Re: [LegacyUG] DNA Family Tree
On 2010/01/22 18:49, Francois Greeff wrote: Is there way in which Legacy Charting 7 can make a colour coded Y-DNA tree that depicts MUTATIONS by colour? Since you've not received any responses on-list, I would think most people here are doing Genealogy, and not Microbiology or Genetics :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Vacation?
On 2010/01/23 22:52, Fredrica Skov wrote: I love being on the list of the Legacy user group normally, but I just returned from a week vacation with 358 emails from the User Group. Is there a way to put a vacation hold on the group and not get them while on vacation or do I have to un-subscribe each time I go away for a week or two? If I remember correctly, this is usually a function supplied by your ISP. At least, mine does! Generally, these functions work as follows. You supply a range of dates and a message that you wish to be sent to *everyone* that writes to you during the period of the dates. This is *NOT* a good idea for an email account to which a mailing list, such as this one, are forwarding mail. Try it and just see how much ire you create :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Many times we see references made to the various .USR files that control various options (mainly reporting) for the program. The on-line help has a list of the file names and an indication of what they purport to apply to. Since these appear to be predominantly text files, and can be viewed with Notepad, would it possible to enhance the specifications of these files so as to permit the inclusion of comments in the files? Then, some future release/upgrade to the files could add titles and descriptions to the files, making it easier for the less-technically equipped users to see at a glance what each file is for. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on a Mac
Anne, I am a relatively new owner of a Macbook Pro (August '09), and am happy to discuss my experiences so far. I am using Parallels with the beta version of Win7. Dawn in NJ njheart2he...@gmail.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Some help from across the pond
Mike Fry wrote: On 2010/01/23 16:37, Ron Ferguson wrote: Parishes, there are two types - Ecclesiastical and Civil - they are not necessarily co-terminous and the boundaries, and names, may vary over time. Towns and Parishes may also change from one county to another over time. When I include a parish in a location then it is the Civil Parish and not the Ecclesiastic. Note also that Registration Districts for bmd's are an artificial construction invented for administrative convenience and need not have any relationship to anything other than themselves! I think I might take a very small issue with you over the Registration Districts :-) I have always been under the impression that when they were initially set up in 1837, the Registration Districts were assembled from groups of neighbouring Poor Law Unions. This was because there were administrative structure already in place. Of course, over time, the Registration Districts themselves have also been changed to better fit with the changing population demography. Mike, I can't really disagree with that, although I do not know if it applied to all, but really my main point was that they developed a life of their own, indeed the name of the Registration District sometimes has no relationship to the area it covers. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Split spouse from my tree
Thanks all for the advice. I kinda cheated when I split the family off in the first place (didn't use tagging, just exported his ancestors and their families), so I didn't have it tagged, but there wasn't a whole lot to his family, so I just deleted one by one. Took a little while but it was fine in the end. Just got my LFT training CDs, set 2, so I was learning about tagging just after I did the split :) Dawn D in NJ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Split spouse from my tree
Original Message From: Dawn Del Guercio To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: 25 January 2010 16:19 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Split spouse from my tree Thanks all for the advice. I kinda cheated when I split the family off in the first place (didn't use tagging, just exported his ancestors and their families), so I didn't have it tagged, but there wasn't a whole lot to his family, so I just deleted one by one. Took a little while but it was fine in the end. Just got my LFT training CDs, set 2, so I was learning about tagging just after I did the split :) Dawn D in NJ Dawn, Glad it worked. I gave the ideal way of doing this because you gave no indication of what was in your husband's bit. Using Ancestors is fine, but will only work if their are no cousins, especially second, third etc., as they will *not* be ancestors of your husband, and will, not, therefore, be indentified for transfer. Ron Ferguson PS. before someone jumps on you please use plain text when using this list (you are far from being the only one btw,), also some users have their readers set not to accept html, so you are restricting the help. _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
I find the usr files valuable to keep for whenever I am resetting my computer (I do a fair amount of experimental work, so that happens every couple of months), so I have copied them all to my data drive, where I keep my other Legacy data. Now whenever I reinstall Legacy, I simply copy them back to the Legacy program directory. I notice that the help file does not mention the rf1 files, which are the settings for the reports. It's worth keeping those also. Part of my 'wish list' for Legacy 8 would be that the path to user files could be defined, as is already the case for the database, images etc. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Some help from across the pond
