Dave, Touché! There has not been much discussion about editing the Geo files since first released, but I thought/remembered there was a problem recognizing the -Alt file. Upon further testing, it does in fact work! Please disregard my last post.
I will go back into "lurking" mode while the red drains from my face. Don Paden -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Naylor Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Search and Replace On 29 Mar 2006 Donald E. Paden wrote: > Do NOT rename the file. The file name should remain "GeoExtraCodes.txt". > The section that needs to be changed should look like this: Donald, this is *bad* advice!! The files as received from Millennia should *not* be edited. These files may need to be replaced by Millennia as part of an update. If that happens then the user's edits will either be lost or the original file will not be updated. Millennia's instructions are to *copy* the file you wish to edit/change and rename it by adding "-Alt" immediately ahead of the period -- so for the above file the user's edited version would be GeoExtraCodes-Alt.txt The instructions further say "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 needs to use one of these Geo files it first checks to see if an -Alt file exists and if so it uses it instead of the Millennia-provided one. Cheers, -- Dave N. -- David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. --- Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
