Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi Cathy

 

The question was generic. Obviously some images might be 
protected, especially from government etc sources, but equally I have photos of 
people, weddings, gravestones etc that are under my own IP and it would be 
useful to include them in a Legacy report.

 

Regards

 

Chris

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: 12 December 2017 01:33
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

 

Chris,

It sounds like you are talking about source images.
I suggest you send in a suggestion on wanting a picture appendix for certain 
images. 
I wouldn't want my filename for the image used though perhaps caption could be. 
Many of my source images are Crown Copyright which is a further complication on 
what's OK to print. So I either attach them to the event (and untag them and 
then only include tagged preferred pictures), or to the source (and I don't 
print source images) or I don't attach them at all though I've started putting 
filenames in the File ID of the Source Detail.

Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:




Hi Cathy

I was not explicitly meanings sources, but to treat 
images in the same way. That way I could get something l ike this -- 
Ralph Hill was baptised on dd/mm/yyy in Ruislip ^(image file name) , 
followed by a section at the end with a copies of all referred images, 
the same that we do with Names and Location indexes.

Regards

Chris

*From:*LegacyUserGroup 
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Cathy 
Pinner
*Sent:* 11 December 2017 11:40
*To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com 
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File


Chris,

You can attach images to Source Detail and you can include them in 
Reports and they are controlled by different set of options in the 
Report Options.
What you can't do is just get a reference in the Source Citation and 
then all the images the end at full page. I'm not sure whether that is 
a listed suggestion. I know it's been discussed.

Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:


Hi Cathy

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you
were adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an
image, for Ralph Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and
date. Later, I then find that John Doe was also baptised and is on
the same image. Choices - 1. Refer to the Ralph Hill image; 2.
Create a new copy of the image for him; 3. Create a shortcut named
after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes
disk space and Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which
is what is happening if I use Option 3 but I was hoping that it
would keep the reference to the shortcut.

Very surprised that attached image media are not normally included
i n reports, if needed, unless in events. What would be useful
would be the ability to treat them sources, as a reference in the
report at that point, and then a section at the end to include the
images, with the ability to make them full page, and hence
readable, rather like the Picture Scrapbook.

And I am finding a lot more about Legacy than I already knew.

Regards

Chris

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Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you
were adding a shortcut.

You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and
copy to a special internal media clipboard and then paste in any
other Gallery. It includes any caption etc you have added.

Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth,
baptism, death, burial can only be included in Family Group Report
or Individual Report. Images attached to marriage aren't included
in any reports.

There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which
media in the Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family
  bsp;  File. You can see this for images in the Picture Centre but I'm
not sure how reliable it is. Pictures that are not linked have
nothing in the U column.
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same
name is linked from another folder.

Cathy



Chris Hill<mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com; gt;
Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM

Hi Cathy

I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start
putting images, ma

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Chris,

It sounds like you are talking about source images.
I suggest you send in a suggestion on wanting a picture appendix for 
certain images.
I wouldn't want my filename for the image used though perhaps caption 
could be. Many of my source images are Crown Copyright which is a 
further complication on what's OK to print. So I either attach them to 
the event (and untag them and then only include tagged preferred 
pictures), or to the source (and I don't print source images) or I don't 
attach them at all though I've started putting filenames in the File ID 
of the Source Detail.


Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:


Hi Cathy

I was not explicitly meanings sources, but to treat
images in the same way. That way I could get something like this --
Ralph Hill was baptised on dd/mm/yyy in Ruislip ^(image file name) ,
followed by a section at the end with a copies of all referred images,
the same that we do with Names and Location indexes.

Regards

Chris

*From:*LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Cathy
Pinner
*Sent:* 11 December 2017 11:40
*To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File


Chris,

You can attach images to Source Detail and you can include them in
Reports and they are controlled by different set of options in the
Report Options.
What you can't do is just get a reference in the Source Citation and
then all the images the end at full page. I'm not sure whether that is
a listed suggestion. I know it's been discussed.

Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:


Hi Cathy

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you
were adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an
image, for Ralph Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and
date. Later, I then find that John Doe was also baptised and is on
the same image. Choices - 1. Refer to the Ralph Hill image; 2.
Create a new copy of the image for him; 3. Create a shortcut named
after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes
disk space and Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which
is what is happening if I use Option 3 but I was hoping that it
would keep the reference to the shortcut.

Very surprised that attached image media are not normally included
in reports, if needed, unless in events. What would be useful
would be the ability to treat them sources, as a reference in the
report at that point, and then a section at the end to include the
images, with the ability to make them full page, and hence
readable, rather like the Picture Scrapbook.

And I am finding a lot more about Legacy than I already knew.

Regards

Chris

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup
[mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of
Cathy Pinner
Sent: 11 December 2017 03:32
To: Legacy User Group<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you
were adding a shortcut.

