Thank you --- Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help - Location list does not work in To-Do
> Correct - it is blank. And the names I add are very brief - not as > formal as in the main Location list, as they are only intended for my > eyes! > > Cheers, > Rob > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:16:07 -0600, Jan Stryker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob - Thank you for the explanation. So Rob your location list on your > > To-Do list is blank at startup and/or until you manually add locations?? > > > > Jan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rob Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Help - Location list does not work in To-Do > > > > > The Locality in To-Do items is for a different purpose than the > > > Locations in your main family file. The intention is that you can > > > enter a location you may wish to visit to obtain information. When > > > used carefully in conjunction with the Repository entry, this can be a > > > great help for planning field trips. It is unlikley that these > > > "Localities" will correspond to the locations in the Master Location > > > List, although there could be some overlap. They will be much less > > > formally identified, and also are vastly fewer in number, so typing > > > them from scratch is not an issue. > > > > > > For example, I have a Locality "Adelaide" to flag all To-Do's for my > > > next visit to that fair city, that require an in-person visit. I also > > > have a Locality of "Internet" for items that require using the > > > internet, and "Home" for tasks I need to do at home. I also use > > > Repository to show where the information is located. So I might have > > > a Repository of BDM-Adelaide, but some of the items with this > > > Repository will have a Locality of "Internet" for items that I can > > > request from BDM-Adelaide over the Internet, and others might have a > > > Locality of "Adelaide" for those that I need to do in person in the > > > BDM-Adelaide office. > > > > > > So, as you can see, the purposes of the Locality and Location fields > > > are quite different, and tying the two together would be very > > > restricting. So, as a computer salesman once said to me, "That's not > > > a fault, it's a feature!" > > > > > > Hope this helps. If I've misunderstood, please let me know. > > > Cheers, > > > Rob > > > > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:39:26 -0600, Jan Stryker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I need help I have been trying to get the "location list" in the To-Do > > > > (list) feature to default to the "master location list" in my database. > > I > > > > have tried exporting from my current database and Legacy will not allow > > > > that. I have created another database and then tried to import with no > > > > luck. Can someone help me debug Legacy Version 5.0 to make this feature > > > > work??? The darn program has an empty location list in To-do and so far > > the > > > > only option I have found is to manually type the locations back in - > > > > AAAArgh!! > > > > > > > > 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 > > > 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