I discovered recently when looking into our local authority boundaries that the outlines here were based upon Saxon tribal boundaries, ca. 950 A.D. We had been wondering why they made no sense in today's life! Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC
I did the export to PDF and a Picture Program, but I have 8 generations and this is impossible to do on legal paper. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Francois Greeff goodgre...@hiddencode.co.uk wrote: “Is there anyway to get Legacy charts onto a MS Doc or something different?” I figured out the same problem for myself. In Legacy Charting 7 (similar in Legacy) you CAN save in different formats. The most useful to email is probably pdf. Here is how: 1. In Legacy Charting click on the main icon top left 2. Click Save As 3. At the bottom of the new window, choose Save as type: and you bomb out! There are no alternatives there. That does not work. Weird. Now I remember! 1. Click on “Publish” 2. Export to File 3. Choose jpg in the new window (better for charts than a pdf) 4. Select destination folder and enter your own file name 5. Click OK. My problem went further. I wanted different colours in a family chart, to illustrate different branches by DNA mutations. To do that I right click on the file name in windows, and I select “Open with….” And then open the jpg chart with “Paint”. Then I used the “paint” program to colour in the squares in the jpg image. It worked like a charm. There was another area in which I had to be cunning. Some charts will not show only the direct line of descent to specified descendants. The chat shows every one of all the siblings in every generation. That really clutters the page with masses of useless siblings. I solved that by creating a new tree, a duplicate of the one I was working in, and from the duplicate I simply deleted all the unwanted siblings until I had only the people I wanted in my chart in the family tree. Then I printed the chart I wanted. Next week I shall have to repeat the process, but with a very much larger group of people. I have already decided to tag all the ones I want, and then to export all the tagged ones in a gedcom. The nuisance of this is that I have to search out and individually tag fifty people and their direct paternal ancestors only – each one by hand. Legacy can certainly work on defining the parameters of groups more specifically. The boolean stuff is a bit too thin in the current search facility of Legacy. I compare the stuff we have now to the eighties, and my mind boggles at the thought of the software our grandchildren will use! Regards, Francois _ Francois Greeff 36 Aston Road London SW20 8BE United Kingdom Phone: 0044 20 8123 4224 Mobile 0044 79 6372 2345 Skype: Greefffrancois Greeff Family Web Site: (www.Greeff.info) The Greeff Family Web site is temporarily OFF the internet while I repair the great damage done by hackers. I hope to have the web site up and running in January. *From:* Michele S [mailto:michs...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 24 January 2010 19:29 *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC Is there anyway to get these charts onto a MS Doc or something different? i can only print the chart and I want to email it to my family. Thank you, I am new :) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Vacation?
Some mailing list software has a nomail setting, where you can remain a subscribed member of the list but not receive the posts - particularly useful when you want to retain customised settings or access restricted archives. I think this is the sort of thing the original poster was thinking of when asking the question. We do not have this option on this list. You're either subscribed and receive the posts, or you're not subscribed and don't. Kind Regards, Wendy Howard -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/ - Original Message - *From:* Mike Fry mike...@iafrica.com *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com *Sent:* 01/26/2010 3:56:04 AM +1300 *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Vacation? On 2010/01/23 22:52, Fredrica Skov wrote: I love being on the list of the Legacy user group normally, but I just returned from a week vacation with 358 emails from the User Group. Is there a way to put a vacation hold on the group and not get them while on vacation or do I have to un-subscribe each time I go away for a week or two? If I remember correctly, this is usually a function supplied by your ISP. At least, mine does! Generally, these functions work as follows. You supply a range of dates and a message that you wish to be sent to *everyone* that writes to you during the period of the dates. This is *NOT* a good idea for an email account to which a mailing list, such as this one, are forwarding mail. Try it and just see how much ire you create :-) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Yikes! I am in the process of getting ready to install Windows 7 which will necessitate backing up all my entire XP based drive and reloading all programs and their associated files. This discussion has me extremely worried about getting all my 'preferences' (tags, reports settings, customized facts, etc.) moved back in correctly. My 'wish' would be for a backup or export file command that would maintain my program EXACTLY the way I'm using it now -- bringing in .usr, .rf1, and reinstalling them back in the program files without my having to do it all by hand. It sounds like I've another hour or two of reading and saving to do before I can install 7 . . . Liz Stratton On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alastair Lack alastairl...@gmail.comwrote: I find the usr files valuable to keep for whenever I am resetting my computer (I do a fair amount of experimental work, so that happens every couple of months), so I have copied them all to my data drive, where I keep my other Legacy data. Now whenever I reinstall Legacy, I simply copy them back to the Legacy program directory. I notice that the help file does not mention the rf1 files, which are the settings for the reports. It's worth keeping those also. Part of my 'wish list' for Legacy 8 would be that the path to user files could be defined, as is already the case for the database, images etc. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC
Michele, Do you mean you cannot get it onto one sheet? If so I am not surprised, even if you did I suspect that it would be too small to read. What can be done though is to move the lines and boxes so that they are not cut into peices ny the page edges. This is done by clicking on what look like trees on the sidebar and then move the appropriate boxes. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ - Original Message - From: Michele S To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: 25 January 2010 18:23 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC I did the export to PDF and a Picture Program, but I have 8 generations and this is impossible to do on legal paper. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Francois Greeff goodgre...@hiddencode.co.uk wrote: “Is there anyway to get Legacy charts onto a MS Doc or something different?†I figured out the same problem for myself. In Legacy Charting 7 (similar in Legacy) you CAN save in different formats. The most useful to email is probably pdf. Here is how: 1. In Legacy Charting click on the main icon top left 2. Click Save As 3. At the bottom of the new window, choose Save as type: and you bomb out! There are no alternatives there. That does not work. Weird. Now I remember! 1. Click on “Publish†2. Export to File 3. Choose jpg in the new window (better for charts than a pdf) 4. Select destination folder and enter your own file name 5. Click OK. My problem went further. I wanted different colours in a family chart, to illustrate different branches by DNA mutations. To do that I right click on the file name in windows, and I select “Open with….†And then open the jpg chart with “Paintâ€. Then I used the “paint†program to colour in the squares in the jpg image. It worked like a charm. There was another area in which I had to be cunning. Some charts will not show only the direct line of descent to specified descendants. The chat shows every one of all the siblings in every generation. That really clutters the page with masses of useless siblings. I solved that by creating a new tree, a duplicate of the one I was working in, and from the duplicate I simply deleted all the unwanted siblings until I had only the people I wanted in my chart in the family tree. Then I printed the chart I wanted. Next week I shall have to repeat the process, but with a very much larger group of people. I have already decided to tag all the ones I want, and then to export all the tagged ones in a gedcom. The nuisance of this is that I have to search out and individually tag fifty people and their direct paternal ancestors only – each one by hand. Legacy can certainly work on defining the parameters of groups more specifically. The boolean stuff is a bit too thin in the current search facility of Legacy. I compare the stuff we have now to the eighties, and my mind boggles at the thought of the software our grandchildren will use! Regards, Francois _ Francois Greeff 36 Aston Road London SW20 8BE United Kingdom Phone: 0044 20 8123 4224 Mobile 0044 79 6372 2345 Skype: Greefffrancois Greeff Family Web Site: (www.Greeff.info) The Greeff Family Web site is temporarily OFF the internet while I repair the great damage done by hackers. I hope to have the web site up and running in January. From: Michele S [mailto:michs...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 January 2010 19:29 To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC Is there anyway to get these charts onto a MS Doc or something different? i can only print the chart and I want to email it to my family. Thank you, I am new :) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines:
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On 1/25/2010 12:12 PM, Elizabeth Stratton wrote: Yikes! I am in the process of getting ready to install Windows 7 which will necessitate backing up all my entire XP based drive and reloading all programs and their associated files. This discussion has me extremely worried about getting all my 'preferences' (tags, reports settings, customized facts, etc.) moved back in correctly. My 'wish' would be for a backup or export file command that would maintain my program EXACTLY the way I'm using it now -- bringing in .usr, .rf1, and reinstalling them back in the program files without my having to do it all by hand. It sounds like I've another hour or two of reading and saving to do before I can install 7 . . . Liz Stratton On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alastair Lack alastairl...@gmail.com mailto:alastairl...@gmail.com wrote: I find the usr files valuable to keep for whenever I am resetting my computer (I do a fair amount of experimental work, so that happens every couple of months), so I have copied them all to my data drive, where I keep my other Legacy data. Now whenever I reinstall Legacy, I simply copy them back to the Legacy program directory. I notice that the help file does not mention the rf1 files, which are the settings for the reports. It's worth keeping those also. Part of my 'wish list' for Legacy 8 would be that the path to user files could be defined, as is already the case for the database, images etc. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp You might want to take a look at PCMover from Laplink Software. I used it to install Win7 on a XP notebook computer and it did a good job of keeping almost everything intact. Only down side is it is not free, and you need to study the documentation a little before using. But all that being said it did the job. -- Ronald Sudweeks rsudwe...@comcast.net Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Do a BACKUP then RESTORE to the new machine - everything should be fine! Keith -- Find-A-Grave County Keeper for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Elizabeth Stratton cliftongo...@gmail.com wrote: Yikes! I am in the process of getting ready to install Windows 7 which will necessitate backing up all my entire XP based drive and reloading all programs and their associated files. This discussion has me extremely worried about getting all my 'preferences' (tags, reports settings, customized facts, etc.) moved back in correctly. My 'wish' would be for a backup or export file command that would maintain my program EXACTLY the way I'm using it now -- bringing in .usr, .rf1, and reinstalling them back in the program files without my having to do it all by hand. It sounds like I've another hour or two of reading and saving to do before I can install 7 . . . Liz Stratton On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Alastair Lack alastairl...@gmail.com wrote: I find the usr files valuable to keep for whenever I am resetting my computer (I do a fair amount of experimental work, so that happens every couple of months), so I have copied them all to my data drive, where I keep my other Legacy data. Now whenever I reinstall Legacy, I simply copy them back to the Legacy program directory. I notice that the help file does not mention the rf1 files, which are the settings for the reports. It's worth keeping those also. Part of my 'wish list' for Legacy 8 would be that the path to user files could be defined, as is already the case for the database, images etc. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On 2010/01/25 18:15, Sherry/Support wrote: As you noted, the .USR files are listed in the Help file, indicating which file saves which settings. If you'll look closely at the file names, most of them do relate to the appropriate file, esp the .USR files for reports. I have that Help topic saved in the Favorites tab of Help so I can quickly find it - you can also print it out. Since the (unseen) line number is very important for the related feature to find the appropriate setting, it's critical that users don't edit the file otherwise it can be corrupted. Ah! That sort of makes sense. But also implies that weird problems can result from minor corruptions. Hence the requests to delete a particular file and let the program recreate from scratch. When the conversion to .NET happens, at least you'll be able to use named options within protected files :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list
The link you sent me to verify my subscription is incorrect. I keep getting a 404 Error message. Thank you. From: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:19 PM To: momalo...@aol.com Subject: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list You have requested a subscription to the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com mailing list. To be added to the list you must click the following link to verify your subscription: http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/ http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba8%2012 ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba812ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com Thank you, Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
I think a BACKUP then RESTORE brings all of the USR files with it -- then you do not have to remember which ones to copy. Keith -- Find-A-Grave County Keeper for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot br...@the-lightfoots.com wrote: I support Mike's concept and suggest that there may be even more ways of implementing these tasks and similar ones. For example, I just now have moved from WinXP to Win7. I faithfully made a backup of everything that was in my Legacy\Data folder. Upon re-installing Legacy under the new OS, I merely copied those files into the new Data folder and I thought I would be happy. Unfortunately, I forgot about all the .USR files that reside in the Legacy root folder. OK, no real harm donejust a bunch of minutes of wasted time in re-creating my preferences. Oops, wait a minutewhat about my spelling dictionary file? Can anyone off the top of their head tell me the exact name of that file and where it is located? That will take many hours to recreate. And I ain't getting any younger. Perhaps one solution might be something similar to what Microsoft incorporates into their Office Suite programs and even Internet Explorer. There is a File/Import and Export function that relates to user settings, cookies, favorites, and that God-awful .PST file from Outlook (which is one huge encrypted file of one's personal data to include all email and other info). Yes, it would be nice to have that in Legacy. A few mouse clicks and you can save everything you need to transfer to a new computer or part of your backups. Brian in CA 10 days of rain and counting. After 40, I'm building an ark. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers On 2010/01/25 18:15, Sherry/Support wrote: As you noted, the .USR files are listed in the Help file, indicating which file saves which settings. If you'll look closely at the file names, most of them do relate to the appropriate file, esp the .USR files for reports. I have that Help topic saved in the Favorites tab of Help so I can quickly find it - you can also print it out. Since the (unseen) line number is very important for the related feature to find the appropriate setting, it's critical that users don't edit the file otherwise it can be corrupted. Ah! That sort of makes sense. But also implies that weird problems can result from minor corruptions. Hence the requests to delete a particular file and let the program recreate from scratch. When the conversion to .NET happens, at least you'll be able to use named options within protected files :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Or just click on the Reset button. to restore it to defaults. Deleting the file(s) is when all else fails. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation supp...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Mike Fry [mailto:mike...@iafrica.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:57 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers snip Ah! That sort of makes sense. But also implies that weird problems can result from minor corruptions. Hence the requests to delete a particular file and let the program recreate from scratch. When the conversion to .NET happens, at least you'll be able to use named options within protected files :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:39 -0500, GeoSci geosc...@gmail.com wrote: I think a BACKUP then RESTORE brings all of the USR files with it -- then you do not have to remember which ones to copy. I don't believe this is true. If it were then if someone sent you a backup to look at and you restored it on your PC your settings would get clobbered. USR files are not specific to each family file. They are associated with each Legacy installation. IOW, one set in C:\Legacy6\, one set in C:\Legacy7\, etc. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Perhaps I am misunderstanding things - if this is true - why not just copy the family file and paste it on another machine (with Legacy installed, etc). In other words - why BACKUP and RESTORE. Copying would be easier... Sherry?? Can you clear this up?? Thanks Keith -- Find-A-Grave County Keeper for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:39 -0500, GeoSci geosc...@gmail.com wrote: I think a BACKUP then RESTORE brings all of the USR files with it -- then you do not have to remember which ones to copy. I don't believe this is true. If it were then if someone sent you a backup to look at and you restored it on your PC your settings would get clobbered. USR files are not specific to each family file. They are associated with each Legacy installation. IOW, one set in C:\Legacy6\, one set in C:\Legacy7\, etc. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:48:18 -0500, GeoSci geosc...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps I am misunderstanding things - if this is true - why not just copy the family file and paste it on another machine (with Legacy installed, etc). In other words - why BACKUP and RESTORE. Copying would be easier... Sherry?? Can you clear this up?? Just open up the backup using WinZip (or whatever unzip utility is on your PC) and look at it. No USR files. As far as just copying the .fdb file to another machine is concerned ... you can do that. I do it all the time. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Yes, Dennis, I agree that the FDB files are no problem. For a renewed installation, one needs 1. The database file; it is in the location described in Customise-Locations; and all the other files (pictures etc.) associated with it in the locations described there 2. The .usr files from C:\Program Files\Legacy 3. The .rf1 files defining report settings - wherever they are to be found. I always keep a directory for them alongside my data directory, and when I have a report as I want it, I save to that directory. 4. Others that I don't know about, such as spelling etc. Book reports etc seem to produce vast numbers of files without extensions. Liz, 1,2 3 should cover most of what you need. Brian, I can't support an Outlook-like file, as it completely stops one seeing exactly what is going on. All we need is for Millennium to add one path to the options - for the .usr rf1 files, dictionary etc. -- Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:35:42 +, Alastair Lack alastairl...@gmail.com wrote: All we need is for Millennium to add one path to the options - for the .usr rf1 files, dictionary etc. .rf* files (and others) get saved wherever you tell Legacy to save them. So you can set up a folder and save them there. I save mine to my Legacy\Data folder. There is a sub-folder called C:\Legacy\Dictionaries\ already. I don't know anything about what is in it though. I suggest copying the *.usr files every so often ... maybe saving the copied files to C:\Legacy\Data\Usr\. I recommend having a backup handy just in case something gets corrupted. Then, instead of deleting a .usr file, you can just restore it. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
There are myriad files in the Legacy subfolder, Dictionaries. The two from which I can choose when in Notes are \userdic-us.tlx and \correct.tlx. CE Wood -Original Message- From: Alastair Lack [mailto:alastairl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:36 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers Yes, Dennis, I agree that the FDB files are no problem. For a renewed installation, one needs 1. The database file; it is in the location described in Customise-Locations; and all the other files (pictures etc.) associated with it in the locations described there 2. The .usr files from C:\Program Files\Legacy 3. The .rf1 files defining report settings - wherever they are to be found. I always keep a directory for them alongside my data directory, and when I have a report as I want it, I save to that directory. 4. Others that I don't know about, such as spelling etc. Book reports etc seem to produce vast numbers of files without extensions. Liz, 1,2 3 should cover most of what you need. Brian, I can't support an Outlook-like file, as it completely stops one seeing exactly what is going on. All we need is for Millennium to add one path to the options - for the .usr rf1 files, dictionary etc. -- Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2637 - Release Date: 01/24/10 19:33:00 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