You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and
copy to a special internal media clipboard and then paste in any
other Gallery. It includes any caption etc you have added.

Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth,
baptism, death, burial can only be included in Family Group Report
or Individual Report. Images attached to marriage aren't included
in any reports.

There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which
media in the Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family
File. You can see this for images in the Picture Centre but I'm
not sure how reliable it is. Pictures that are not linked have
nothing in the U column.
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same
name is linked from another folder.

Cathy



Chris Hill<mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com; gt;
Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM

Hi Cathy

I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start
putting images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014
under V8,
then skipped again until this year on V8 and then V9.

Having compared the backed up version against the
media folder and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the
mismatching counts Mostly, it is down to a block of images
which were
very current and created after the backup that I restored. But
there
are a block of images from 2014 which seem to be missing from the
Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to see why I
removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be
applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.

But there is one problem with images - if I attach an
image to an event, then I can get the image included in a
Descendent
report but if I attach it to the individual baptism or
marriage etc
pictures it does not get printed.

I was dealing with images for multiple people by
creating an image for one of them and then creating a shortcut
to it
for the oth

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi Cathy

 

I was not explicitly meanings sources, but to treat images in 
the same way. That way I could get something like this -- Ralph Hill was 
baptised on dd/mm/yyy in Ruislip (image file name), followed by a section at 
the end with a copies of all referred images, the same that we do with Names 
and Location indexes.

 

Regards

 

Chris

 

From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: 11 December 2017 11:40
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

 


Chris,

You can attach images to Source Detail and you can include them in Reports and 
they are controlled by different set of options in the Report Options.
What you can't do is just get a reference in the Source Citation and then all 
the images the end at full page. I'm not sure whether that is a listed 
suggestion. I know it's been discussed.

Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:




Hi Cathy

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were adding a 
shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an image, for Ralph Hill, then 
I can save it and name it by him and date. Later, I then find that John Doe was 
also baptised and is on the same image. Choices - 1. Refer to the Ralph Hill 
image; 2. Create a new copy of the image for him; 3. Create a shortcut named 
after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes disk space and 
Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which is what is happening if I use 
Option 3 but I was hoping that it would keep the reference to the shortcut.

Very surprised that attached image media are not normally included in reports, 
if needed, unless in events. What would be useful would be the ability to treat 
them sources, as a reference in the report at that point, and then a section at 
the end to include the images, with the ability to make them full page, and 
hence readable, rather like the Picture Scrapbook.

And I am finding a lot more about Legacy than I already knew.

Regards

Chris

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: 11 December 2017 03:32
To: Legacy User Group<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com 
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> >
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were adding a 
shortcut.

You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and copy to a 
special internal media clipboard and then paste in any other Gallery. It 
includes any caption etc you have added.

Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth, baptism, death, 
burial can only be included in Family Group Report or Individual Report. Images 
attached to marriage aren't included in any reports.

There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which media in the 
Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family File. You can see this for 
images in the Picture Centre but I'm not sure how reliable it is. Pictures that 
are not linked have nothing in the U column.
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same name is 
linked from another folder.

Cathy





Chris Hill<mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com; gt;
Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM

Hi Cathy

 I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start
putting images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014 under V8,
then skipped again until this year on V8 and then V9.

 Having compared the backed up version against the
media folder and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the
mismatching counts Mostly, it is down to a block of images which were
very current and created after the backup that I restored. But there
are a block of images from 2014 which seem to be missing from the
Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to see why I
removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be
applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.

 But there is one problem with images - if I attach an
image to an event, then I can get the image included in a Descendent
report but if I attach it to the individual baptism or marriage etc
pictures it does not get printed.

 I was dealing with images for multiple people by
creating an image for one of them and then creating a shortcut to it
for the other people, but I have found that Legacy then follows the
link to get the original images, so there was no need to do that, and
there is no references to the link file in the tables.

 ' Another way is to have the Media folder as a
sub-folder of your Data folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names
will be [Family File Folder]\\ ...  where
[Family File Folder] is code for the path at 6.1' is the way that I
normally work now, but I suspect that at some point in the past the
6.2 s

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi

Yes, I think that I was trying to be avoiding multiple people on one
image filename - especially when they are different families and found at
different real dates, so you end up changing a file name that is in use. Not
a problem with censuses since they can use the location, but with baptisms
etc there are frequently no page numbers to use.

Regards

Chris

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From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: 11 December 2017 12:36
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

On 11-Dec-17 11:35 AM, Chris Hill wrote:
>   Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were
adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an image, for Ralph
Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and date. Later, I then find
that John Doe was also baptised and is on the same image. Choices - 1. Refer
to the Ralph Hill image; 2. Create a new copy of the image for him; 3.
Create a shortcut named after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image.
Option 2 wastes disk space and Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image,
which is what is happening if I use Option 3 but I was hoping that it would
keep the reference to the shortcut.

