Here is the original posting by Ken McGinnis on 11/16/2003 about the Geo Database files, hope this helps.
Don Paden --------- Those who are interested in the Geo Database and are currently using it should check out some files that allow you to improve and customize how the Geo Database works. A few have asked to have "County" or "Co." added to locations. Others have asked to have other text added. A given location can be entered by users in varying formats and this makes searching harder to find the correct location. In order to handle some of these differences we have four text files that I'd like for those who are interested to check them out and study them a little and see if there is something you can add to the files that would improve how Geo works for all users. After you install the 16 November 2003 build version 5.0.0.52 look in your Legacy folder for the following four files. GeoCountryCodes.txt GeoStateCodes.txt GeoCountyCodes.txt GeoExtraCodes.txt Do not change the above files. Instead make copies of them and call the copies this: GeoCountryCodes-Alt.txt GeoStateCodes-Alt.txt GeoCountyCodes-Alt.txt GeoExtraCodes-Alt.txt It's important that you make copies and don't change the original files. If you edit the original files and change the filedate then you may not get updates of the files with new builds. So, copy the files and work with the ones you added the -Alt to the name. When Legacy opens the Geo Database it read these files also. Legacy will first check for a file with the -Alt as part of the name and if one exists will open it instead of the original file. This allows users to make changes to customize settings to how they want the Geo Database to function for them. If you did a bunch of work to a file and then downloaded a new update and we had made changes and our file date was newer than yours then our GeoCountryCodes.txt file would overwrite your copy and you would lose all of your hard work. So, make changes to the GeoCountryCodes-Alt.txt file and you will never lose your work. If you saved a backup copy of our original files you could do file compares to see what we changed to see if you would want to add some of our changes to your -Alt version of the file. In the future we'll put all of this data into a database and will add a user interface to things to make it easy for any user to modify/customize things without having to figure out what the text files are all about and how to use them. At this point we are still trying to figure out all of the possibilities of how to make improvements and what types of things users are going to want to do. As you make improvements to your files we would like to know what you are adding or changing so we can see if it's something we feel all users would want so we can make the improvements to the our copies of the files. The Geo*Codes.txt files have some documentation included in the files that may help a little in figuring them out. These are initial releases and I'm sure we will have some good improvements to add to them. I think it would help a lot to include in the Subject line the specific file you are talking about as in: Subject: GeoCountryCodes.txt - your comment. or Subject: GeoExtraCodes.txt - your comment. This will allow those who are interested in following the discussion on this subject easy and those who are not interested can skip them. Thanks Ken McGinnis Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coddgenealogy Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace Snip 3) I also wish there were a way to strip the word "County" from *only* the Short Locations and *only* temporarily so I could print a chart without that extra word. Snip I don't know if this will do exactly what you want, but consider the contents of GeoExtraCodes.txt, which I reproduce below. I posted twice to the list about this mysterious but all-powerful file, and nobody responded, so I emailed Sherry directly, who said it did work, but all mention of it was missing from, or should I say "not yet in," the help files. She tried a perfunctory modification to it and it did affect the way the geo database, etc. works. The mod date on my copy of the file is 11 Nov 2003. Anybody else got this in the geo folder under Legacy? Only deluxe version I think. I think it may only function when you have the geo database open, in which case you may be stuck with an Access fix. Jonathan * Legacy GeoDB Extra Commands List. * * Comment lines can be added to this file by placing an * as the first character. * * Notes: Add an * to comment out (deactivate) an item. * Remove the * character to activate an item you want to use. * * Numbers used to perform specified Action: * * * APPLY TO SELECTED LOCATION * ========================== * When a user selects a location in a specific country, Legacy can * perform the following commands when assembling the parts * 110 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * 111 = Add this text to the end of the Long County field. * 112 = Add this text to the end of the Long State field. * 113 = Add this text to the end of the Long Country field. * * 114 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * 115 = Add this text to the end of the Short County field. * 116 = Add this text to the end of the Short State field. * 117 = Add this text to the end of the Short Country field. * * 120 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * 121 = Remove this text from the end of the Long County field. * 122 = Remove this text from the end of the Long State field. * 123 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * * 124 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * 125 = Remove this text from the end of the Short County field. * 126 = Remove this text from the end of the Short State field. * 127 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * * * SEARCHING * ========================== * When performing a search in a specific country, Legacy can remove * or add the specified extra text and then try the search again. * * 210 = For searching Add this text to the end of the City field. * 211 = For searching Add this text to the end of the County field. * 212 = For searching Add this text to the end of the State field. * 213 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * * 220 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the City field. * 221 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the County field. * 222 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the State field. * 223 = (not functional at this time. we didn't think it would be used.) * * ... = If there is a ... in the country position for the 200 level * Search actions then that action will be applied to all countries. * * * APPLY TO SELECTED LOCATION * ========================== * * United States * * add County to the end of the county field for Long Locations being returned *USA|111| County *USA|112| State * add Co. to the end of the county field for Short Locations being returned *USA|115| Co. * * * * SEARCHING * ========================== * * 220 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the City field. * * The following *** ones are not needed as Legacy already checks for them. ***...|220| City ***...|220| Town ***...|220| Township ***...|220| Twp. ***...|220| Twp ***...|220| Village ***...|220| Borough ...|220| Bor. ...|220| Bor ...|220| Parish ...|220| Par. ...|220| Par ...|220| Vill. ...|220| Vill ...|220| Vil. ...|220| Vil ...|220| Island ...|220| Isle ...|220| Is. ...|220| Is * * 221 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the County field. * * The following *** ones are not needed as Legacy already checks for them. ***...|221| County ***...|221| Co. ***...|221| Co ...|221| Parish ...|221| Par. ...|221| Par ...|221| Borough ...|221| Bor. ...|221| Bor ...|221| Census Area ...|221| (CA) ...|221| CA ...|221| Territory * * 222 = For searching Remove this text from the end of the State field. * ...|222| State ...|222| St. ...|222| Territory ...|222| Province Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. 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