Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy family tree - access
On 11/03/2011 02:22, Forrest wrote: /I have been told that you can view the data in Microsoft access database/ // /I have the latest version of office and Legacy de luxe/ // /Would someone please help me with the steps required – please note that I am not a computer expert – so need simple basic plain language steps/ If you need to ask how to open Legacy in Access I'm afraid I rather doubt you'll be able to do anything useful when you've done so! The most important thing to do first is BACK UP YOUR LEGACY DATABASE. Then you just open your Legacy database as you would any other database file, except you need EITHER to rename it from .fdb to .mdb OR select All files (*.*) as the file type before selecting your database in Access. Don't change anything unless you really know what you're doing and if you do change something and it all goes pear-shaped ... well, you did backup, didn't you? -- Jenny M Benson 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy family tree - access
Given that the OP said she wasn't a computer expert makes me wonder why she'd want to do this also, but if the reason is solely to perform queries or create custom reports beyond the interface's capability, then it would be best to open the file and then make a copy from which to work. Certainly there are people who can manipulate the data directly (think Dennis Kowallek and his LTools), but they're pretty knowledgable. Scott On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: On 11/03/2011 02:22, Forrest wrote: /I have been told that you can view the data in Microsoft access database/ // /I have the latest version of office and Legacy de luxe/ // /Would someone please help me with the steps required – please note that I am not a computer expert – so need simple basic plain language steps/ If you need to ask how to open Legacy in Access I'm afraid I rather doubt you'll be able to do anything useful when you've done so! The most important thing to do first is BACK UP YOUR LEGACY DATABASE. Then you just open your Legacy database as you would any other database file, except you need EITHER to rename it from .fdb to .mdb OR select All files (*.*) as the file type before selecting your database in Access. Don't change anything unless you really know what you're doing and if you do change something and it all goes pear-shaped ... well, you did backup, didn't you? -- Jenny M Benson 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/legacyusergroup@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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy family tree - access
In fact, given the apparent lack of DB knowledge, Peter would be better using LTools than accessing the DB directly. When using Access to manipulate the DB, or even for reports, one should always work from a copy. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: Scott Hall Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:27 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy family tree - access Given that the OP said she wasn't a computer expert makes me wonder why she'd want to do this also, but if the reason is solely to perform queries or create custom reports beyond the interface's capability, then it would be best to open the file and then make a copy from which to work. Certainly there are people who can manipulate the data directly (think Dennis Kowallek and his LTools), but they're pretty knowledgable. Scott On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: On 11/03/2011 02:22, Forrest wrote: /I have been told that you can view the data in Microsoft access database/ // /I have the latest version of office and Legacy de luxe/ // /Would someone please help me with the steps required – please note that I am not a computer expert – so need simple basic plain language steps/ If you need to ask how to open Legacy in Access I'm afraid I rather doubt you'll be able to do anything useful when you've done so! The most important thing to do first is BACK UP YOUR LEGACY DATABASE. Then you just open your Legacy database as you would any other database file, except you need EITHER to rename it from .fdb to .mdb OR select All files (*.*) as the file type before selecting your database in Access. Don't change anything unless you really know what you're doing and if you do change something and it all goes pear-shaped ... well, you did backup, didn't you? -- Jenny M Benson 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] New product in our online store
See http://tinyurl.com/46nwhsu. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] New product in our online store
I received 2 calls in the last 2 days from Legacy trying to sell something. I never quite figured out what it was because the caller went on and on about nothing until I finally hung up on him. I do NOT appreciate these calls wasting my time!!! Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/11/2011 12:17:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ge...@legacyusers.com writes: See http://tinyurl.com/46nwhsu. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] New product in our online store
It might have been World Vital Records but I doubt it was actually Legacy; what would they sell? World Vital Records has a special offer available to users of Legacy Family Tree and they have been calling to make sure everyone is aware of it. I did have a hard time getting the salesperson to accept that I really, truly did not want to take them up on the offer. I've checked it out many times over the years, wondering if it had become something valuable to my particular research but so far it hasn't. It's a valuable service but not to me. It's like selling access to Swedish records when you don't have any Swedish ancestors. She was very pleasant and finally did give up on convincing me but she tried very hard to try to see if she could find anything that would be useful to my research. Besides that, there are plenty of people out there using all sorts of avenues to get our contact information to try to sell us something and they will use anything they can to make us think they are legit. I suppose you could block that number? Good luck! Kathy On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:32 AM, salude...@aol.com wrote: I received 2 calls in the last 2 days from Legacy trying to sell something. I never quite figured out what it was because the caller went on and on about nothing until I finally hung up on him. I do NOT appreciate these calls wasting my time!!! Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 3/11/2011 12:17:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ge...@legacyusers.com writes: See http://tinyurl.com/46nwhsu. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asphttp://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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asphttp://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- Kathy Meyer STRESS: when your gut says NO WAY and your mouth says NO PROBLEM To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done. --Richard G. Scott, Finding the Way Back, Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