You seem to be creating a problem for yourself by thinking of it as "Ralph
Hill's image".  It is "Ralph and John Hill's image" and can be attached to
both of them - several times over (ie citations for different Events or the
Events themselves).

Or is is your file naming system which makes this a problem?  In my case
this image would be saved as "Bap - Hill, Ralph nnn + Hill, John nnn.jpg"
(where nnn is the RIN in each case.)  Slightly less convenient when I have 2
Baptisms from different families on the same page, but hasn't proved a great
problem yet.

-- 
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/

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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Jenny M Benson]

On 11-Dec-17 11:35 AM, Chris Hill wrote:

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were 
adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an image, for Ralph 
Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and date. Later, I then find that 
John Doe was also baptised and is on the same image. Choices - 1. Refer to the 
Ralph Hill image; 2. Create a new copy of the image for him; 3. Create a 
shortcut named after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes 
disk space and Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which is what is 
happening if I use Option 3 but I was hoping that it would keep the reference 
to the shortcut.


You seem to be creating a problem for yourself by thinking of it as 
"Ralph Hill's image".  It is "Ralph and John Hill's image" and can be 
attached to both of them - several times over (ie citations for 
different Events or the Events themselves).


Or is is your file naming system which makes this a problem?  In my case 
this image would be saved as "Bap - Hill, Ralph nnn + Hill, John 
nnn.jpg" (where nnn is the RIN in each case.)  Slightly less convenient 
when I have 2 Baptisms from different families on the same page, but 
hasn't proved a great problem yet.


--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/

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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Chris,

You can attach images to Source Detail and you can include them in 
Reports and they are controlled by different set of options in the 
Report Options.
What you can't do is just get a reference in the Source Citation and 
then all the images the end at full page. I'm not sure whether that is a 
listed suggestion. I know it's been discussed.


Cathy

Chris Hill wrote:


Hi Cathy

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were 
adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an image, for 
Ralph Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and date. Later, I 
then find that John Doe was also baptised and is on the same image. 
Choices - 1. Refer to the Ralph Hill image; 2. Create a new copy of 
the image for him; 3. Create a shortcut named after John Doe pointing 
at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes disk space and Option 1 is 
pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which is what is happening if I use 
Option 3 but I was hoping that it would keep the reference to the 
shortcut.


Very surprised that attached image media are not normally included in 
reports, if needed, unless in events. What would be useful would be 
the ability to treat them sources, as a reference in the report at 
that point, and then a section at the end to include the images, with 
the ability to make them full page, and hence readable, rather like 
the Picture Scrapbook.


And I am finding a lot more about Legacy than I already knew.

Regards

Chris

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] 
On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner

Sent: 11 December 2017 03:32
To: Legacy User Group<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were 
adding a shortcut.


You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and 
copy to a special internal media clipboard and then paste in any other 
Gallery. It includes any caption etc you have added.


Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth, baptism, 
death, burial can only be included in Family Group Report or 
Individual Report. Images attached to marriage aren't included in any 
reports.


There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which 
media in the Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family File. 
You can see this for images in the Picture Centre but I'm not sure how 
reliable it is. Pictures that are not linked have nothing in the U column.
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same 
name is linked from another folder.


Cathy



Chris Hill<mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>
Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM

Hi Cathy

I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start
putting images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014 under V8,
then skipped again until this year on V8 and then V9.

Having compared the backed up version against the
media folder and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the
mismatching counts Mostly, it is down to a block of images which were
very current and created after the backup that I restored. But there
are a block of images from 2014 which seem to be missing from the
Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to see why I
removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be
applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.

But there is one problem with images - if I attach an
image to an event, then I can get the image included in a Descendent
report but if I attach it to the individual baptism or marriage etc
pictures it does not get printed.

I was dealing with images for multiple people by
creating an image for one of them and then creating a shortcut to it
for the other people, but I have found that Legacy then follows the
link to get the original images, so there was no need to do that, and
there is no references to the link file in the tables.

' Another way is to have the Media folder as a
sub-folder of your Data folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names
will be [Family File Folder]\\ ... where
[Family File Folder] is code for the path at 6.1' is the way that I
normally work now, but I suspect that at some point in the past the
6.2 settings was different, which caused the [My Documents]/...
routing. I ran the Search/Replace (very useful) to change from the [My
Documents]\... to the [Family File Folder] and it was very fast, but
needed to be run 4 or 5 times to convert all of them.

Regards

Chris

Chris,

Yes the media does seem complicated.

Here's some information for you.

If you've used Legacy since before Legacy 8, some of your Media
Folders will show the full path when you go to Options-Customise 6.2
View list of media folders OR get there via View - Master Lists -
Media Folders.

