Original Message ----- [>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [>Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:23 AM [>Subject: [LegacyUG] CD-ROM copy of database? [> [> [>> Has anyone made a CD-ROM copy of a Legacy database? [>> [>> I seems to me that there is a problem with the locations of pictures and [>> sounds as these are stored as absolute locations like [>> "C:\MyData\Legacy\Pictures\0032FredBloggs.jpg". When on CD-ROM they may [>end [>> up on a different drive letter - I usually use K: as that lets me change [>> the number of hard disk drives without upsetting the CD-ROM drive, but [>the [>> default is one more than the highest hard drive letter. [>> [>> The same problem arises when moving a Legacy database to a different [>drive, [>> or to a different location on the disk. All the pictures need [laboriously [>> fixing - a slow job even with the picture centre. [>> [>> Am I missing a trick, or is it a real problem, and has anyone managed to [>> overcome this? [>> [>> regards, Pete [>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [> [>Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: [>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp [> [>To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: [>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ [> [>To unsubscribe please visit: [>http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp [ [ [ [Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: [http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp [ [To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: [http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ [ [To unsubscribe please visit: [http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
