--- Robert Carneal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are talking about getting the data into > columns, not lines, right? I > equate rows = lines. Hmm, I'd like to try. What > is the first column where > you have data examples? Is the first column the > date of *when* you enter > that person into Legacy? Legacy is so > formidable, I'd bet it would not be > difficult to do on your part. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Bob > Bashford > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New report needed ... > very easy to program ... > > > Thanks for all your suggestions ... > but I don't think any of them > get what I want ... which is a separate line > for birth, marriage, and death > ... I do have Genviewer and think it's a > wonderful program, but I don't see > any way to get three lines for each person ... > nor does the "print" option > on the Legacy name list do it ... it'll produce > one line for each person > ... not the three I want. > > The idea is to get this: > > 01/01/01 Person A > Birth Location A > > 05/05/05 Person B > Birth Location B > > 01/10/10 Person C > Marr Location C > > 10/10/20 Person A > Marr Location C > > 10/10/30 Person B > Death Location C > > etc, etc, etc. > > I'd be more than happy if someone can > show me a way to achieve > this within Legacy or Genviewer ... and without > diddling around combining > files or sorting them outside the program ... > this'd be a piece of cake for > the Legacy programmers ... I doubt that it'd > take more than an affternoon > ... since they already have the selection and > reporting substructure in > place. Using a .csv file means another program > to manipulate that ... and > probably separate files for birth, marriage, > and death which have to be > combined ... and then setting up print > parameters to output it ... and > adding headers, etc. > > The point of making it a new report is > that it's then available to > every Legacy user ... without them having to > refer to a page of > instructions or spending an extra hour to get > the report done ... it's done > once by the programming staff (which I know is > overburdened). > > Just as a matter of background ... I > worked with computers from > 1967 (not a typo) until 1996 when I retired ... > as a programmer, systems > analyst, system designer, and software company > owner. The point of this is > not self-glorification, but rather that I did > think it through and am aware > of what is needed to accomplish this and where > it might best be > achieved. Users shouldn't have to diddle. > Btw, I do admire Legacy, both > for its abilities and for the responsiveness > and availability of the staff. > > Regards, > > Bob > > At 12:12 PM 03/03/05 +1100, you wrote: > >Hi Bob, > > > >Using Dennis's suggestion - select option CSV > file and then you can sort > and > >play to your heart's content! > > > >And of course before printing / extracting, > you can go to options and > >Customise the detail you want. > > > >Regards ...... Susie Z > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dennis Kowallek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:38 AM > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New report needed ... > very easy to program ... > > > > > >On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:20:01 -0500, Bob > Bashford > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > >I'd like to see a report which, for selected > persons (all persons, > family, > > >tagged, focus group, descent line, etc), > lists the birth, marriage, and > > >death dates > > > >Or go to the Name List and click "Print...". > > > > > >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 >
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