If you've only used Legacy from Legacy 8 and set Options-Customise 6.2
to your parent media folder, the Folder list will probably show
[Default Media Folder]\\ where [D

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi Cathy

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were 
adding a shortcut - If I have found the baptism page, as an image, for Ralph 
Hill, then I can save it and name it by him and date. Later, I then find that 
John Doe was also baptised and is on the same image. Choices - 1. Refer to the 
Ralph Hill image; 2. Create a new copy of the image for him; 3. Create a 
shortcut named after John Doe pointing at the Ralph Hill image. Option 2 wastes 
disk space and Option 1 is pointing at Ralph Hill's image, which is what is 
happening if I use Option 3 but I was hoping that it would keep the reference 
to the shortcut.

Very surprised that attached image media are not normally included in 
reports, if needed, unless in events. What would be useful would be the ability 
to treat them sources, as a reference in the report at that point, and then a 
section at the end to include the images, with the ability to make them full 
page, and hence readable, rather like the Picture Scrapbook.

And I am finding a lot more about Legacy than I already knew.

Regards

Chris

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: 11 December 2017 03:32
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were adding a 
shortcut.

You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and copy to a 
special internal media clipboard and then paste in any other Gallery. It 
includes any caption etc you have added.

Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth, baptism, death, 
burial can only be included in Family Group Report or Individual Report. Images 
attached to marriage aren't included in any reports.

There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which media in the 
Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family File. You can see this for 
images in the Picture Centre but I'm not sure how reliable it is. Pictures that 
are not linked have nothing in the U column. 
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same name is 
linked from another folder.

Cathy

> Chris Hill <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>
> Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM
>
> Hi Cathy
>
> I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start 
> putting images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014 under V8, 
> then skipped again until this year on V8 and then V9.
>
> Having compared the backed up version against the 
> media folder and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the 
> mismatching counts Mostly, it is down to a block of images which were 
> very current and created after the backup that I restored. But there 
> are a block of images from 2014 which seem to be missing from the 
> Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to see why I 
> removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be 
> applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.
>
> But there is one problem with images - if I attach an 
> image to an event, then I can get the image included in a Descendent 
> report but if I attach it to the individual baptism or marriage etc 
> pictures it does not get printed.
>
> I was dealing with images for multiple people by 
> creating an image for one of them and then creating a shortcut to it 
> for the other people, but I have found that Legacy then follows the 
> link to get the original images, so there was no need to do that, and 
> there is no references to the link file in the tables.
>
> ' Another way is to have the Media folder as a 
> sub-folder of your Data folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names 
> will be [Family File Folder]\\ ...  where 
> [Family File Folder] is code for the path at 6.1' is the way that I 
> normally work now, but I suspect that at some point in the past the
> 6.2 settings was different, which caused the [My Documents]/... 
> routing. I ran the Search/Replace (very useful) to change from the [My 
> Documents]\... to the [Family File Folder]  and it was very fast, but 
> needed to be run 4 or 5 times to convert all of them.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> Chris,
>
> Yes the media does seem complicated.
>
> Here's some information for you.
>
> If you've used Legacy since before Legacy 8, some of your Media 
> Folders will show the full path when you go to Options-Customise 6.2 
> View list of media folders OR get there via View - Master Lists - 
> Media Folders.
>
> If you've only used Legacy from Legacy 8 and set Options-Customise 6.2 
> to your parent media folder, the Folder list will probably show 
> [Default Media Fold

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Chris,

Since Legacy only links to images I'm not sure where or why you were 
adding a shortcut.


You can right click on an image (and other media) in a Gallery and copy 
to a special internal media clipboard and then paste in any other 
Gallery. It includes any caption etc you have added.


Yes it's a continuing problem that media attached to birth, baptism, 
death, burial can only be included in Family Group Report or Individual 
Report. Images attached to marriage aren't included in any reports.


There is a suggestion logged for a tool to be added to show which media 
in the Legacy Media hierarchy is not linked to the Family File. You can 
see this for images in the Picture Centre but I'm not sure how reliable 
it is. Pictures that are not linked have nothing in the U column. 
Pictures linked have a plus sign. A dash means picture of the same name 
is linked from another folder.


Cathy


Chris Hill 
Sunday, 10 December 2017 10:44 PM

Hi Cathy

I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start 
putting images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014 under V8, 
then skipped again until this year on V8 and then V9.


Having compared the backed up version against the 
media folder and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the 
mismatching counts Mostly, it is down to a block of images which were 
very current and created after the backup that I restored. But there 
are a block of images from 2014 which seem to be missing from the 
Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to see why I 
removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be 
applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.


But there is one problem with images - if I attach an 
image to an event, then I can get the image included in a Descendent 
report but if I attach it to the individual baptism or marriage etc 
pictures it does not get printed.


I was dealing with images for multiple people by 
creating an image for one of them and then creating a shortcut to it 
for the other people, but I have found that Legacy then follows the 
link to get the original images, so there was no need to do that, and 
there is no references to the link file in the tables.