Dennis, I think you just repeated what I said - that one can save .rf1 to wherever one wants. But that in my view does not remove the desirability of having a defined path to not only those, but the .usr files also - all the ones none of us seem to be able to define, but the programmers will know. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
I just did a search of my C drive, but no .rf1 files. Where and what are they? CE Wood -Original Message- From: Alastair Lack [mailto:alastairl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers Dennis, I think you just repeated what I said - that one can save .rf1 to wherever one wants. But that in my view does not remove the desirability of having a defined path to not only those, but the .usr files also - all the ones none of us seem to be able to define, but the programmers will know. Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2637 - Release Date: 01/24/10 19:33:00 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC
Michele, I presume you are meaning a Descendant chart (or any chart) from Legacy Charting. Try this. Download the free program pdf995 (Google it) and set it up as a printer ie so you can print anything to .pdf files. When you have your chart go to the symbol in the top left hand corner and to Print. In Printer properties select PDF995 as your printer, press OK, select the name and place you want the file, and Save. This effectively prints a pdf file. This file can then be emailed as an ordinary .pdf file attachment. The file will print a multi page output (the same page layout as you had on the original Charting chart) and it has a small blank edge strip on each side of the page. Trim (say) the left side of each page back to the text and then match to the next sheet and glue in place to make one long chart. If you put a border around the chart, this acts a guide for trimming, and for accurate alignment between pages. Practice on a small 3 page chart! Boyd -Original Message- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2010 8:17 a.m. To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC Michele, Do you mean you cannot get it onto one sheet? If so I am not surprised, even if you did I suspect that it would be too small to read. What can be done though is to move the lines and boxes so that they are not cut into peices ny the page edges. This is done by clicking on what look like trees on the sidebar and then move the appropriate boxes. Ron Ferguson _ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ - Original Message - From: Michele S To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: 25 January 2010 18:23 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Charting into MS DOC I did the export to PDF and a Picture Program, but I have 8 generations and this is impossible to do on legal paper. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thank you. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Francois Greeff goodgre...@hiddencode.co.uk wrote: “Is there anyway to get Legacy charts onto a MS Doc or something different?†I figured out the same problem for myself. In Legacy Charting 7 (similar in Legacy) you CAN save in different formats. The most useful to email is probably pdf. Here is how: 1. In Legacy Charting click on the main icon top left 2. Click Save As 3. At the bottom of the new window, choose Save as type: and you bomb out! There are no alternatives there. That does not work. Weird. Now I remember! 1. Click on “Publish†2. Export to File 3. Choose jpg in the new window (better for charts than a pdf) 4. Select destination folder and enter your own file name 5. Click OK. My problem went further. I wanted different colours in a family chart, to illustrate different branches by DNA mutations. To do that I right click on the file name in windows, and I select “Open with….†And then open the jpg chart with “Paintâ€. Then I used the “paint†program to colour in the squares in the jpg image. It worked like a charm. There was another area in which I had to be cunning. Some charts will not show only the direct line of descent to specified descendants. The chat shows every one of all the siblings in every generation. That really clutters the page with masses of useless siblings. I solved that by creating a new tree, a duplicate of the one I was working in, and from the duplicate I simply deleted all the unwanted siblings until I had only the people I wanted in my chart in the family tree. Then I printed the chart I wanted. Next week I shall have to repeat the process, but with a very much larger group of people. I have already decided to tag all the ones I want, and then to export all the tagged ones in a gedcom. The nuisance of this is that I have to search out and individually tag fifty people and their direct paternal ancestors only – each one by hand. Legacy can certainly work on defining the parameters of groups more specifically. The boolean stuff is a bit too thin in the current search facility of Legacy. I compare the stuff we have now to the eighties, and my mind boggles at the thought of the software our grandchildren will use! Regards, Francois _ Francois Greeff 36 Aston Road London SW20 8BE United Kingdom Phone: 0044 20 8123 4224 Mobile 0044 79 6372 2345 Skype: Greefffrancois Greeff Family Web Site: (www.Greeff.info) The Greeff Family Web site is temporarily OFF the internet while I repair the great damage done by hackers. I hope to have the web site up and running in January. From: Michele S [mailto:michs...@gmail.com] Sent: 24 January 2010 19:29 To:
Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list
Seriously, Legacy Help, why isn't this fixed yet? Angelique Nina K. Johnson wrote: The link you sent me to verify my subscription is incorrect. I keep getting a 404 Error message. Thank you. *From:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 7:19 PM *To:* momalo...@aol.com *Subject:* Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list You have requested a subscription to the *legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com* mailing list. *To be added to the list you must click the following link to verify your subscription*: http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/ optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba812ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba8%2012ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:25:53 -0800, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: I just did a search of my C drive, but no .rf1 files. Where and what are they? You may not have any if you don't use the Load/Save buttons on the lower right corner of reports (V6). They are saved report settings. I think you could also see .wf* files (web settings I believe). -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers
I didn't mean to infer switching to an encrypted file such as the Outlook .PST file. What I meant that within the Outlook program there is a menu item to import or export the info. In the case of Outlook, in can be in the form of a CSV file. I challenge anyone to save your cookies, especially from within Win7, without knowing a few tricks. And in this case, Internet Explorer has made it extremely easy by having a menu item to import or export your cookies or favorites all in a plain text file. I would like to see a similar menu item in Legacy. First select export, then choose from a laundry list of items to be exported, and then just a path choice to save the new file. Transferring to a new computer or upon a total re-install of Legacy would be just the reverse: first select import, etc, etc, etc.. Brian in CA Still raining -Original Message- From: Alastair Lack [mailto:alastairl...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 2:36 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A Plea To The Developers Yes, Dennis, I agree that the FDB files are no problem. For a renewed installation, one needs 1. The database file; it is in the location described in Customise-Locations; and all the other files (pictures etc.) associated with it in the locations described there 2. The .usr files from C:\Program Files\Legacy 3. The .rf1 files defining report settings - wherever they are to be found. I always keep a directory for them alongside my data directory, and when I have a report as I want it, I save to that directory. 4. Others that I don't know about, such as spelling etc. Book reports etc seem to produce vast numbers of files without extensions. Liz, 1,2 3 should cover most of what you need. Brian, I can't support an Outlook-like file, as it completely stops one seeing exactly what is going on. All we need is for Millennium to add one path to the options - for the .usr rf1 files, dictionary etc. -- Warm regards :-) Alastair Lack Salisbury, England Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A minimized window cannot be maximized
When I minimize a window in Legacy 7 latest build, I cannot maximize the same window. My only option is to restart Windows. When a window gets off the screen so you can't see it, strange things happen. I just had such a problem recently. I wonder if that is your problem. Carl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] A minimized window cannot be maximized
I am new to Windows 7 myself, and have noticed that when I minimize a screen; a miniature of it hovers on the bottom left of the 'main' screen. Clicking that brings it back. I have had as many as 4 'minis' hovering at the same time. I don't like it, but the powers that be decided we would like it. Rich in LA CA - Original Message From: phusba...@verizon.net phusba...@verizon.net To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 5:06:03 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] A minimized window cannot be maximized When I minimize a window in Legacy 7 latest build, I cannot maximize the same window. My only option is to restart Windows. For example, if I navigate to a certain person in my file, then open the individual information screen and finally open the clipboard. So far so good. However, if for some reason I want to minimize the clipboard or any other window that can be minimized I cannot reopen or maximize the window. Clicking on any window gives me the signal that I can't go on unless I maximize the already minimized window. Neither can I enter any information or move to another individual. My only option is to Ctrl-Alt-Del or to go to start and shutdown or restart. Then reopen windows. I'm using Legacy 7 build 109 on a Dell desktop using Windows 7 Pro. Any suggestions? Phil Husband A long time user of Legacy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] RE: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list
How do I get permission I believe I am a user member and I receive all the users e-mails. Doug Tighe From: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2010 12:16 PM To: dt013...@bigpond.net.au Subject: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list Sorry, you do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com mailing list. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4805 (20100125) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] RE: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list
