The safest way (but I'd do a backup anyway) is to export the file to a new family file [File/Export to/Legacy File] and in the Export screen select Re-number RINs and MRINs from 1. This will re-number the whole file and give you a straight run of numbers.
Here's the warning: you will have no control over how the numbering will run. If you generate a large web site (which will be indexed by RIN), then do an export and re-number, you will have to regenerate the entire site again to update it: doing small portions may or not match up with the new numbering and can cause real link headaches doing an update. Wm Voss -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Giovanni Roberto Ruffini Sent: Friday, 07 March, 2003 19:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Rin #s are too large Hello, everyone. I apologize if this is a FAQ. I've just joined this group. I am using Legacy 4.0 standard edition, downloading and merging lots of gedcom files posted to the internet by other very distant relatives, and using that information to generate a web-site of my ancestry, using the Legacy feature that creates web-pages. My problem is this: dozens of entries merged into my gedcom file from the imported files generate Rin numbers in excess of 9,999,999. This is not a problem when I simply use Legacy to view the information, but Legacy cannot generate web-pages for these entries, resulting in a family tree with large chunks of bad pages. Any way to renumber these entries? Automatically, I would prefer? :) Thanks, Giovanni 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