' Another way is to have the Media folder as a 
sub-folder of your Data folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names 
will be [Family File Folder]\\ ...  where 
[Family File Folder] is code for the path at 6.1' is the way that I 
normally work now, but I suspect that at some point in the past the 
6.2 settings was different, which caused the [My Documents]/... 
routing. I ran the Search/Replace (very useful) to change from the [My 
Documents]\... to the [Family File Folder]  and it was very fast, but 
needed to be run 4 or 5 times to convert all of them.


Regards

Chris

Chris,

Yes the media does seem complicated.

Here's some information for you.

If you've used Legacy since before Legacy 8, some of your Media 
Folders will show the full path when you go to Options-Customise 6.2 
View list of media folders OR get there via View - Master Lists - 
Media Folders.


If you've only used Legacy from Legacy 8 and set Options-Customise 6.2 
to your parent media folder, the Folder list will probably show 
[Default Media Folder]\\ where [Default Media Folder]\ 
is code for the path at 6.2.


You can use Search - Search and Replace on Lists-Media Folders to 
replace the full path segment that matches your 6.2 setting with 
[Default Media Folder]\ making sure you only replace the found text.


When that is done (all Media Folders start with [Default Media 
Folder]\) changing computers is a breeze as you only have to set 6.2 
to the new parent folder.


Another way is to have the Media folder as a sub-folder of your Data 
folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names will be [Family File 
Folder]\\ ...  where [Family File Folder] 
is code for the path at 6.1


Another way to get the right folder when you know it, is to use the 
Change button on each folder in the Master Media Folders List to 
change to the right folder. That can be quicker than using the Media 
Relinker.


Since Legacy saves the link to the media rather than the media itself, 
of course when you change computer and it can't find the media, Legacy 
will give the path from the old computer as that's what it knows.


There is a file path limit of 260 characters (I think it's 260 but it 
may be a little shorter) from the drive letter through to the end of 
the extension. If you have long folder names or file names or too many 
layers of folders, you can easily go over this.


When you have:

a) the Legacy Media backup doesn't include that media in the Zip folder

b) the Media Relinker can't find it.

You may have run into this issue.

Hope that helps,

Cathy

> Chris Hill 

> Saturday, 9 December 2017 12:36 AM

>

> Hi

>

> There 

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi Cathy

 

I have been using Legacy since V5 but did not start putting 
images, mainly baptism, marriages etc, until 2014 under V8, then skipped again 
until this year on V8 and then V9.

 

Having compared the backed up version against the media folder 
and the Legacy tables, I can explain most of the mismatching counts Mostly, it 
is down to a block of images which were very current and created after the 
backup that I restored. But there are a block of images from 2014 which seem to 
be missing from the Legacy tables, so I need to check them through Legacy to 
see why I removed them. Otherwise, there are a few images that will never be 
applied to Legacy that I may need to move elsewhere.

 

But there is one problem with images - if I attach an image to 
an event, then I can get the image included in a Descendent report but if I 
attach it to the individual baptism or marriage etc pictures it does not get 
printed. 

 

I was dealing with images for multiple people by creating an 
image for one of them and then creating a shortcut to it for the other people, 
but I have found that Legacy then follows the link to get the original images, 
so there was no need to do that, and there is no references to the link file in 
the tables.

' Another way is to have the Media folder as a sub-folder of 
your Data folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names will be [Family File 
Folder]\\ ...  where [Family File Folder] is code 
for the path at 6.1' is the way that I normally work now, but I suspect that at 
some point in the past the 6.2 settings was different, which caused the [My 
Documents]/... routing. I ran the Search/Replace (very useful) to change from 
the [My Documents]\... to the [Family File Folder]  and it was very fast, but 
needed to be run 4 or 5 times to convert all of them.



Regards

 

Chris

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Cathy Pinner
Sent: 09 December 2017 01:15
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

 

Chris,

 

Yes the media does seem complicated.

 

Here's some information for you.

If you've used Legacy since before Legacy 8, some of your Media Folders will 
show the full path when you go to Options-Customise 6.2 View list of media 
folders OR get there via View - Master Lists - Media Folders.

 

If you've only used Legacy from Legacy 8 and set Options-Customise 6.2 to your 
parent media folder, the Folder list will probably show [Default Media 
Folder]\\ where [Default Media Folder]\ is code for the path at 
6.2.

You can use Search - Search and Replace on Lists-Media Folders to replace the 
full path segment that matches your 6.2 setting with [Default Media Folder]\ 
making sure you only replace the found text.

When that is done (all Media Folders start with [Default Media Folder]\) 
changing computers is a breeze as you only have to set 6.2 to the new parent 
folder.