Doug, Same thing happened to me last week when I tried to send a message. Looked at my E-Mails and I didn't have any for the prev three days. I just resubscribed. If you haven't seen all the problems with the message they send out, usually is a space missing between / and optin and you have to move the link in two parts into your browser. Charlotte -Original Message- From: Doug littlehand...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 8:46 pm Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list How do I get permission I believe I am a user member and I receive all the users e-mails. Doug Tighe From: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2010 12:16 PM To: dt013...@bigpond.net.au Subject: You do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com list Sorry, you do not have permission to post to the legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com mailing list. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4805 (20100125) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list
For the record, 8:30 pm on Monday, January 25, 2010, I am getting messages, so I must be verified . . . but I’m not seeing my posts . . . regarding Backups and Restore. I resorted a file just now, and am not sure how to get the pictures all to link up. I can find them when I go into edit them. Is this what I will have to do for all 140 pictures in Legacy/Picture file? Then will I need to merge the two files into one, so I can have all the names I just put in? or will that even work? From: Nina K. Johnson [mailto:momalo...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list The link you sent me to verify my subscription is incorrect. I keep getting a 404 Error message. Thank you. From: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:19 PM To: momalo...@aol.com Subject: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list You have requested a subscription to the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com mailing list. To be added to the list you must click the following link to verify your subscription: http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/ http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba8%2012ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba812ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com Thank you, Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list
Nina, Welcome to Legacy! Copy and paste the link - being sure to have it ALL (no spaces) - it is split artificially in your email. Should work! Keith -- Find-A-Grave County Keeper for Schuylkill County, PA Keith A. McKain McCain-McKane-O'Kane DNA Group 1 - # Mc17936 Website: http://home.comcast.net/~geosci64 Email: geosc...@comcast.net On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Gmail momalo...@gmail.com wrote: For the record, 8:30 pm on Monday, January 25, 2010, I am getting messages, so I must be verified . . . but I’m not seeing my posts . . . regarding Backups and Restore. I resorted a file just now, and am not sure how to get the pictures all to link up. I can find them when I go into edit them. Is this what I will have to do for all 140 pictures in Legacy/Picture file? Then will I need to merge the two files into one, so I can have all the names I just put in? or will that even work? From: Nina K. Johnson [mailto:momalo...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:49 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list The link you sent me to verify my subscription is incorrect. I keep getting a 404 Error message. Thank you. From: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com [mailto:legacyusergr...@legacyusers.com] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:19 PM To: momalo...@aol.com Subject: Verify your subscription to LegacyUserGroup mailing list You have requested a subscription to the LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com mailing list. To be added to the list you must click the following link to verify your subscription: http://mail.legacyusers.com/public/ optin.aspx?id=67ba356ae54a4aa2bfba812ee909d7b6ml=3domain=LegacyUsers.com Thank you, Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden Surnames of sisters
When tidying up my files in preparation for Legacy 7.5 and the FamilySearch interface. I came upon the following problem. I had adopted the practice of using ? as the Surname of sisters when I did not know their Maiden Names. Consequently when I deleted this surname I lost the relationship of sisters. Can someone please advise me the correct whey of overcoming this problem. Doug Tighe littlehand...@gmail.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4805 (20100125) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden Surnames of sisters
It may not be the right way, BUT, as a work around I give the surnames I don't yet know, Zebra or Zelma or something with a Z as somewhat of a place holder. That way when I see a Z name, I know it means I don't have it yet! This is just my work-around. I hope this helps! -Original Message- From: Doug [mailto:littlehand...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:39 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Unknown Maiden Surnames of sisters When tidying up my files in preparation for Legacy 7.5 and the FamilySearch interface. I came upon the following problem. I had adopted the practice of using ? as the Surname of sisters when I did not know their Maiden Names. Consequently when I deleted this surname I lost the relationship of sisters. Can someone please advise me the correct whey of overcoming this problem. Doug Tighe littlehand...@gmail.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4805 (20100125) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
