Those predefined sentences give a strictly Gedcom 5.5 program the horrors. Sometimes I have to strip them first; sometimes they are converted into Notes. In other words, what is exported as a Gedcom 5.5 isn't one.
Doug L. On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 2:37 pm, Paula Ryburn wrote: > Susan, I don't think it's so much how the programmers programmed it. It's > how they set up all those default sentence structures for all the events > that come with Legacy. Sort of pre-populating the events for you. All you > would need to do is change the event's sentence structure to suit yourself. > I think that's a lot easier than populating all the events and/or their > sentence structures from scratch! ;) --Paula > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field > > > That's kind of what I was thinking, Cathy. > > I just wondered what the Legacy Programmers were thinking would be > placed into the Description Field so that it would read clearly in > their predefined sentence. For example, with the Residence event, the > definition is "[HeShe] resided at [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] > [Notes]" -- the programmers added the word "at" to make the > Description make sense. I would have thought that they'd program the > Military Service (and Discharge) event definition to include the > little words like "as a" or just "as". > > So I will go ahead and redefine the event definition. Thanks for the > discussion. > > Susan > > On 7/8/05, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since in some views and reports, you don't get the Sentence but more a > > list > > style, I'd suggest you change the Default sentence and leave words such > > as "as a" in the Sentence rather than th Description. Take a look at the > > Chronology View where events are Listed - Date - Event Name - Place - > > Description - followed by Notes if you've chosen to include them > > > > It needs to make some sense both ways. > > > > Cathy > > > > At 08:57 PM 8/07/2005, you wrote: > > >I should have looked at my event definition first - I did not change at > > >all. Mine read: "He served in the military as a private with the United > > >States Army" or "He served in the military as a Captain with the United > > >States Navy". If you have no detail perhaps: "He served in the military > > >as > > >a member of the uniformed services during World War I" It is also best > > >to spell everything out as there are many individuals who have service > > >with foreign services such as the Royal Flying Corps (England), Canadian > > >Flying Corps I, etc. in WWII or perhaps the foreign brigades in Spain > > >during their Civil War. My wife has an English ancestor who served as a > > >Lt. with the German army in the early 1800s. To avoid any confusion > > >always > > >spell everything out. > > > > > >Tom........ > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Daily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:27 PM > > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service event - description field > > > > > >Thanks for responding, Tom. I should have noted that the event > > >sentence definition is: > > >"[HeShe] served in the military [Desc] [onDate] [inPlace].[Sources] > > >[Notes]" > > > > > >Perhaps I should simply remove "in the Military" then from the default > > >so it will read as you describe below? > > > > > >Susan > > 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 -- ICQ Number 178748389. Registered Linux User No. 277548. I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams. - W.B. Yeats. 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