 

Another way is to have the Media folder as a sub-folder of your Data folder at 
6.1. Then the Media Folder names will be [Family File Folder]\\ ...  where [Family File Folder] is code for the path at 6.1

 

Another way to get the right folder when you know it, is to use the Change 
button on each folder in the Master Media Folders List to change to the right 
folder. That can be quicker than using the Media Relinker.

 

Since Legacy saves the link to the media rather than the media itself, of 
course when you change computer and it can't find the media, Legacy will give 
the path from the old computer as that's what it knows.

 

There is a file path limit of 260 characters (I think it's 260 but it may be a 
little shorter) from the drive letter through to the end of the extension. If 
you have long folder names or file names or too many layers of folders, you can 
easily go over this.

When you have:

a) the Legacy Media backup doesn't include that media in the Zip folder

b) the Media Relinker can't find it.

You may have run into this issue.

 

Hope that helps,

Cathy

> Chris Hill < <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> 
> mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>

> Saturday, 9 December 2017 12:36 AM

> 

> Hi

> 

> There is a potential problem with moving Legacy and 

> Media files between different PCs. This is very dependent on how you 

> use Legacy and on the location of your Legacy and Media files, 

> including the structure of the folder and file layout that you use.

> 

> If you only use the DEFAULT locations for the Legacy 

> and Media files, and have never used any other locations in the past, 

> there should not be any problems.

> 

> If you are like me and do not like using the default 

> locations, because I could be working with several famil

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Chris,

Yes the media does seem complicated.

Here's some information for you.
If you've used Legacy since before Legacy 8, some of your Media Folders 
will show the full path when you go to Options-Customise 6.2 View list 
of media folders OR get there via View - Master Lists - Media Folders.


If you've only used Legacy from Legacy 8 and set Options-Customise 6.2 
to your parent media folder, the Folder list will probably show [Default 
Media Folder]\\ where [Default Media Folder]\ is code 
for the path at 6.2.
You can use Search - Search and Replace on Lists-Media Folders to 
replace the full path segment that matches your 6.2 setting with 
[Default Media Folder]\ making sure you only replace the found text.
When that is done (all Media Folders start with [Default Media Folder]\) 
changing computers is a breeze as you only have to set 6.2 to the new 
parent folder.


Another way is to have the Media folder as a sub-folder of your Data 
folder at 6.1. Then the Media Folder names will be [Family File 
Folder]\\ ...  where [Family File Folder] 
is code for the path at 6.1


Another way to get the right folder when you know it, is to use the 
Change button on each folder in the Master Media Folders List to change 
to the right folder. That can be quicker than using the Media Relinker.


Since Legacy saves the link to the media rather than the media itself, 
of course when you change computer and it can't find the media, Legacy 
will give the path from the old computer as that's what it knows.


There is a file path limit of 260 characters (I think it's 260 but it 
may be a little shorter) from the drive letter through to the end of the 
extension. If you have long folder names or file names or too many 
layers of folders, you can easily go over this.

When you have:
a) the Legacy Media backup doesn't include that media in the Zip folder
b) the Media Relinker can't find it.
You may have run into this issue.

Hope that helps,
Cathy

Chris Hill 
Saturday, 9 December 2017 12:36 AM

Hi

There is a potential problem with moving Legacy and 
Media files between different PCs. This is very dependent on how you 
use Legacy and on the location of your Legacy and Media files, 
including the structure of the folder and file layout that you use.


If you only use the DEFAULT locations for the Legacy 
and Media files, and have never used any other locations in the past, 
there should not be any problems.


If you are like me and do not like using the default 
locations, because I could be working with several family trees and 
need to keep both the Legacy and Media files separate, you could be 
causing problems if you do not keep the settings in Options | 
Customise | Locations | 6.1 and 6.2 in step with the location of the 
family tree that you are working on. This would very noticeable if the 
folder structure and the location of the Legacy and Media files 
changes between different PCs.


I just discovered this while looking at copy of my 
Legacy and Media files on my laptop, against my live, working version 
on my desktop. When I ran a backup on the laptop, I got this error 
'Missing Media Files - backup is complete but there were some missing 
media files. You should run a check for missing files. Go to Options, 
Customise, Locations and click on the Test All Media Folders button'. 
That gave me a report of 360 missing media files - my Media folder has 
773 files while the backup file only has 357 files.


So, why can Legacy locate some of the files in the 
Media folder but not others - and same issue applies within the Legacy 
app. Looking at the report, the missing files are listed like this:



C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related 
families\Family Tree\Media\Census\England 1871\Bethnal Green Page 72 
LNDRG10_490_492-0283.jpg


So that should be a direct link to the file in the 
correct media folder, BUT IT IS WRONG because it is referring to the 
folder structure of my desktop and not my laptop.


