Re: [LegacyUG] Name Question

[E. Nad]

Bonjour,

You can have a look at this article:

https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/12/tuesdays-tip-the-unknownnametxt-file-intermediate.html
[https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/.a/6a00d8341d219b53ef01b8d2c455e0970c-600wi]
Tuesday's Tip - The UnknownName.txt File 
(Advanced)
You will create this file using any text editor (Windows Notepad is ideal). 
This text file will have only two lines. The first line is for the given names 
you want Legacy to ignore and the second line is for the surnames. If you have 
more than one given name or surname you need to separate them with a space.
news.legacyfamilytree.com
Have a good day,

Estelle Nadeau
nade...@hotmail.com

De : LegacyUserGroup  de la part de 
Fran Markle 
Envoyé : 14 juin 2022 10:58
À : Legacy User Group 
Objet : [LegacyUG] Name Question

What do people use when they don't know the first name or the last name? I want 
to be consistent, not sure if I should use Uknown, Ukn, UkFn, etc. Curious to 
hear what others use, thanks, Fran
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[LegacyUG] Limitations to Legacy 9.0 Standard Edition

[E. Nad]

Hello everybody,


I just found out that Legacy Charting's is limited to four generations in the 
Standard (free) edition.


Are there any such limitations in the number of persons or generations in the 
Legacy 9.0 Standard Edition (free) software?


Thank you in advance for any help,


Estelle Nadeau

nade...@hotmail.com


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Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem

[E. Nad]

Hello everybody,


I hope I finally have it right.


Since I don't use the Cloud, it is not the source of the problem.


 As Cathy wrote, I realised that I was opening my family tree from within the 
zip file, assuming it was the latest version of my tree. This, in turn caused 
Legacy to duplicate the file I had used when again I left, adding the [1] to 
the file name.


Thanks again everybody for your help,


Estelle



De : LegacyUserGroup  de la part de 
Cathy Pinner 
Envoyé : 21 décembre 2017 17:23
À : Legacy User Group
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem

Estelle,

You should be making backups every time you leave Legacy. That does not add [1] 
to the filename. The backup automatically has a unique name as it adds date and 
time to the filename - if you don't interfere.

That is not the source of the problem you were having.

I think it was what you were doing when opening Legacy I think - using the 
backup in the wrong way.

I hope you have it sorted and you're not using a file that is in a temp folder 
on your computer.

Cathy

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Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem

[E. Nad]

Hello everybody,


Thank you all for the help and relevant solutions.


It now works as it should.


The source of the problem was my making backups everytime I left Legacy. As I 
was keeping the same file name on and on, Legacy added a [1] to the file name 
every time.


Thanks again for the help, I am so impressed with the efficiency and readiness 
to help of users from all over.


Yours truly,


Estelle Nadeau

nade...@hotmail.com



De : LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> de la part de 
Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>
Envoyé : 18 décembre 2017 11:22
À : 'Legacy User Group'
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] File name problem


Hi Estelle



There is a very ‘hidden’ option within Legacy to prompt to save 
on exiting. This is from the Help on Exit Program.



Automatically Prompt for Backup



With this box checked, Legacy offers to make a backup file for each Family File 
that was opened during the session.  (See Backing Up a Family File for more 
information on making backups.)



These options can be set from the Customize screen reached by choosing 
Customize from the Options tab on the Ribbon bar and then choosing the Other 
option on the menu panel.  Click the Turn on Optional Reminder Messages button. 
 From the Optional Reminder Messages screen, click on the Reminder to make a 
backup when exiting Legacy option.



To change these settings, you need to open the Customise dialog 
from Options – it is the left entry in the Options ribbon bar. You then select 
Option 12 – Other Settings and then click on the button below 12.5 Message 
boxes. This will open a dialog with a number of options that you can configure. 
You have probably got the third one under Prompts/Reminders (left tab) set, 
which is Reminder to make a backup when exiting Legacy. Clear that option to 
stop Legacy asking for you to make a copy of your database.



In practice, you DO NOT NEED to make a copy of your database, 
since as a fully managed database it is always kept up to date. I suspect that 
every time you run Legacy you are then opening the latest copy and then saving 
it again, thus adding the [1] onto the file name. Hence you should be finding 
that you have a set of files in your PC reading A.fdb, A [1].fdb, A [1] [1].fdb 
… etc. In this case, you need to open the latest version and then use the File 
and Save File As option to create a new file with a clean name.



You only need a single .fdb file as your working database. If 
you need a backup, then use the File and Backup File to create a compressed 
copy of your database, and remember not to copy it to the Legacy Cloud unless 
you want to. I would make backups before making major updates, check/repair or 
merges from other trees.



Hope this helps.



Regards



Chris



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[LegacyUG] File name problem

[E. Nad]

Hello everybody,


I seem to have a problem with Legacy 9 file names.


First of all I am working my Legacy 9 in the French language, so some of the 
term I use may not totally reflect the actual English equivalent.


Here is the problem: whenever I leave Legacy and answer yes to the offer to 
make a record ("enregistrer") of this genealogical file. If I opt to 
"enregistrer", having already opted to "make a backup..." (the box at the 
bottom left of this screen) the file name gets a [1] added to the name file. 
After a few times the number of such adding makes the file name too long for 
Windows to treat it.


How do I keep Legacy from adding the [1] characters? Am I doing anything wrong?


Any help will be very much appreciated.


Yours truly,


Estelle Nadeau
nade...@hotmail.com
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