Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-23 Thread Cathy Pinner 
The new updates to Legacy 8 (8.0.0.601) and 9 (9.0.0.165) have added a 
routine to Check/Repair to check for these too long filenames and the 
log file should tell you what they are.


I have yet to test it. First I have to add some files that have paths or 
names that are too long.


Cathy


Kris 
Sunday, 23 April 2017 2:30 AM
I didn't know about the "path too long" problem, but I'm guessing I 
haven't run into it because, with a few exceptions, I use a numerical 
system for files.  Early on, too many sources pertained to too many 
surnames and I found myself getting stuck as to how to name them with 
surnames.  Once I did pick one, turned out I couldn't find what I was 
looking for because I couldn't remember which name I picked.




priscilla.gla...@gmail.com 
Saturday, 22 April 2017 8:51 PM

Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media?  The media backup 
and Media Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the 
software for recording media any more.  Yesterday I found out that the 
backups that I religiously did were not including masses of documents 
and media.  In the mail archives I found a comment by Richard 
Wasshnova that Legacy adds a considerable number of characters to the 
path of a given medium.  Although I have used a little utility called 
TLPD to search out any paths that are too long, it seems my effort has 
been for naught.


In addition to asking whether anyone uses Legacy Family Tree only for 
data and not media, I’m very curious now to learn how other people are 
naming their documents to avoid the path too long problem.


Many thanks,

Priscilla Glasow

Sent from Mail  for 
Windows 10





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Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread Kris 
I didn't know about the "path too long" problem, but I'm guessing I 
haven't run into it because, with a few exceptions, I use a numerical 
system for files.  Early on, too many sources pertained to too many 
surnames and I found myself getting stuck as to how to name them with 
surnames.  Once I did pick one, turned out I couldn't find what I was 
looking for because I couldn't remember which name I picked.


On 4/22/2017 7:51 AM, priscilla.gla...@gmail.com wrote:

Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media?  The media backup
and Media Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the
software for recording media any more.  Yesterday I found out that
the backups that I religiously did were not including masses of
documents and media.  In the mail archives I found a comment by
Richard Wasshnova that Legacy adds a considerable number of
characters to the path of a given medium.  Although I have used a
little utility called TLPD to search out any paths that are too long,
it seems my effort has been for naught.

In addition to asking whether anyone uses Legacy Family Tree only for
data and not media, I’m very curious now to learn how other people
are naming their documents to avoid the path too long problem.

Many thanks, Priscilla Glasow


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Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread Richard Van Wasshnova 
Priscilla,

I assume your files are in multi-branching directories like mine are.
My default location of media files:
C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media\V\

>From there a typical path to a file is:
Docs\Civil_Records\France\Dept_Meuse\Marriage_Villers_&_Gratriiau.jpg

The combined default and specific file path is easily under windows max
however the backup media zip file inserts this ahead of that path:
C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data\vanwasshnova-media
2017-04-19 9.41.09 PM.zip\

This total path gets to be near window max:
C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Data\vanwasshnova-media
2017-04-19 9.41.09 PM.zip\Users\Richard\Documents\Legacy Family
Tree\Media\V\Docs\Civil_Records\France\Dept_Meuse\Marriage_Villers_&_Gratriiau.jpg

If the filename were 20 characters longer it would simply not be added to
the zip backup with no warning. Only when I restore media to my laptop
would I realize the oversize file is missing.

To shorten the backup you could delete the time of day 9.41.09 PM from the
dafault (11 characters) or change Legacy Family Tree directory to LFT8 (28
character savings since it appears twice in the path).

Good luck,
Richard Van Wasshnova

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 5:51 AM,  wrote:

> Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media?  The media backup and
> Media Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the software
> for recording media any more.  Yesterday I found out that the backups that
> I religiously did were not including masses of documents and media.  In the
> mail archives I found a comment by Richard Wasshnova that Legacy adds a
> considerable number of characters to the path of a given medium.  Although
> I have used a little utility called TLPD to search out any paths that are
> too long, it seems my effort has been for naught.
>
>
>
> In addition to asking whether anyone uses Legacy Family Tree only for data
> and not media, I’m very curious now to learn how other people are naming
> their documents to avoid the path too long problem.
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Priscilla Glasow
>
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread GORDON M TAYLOR 
Use LegacyStories. Org to record your stories and connect pictures and stories 
together then use the internet link to attach them to LFT.   Legacy stories is 
free for 500 pix. and the stories can also be linked to FamilySearch.  There is 
a mobile app.  It take 7 minutes to learn all you need to use it.  You will 
love it and is solves the probem.


Gordon Talor


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To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] Media Relinking

Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media?  The media backup and Media 
Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the software for 
recording media any more.  Yesterday I found out that the backups that I 
religiously did were not including masses of documents and media.  In the mail 
archives I found a comment by Richard Wasshnova that Legacy adds a considerable 
number of characters to the path of a given medium.  Although I have used a 
little utility called TLPD to search out any paths that are too long, it seems 
my effort has been for naught.

In addition to asking whether anyone uses Legacy Family Tree only for data and 
not media, I’m very curious now to learn how other people are naming their 
documents to avoid the path too long problem.

Many thanks,
Priscilla Glasow

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[LegacyUG] Media Relinking

2017-04-22 Thread priscilla.glasow 
Does anyone not use Legacy Family Tree for media?  The media backup and Media 
Relinker are unreliable and I’m considering not using the software for 
recording media any more.  Yesterday I found out that the backups that I 
religiously did were not including masses of documents and media.  In the mail 
archives I found a comment by Richard Wasshnova that Legacy adds a considerable 
number of characters to the path of a given medium.  Although I have used a 
little utility called TLPD to search out any paths that are too long, it seems 
my effort has been for naught.  

In addition to asking whether anyone uses Legacy Family Tree only for data and 
not media, I’m very curious now to learn how other people are naming their 
documents to avoid the path too long problem.

Many thanks,
Priscilla Glasow

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