This is the folder structure of my desktop - The odd 
structure on my desktop relates back several years when I was running 
on multiple PCs with multiple user names which I then needed to merge.



E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related 
families\Family Tree\



E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related 
families\Family Tree\Media\


And this is my laptop

C:\Users\Chris\\Genealogy\Hill and 
related families\Family Tree\


C:\Users\Chris\ Genealogy\Hill and 
related families\Family Tree\Media\


So, for some of the files Legacy does know where they 
are and for others it does not. So, I started digging around in 

Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

 that you linking the images from is within the range covered by 
Options | Customise | Locations |6.1 or 6.2 then Legacy will use the [Family 
File Folder] link. But, if you have not set those to match the Legacy file that 
you are working on, then it will use the [My Documents]\... link, and then 
cause issues if your folder structure is different between different PCs or you 
move them elsewhere.

 

I know that this is a technical issue, and I would much appreciate it if it was 
forwarded to the Legacy development team. Tomorrow, I am going to compare the 
contents of the media folders and the backed versions, and compare them against 
the contents of the Legacy database. The other question, which I might try 
later, is use the View Current List of Media Folders and use that to merge the 
[My Documents]\... links into the matching [Family File Folder] links – but not 
until I am happy that Legacy is managing the media files properly.

 

Regards

 

Chris

 

-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Bill Hoff
Sent: 07 December 2017 21:11
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

 

To Cathy, Brian, Chris and Jay

 Got it!  Thanks to all of you for your help. I would never have been 
able to do this. 

 I’ve got to do the same thing with another computer in January or more 
likely February.  I did have one glitch right at the very last step and could 
not link but drug to file to another location and that worked. Would be nice to 
avoid the dragging as I’m not exactly certain what I did. 

 Again thanks so very much. 

Best regards,

Bill

 

Sent from my iPhone

 

> On Dec 6, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Cathy Pinner < <mailto:genea...@gmail.com> 
> genea...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> Bill Hoff,

> 

> Here are the directions about using a Media Backup.

> Note that WinZip or equivalent are not needed as the unzip tool is in Windows 
> itself. In Windows File Explorer you use the option to Extract all and can 
> choose which folder to extract to. That may be where you've gone wrong.

> 

>  
> <http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00486/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Backup-Restore-how-to-restore-media-files-all-versions.html>
>  
> http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00486/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Backup-Restore-how-to-restore-media-files-all-versions.html

> You then need to reset Options - Customise 6.2 to the new primary media path 
> (the top folder if you use sub-folders for media). You may or may not need to 
> also use the Media Relinker.

> 

> Where are you getting the message "location not found"?

> 

> Do you have stories in your file? Have you run File - File Maintenance - List 
> Cleanup? If you have and you had a story that used a location that wasn't 
> used elsewhere you'd get this message. It's in the format Location ### not 
> found (###, ###) where ### stands for numbers of varying length and it goes 
> on to suggest a Check/Repair.

> However the Check/Repair doesn't fix it. This is a known bug.  The problem is 
> at the person whose RIN is the first number in the brackets and can be fixed 
> by going to their stories and clicking through the error and adding a 
> location.

> 

> This of course may not be the message you are seeing.

> 

> Cathy

>> Bill Hoff < <mailto:bh...@mchsi.com> mailto:bh...@mchsi.com>

>> Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:34 AM

>> Greetings,

>> Me Again

>> I’ve made certain at Options, Customize 6.2 is set at correct file location. 
>> Continue to get message that location not found.

>> Any other suggestions?

>> Bill

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> Bill Hoff < <mailto:bh...@mchsi.com> mailto:bh...@mchsi.com>

>> Wednesday, 6 December 2017 5:36 PM

>> Greetings,

>> I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 laptop. 
>> I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash drive and 
>> successfully transferred the data file.

>> Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file 
>> on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but 
>> can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file? 
>> Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.

>> Bill

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Bill Hoff]

To Cathy, Brian, Chris and Jay
 Got it!  Thanks to all of you for your help. I would never have been 
able to do this. 
 I’ve got to do the same thing with another computer in January or more 
likely February.  I did have one glitch right at the very last step and could 
not link but drug to file to another location and that worked. Would be nice to 
avoid the dragging as I’m not exactly certain what I did. 
 Again thanks so very much. 
Best regards,
Bill

