I have the same situation and would like to be included if any fixes are found. I personally would like to see them on this list but if this is deemed a non-legacy topic that's fine too.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gail > Rich Nestor > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:09 PM > To: Legacy > Subject: [LegacyUG] Working with a Legacy File in MS Access 97 > > Hi, I am hoping someone can help me offline with a little work I want to > do > on my Legacy file using Access. > > When I first set up my census events in Legacy, I didn't realize I could > insert a carriage return [CR] place holder in the event definition to > insert > a blank line between my event sentence and the actual event > notes/transcription. Therefore, I inserted a blank line manually by > hitting > "Enter" at the beginning of each Event Note. I have almost 19,000 events > and it is not practical for me to go through each event and delete these > extra lines. > > I could just edit the GEDCOM file, but then I would have to do this each > time I export the GEDCOM to update my web site. The reason I want to > eliminate this line now is that it looks bad on my new TNG web site which > uses PHP. > > It seems that another possibility to get rid of these lines would be to > use > Access to make the changes to the Legacy file. It's been a while since I > used Access, but I used to be fairly good with it. I only have Access 97 > though. The main issue now is that when I try to open my Legacy back-up > file or even a GEDCOM of it, Access doesn't recognize the file format. > > I've seen other posters on this list mention using Access to manipulate > Legacy data. Could someone help me figure out how to open a file? I > think > I can do what I need from there. > > Thanks in advance for your help offline. > Gail Rich Nestor > Smyrna, Georgia > www.roots2buds.net Legacy User Group 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