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 6, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:
> 
> Bill Hoff,
> 
> Here are the directions about using a Media Backup.
> Note that WinZip or equivalent are not needed as the unzip tool is in Windows 
> itself. In Windows File Explorer you use the option to Extract all and can 
> choose which folder to extract to. That may be where you've gone wrong.
> 
> http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00486/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Backup-Restore-how-to-restore-media-files-all-versions.html
> You then need to reset Options - Customise 6.2 to the new primary media path 
> (the top folder if you use sub-folders for media). You may or may not need to 
> also use the Media Relinker.
> 
> Where are you getting the message "location not found"?
> 
> Do you have stories in your file? Have you run File - File Maintenance - List 
> Cleanup? If you have and you had a story that used a location that wasn't 
> used elsewhere you'd get this message. It's in the format Location ### not 
> found (###, ###) where ### stands for numbers of varying length and it goes 
> on to suggest a Check/Repair.
> However the Check/Repair doesn't fix it. This is a known bug.  The problem is 
> at the person whose RIN is the first number in the brackets and can be fixed 
> by going to their stories and clicking through the error and adding a 
> location.
> 
> This of course may not be the message you are seeing.
> 
> Cathy
>> Bill Hoff 
>> Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:34 AM
>> Greetings,
>> Me Again
>> I’ve made certain at Options, Customize 6.2 is set at correct file location. 
>> Continue to get message that location not found.
>> Any other suggestions?
>> Bill
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bill Hoff 
>> Wednesday, 6 December 2017 5:36 PM
>> Greetings,
>> I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 laptop. 
>> I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash drive and 
>> successfully transferred the data file.
>> Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file 
>> on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but 
>> can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file? 
>> Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
>> Bill
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Bill Hoff,

Here are the directions about using a Media Backup.
Note that WinZip or equivalent are not needed as the unzip tool is in 
Windows itself. In Windows File Explorer you use the option to Extract 
all and can choose which folder to extract to. That may be where you've 
gone wrong.


http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00486/14/Tips-and-How-Tos/Backup-Restore-how-to-restore-media-files-all-versions.html
You then need to reset Options - Customise 6.2 to the new primary media 
path (the top folder if you use sub-folders for media). You may or may 
not need to also use the Media Relinker.


Where are you getting the message "location not found"?

Do you have stories in your file? Have you run File - File Maintenance - 
List Cleanup? If you have and you had a story that used a location that 
wasn't used elsewhere you'd get this message. It's in the format 
Location ### not found (###, ###) where ### stands for numbers of 
varying length and it goes on to suggest a Check/Repair.
However the Check/Repair doesn't fix it. This is a known bug.  The 
problem is at the person whose RIN is the first number in the brackets 
and can be fixed by going to their stories and clicking through the 
error and adding a location.


This of course may not be the message you are seeing.

Cathy

Bill Hoff 
Thursday, 7 December 2017 12:34 AM
Greetings,
Me Again
I’ve made certain at Options, Customize 6.2 is set at correct file 
location. Continue to get message that location not found.

Any other suggestions?
Bill

Sent from my iPhone



Bill Hoff 
Wednesday, 6 December 2017 5:36 PM
Greetings,
I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 
laptop. I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash 
drive and successfully transferred the data file.
Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media 
file on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 
laptop but can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with 
the media file? Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to 
computer use.

Bill

Sent from my iPhone




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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Chris Hill]

Hi Bill

This should be easy. For the Legacy data files, you can use the Restore
button and you will get the option to decide exactly where you want to put
them - if you look at the contents in the zip file you will see that they
are just the files, with no folder structure. I normally do not the usual
Legacy folders and prefer to put them where I want them, as set up in the
Options settngs.

For the media files, the backup zip file includes all of the folder
structure. You can open that file, either though WinZip or an equivalent
program, though Windows Explorer should also open them (it does in Win 10
Pro) within its normal format. From, you can extract the files and folders,
selecting the correct start point, into the location that you have set in
Options, just by copy and paste.

So long as the base of the media files has the file and folders the same
structure as they were on the old PC Legacy should be open to find them.

Regards

Chris

On 6 December 2017 at 09:36, Bill Hoff  wrote:

> Greetings,
>   I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10
> laptop.   I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash
> drive and successfully transferred the data file.
>   Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media
> file on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop
> but can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media
> file?  Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
> Bill
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[J.M. "Jay" Ingalls]

Bill,

May be best to uninstall and re-install on the new pc. I use Revo 
Uninstaller, and the max uninstall setting. Should be able to use the 
"restore" option to "load" Legacy.


Jay


On 12/6/2017 10:34 AM, Bill Hoff wrote:

Greetings,
   Me Again
   I’ve made certain at Options, Customize 6.2 is set at correct file location. 
Continue to get message that location not found.
   Any other suggestions?
Bill

Sent from my iPhone


On Dec 6, 2017, at 3:42 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:

Bill
On the Windows 10 laptop, open Legacy with your data file that is on the laptop 
hard drive.
Then go in Legacy to Options - Customise 6.2 and set that folder to your media 
folder on the new laptop hard drive.
That will probably do it.
If not, make sure the flash drive isn't connected to the Win 10 laptop and run 
Tools - Media Relinker.
Provided the media hasn't been buried many many layers down so the path and 
filename are over 260 characters, the Media Relinker will find them.

There is a problem if the laptop has recently updated to Fall Creators Update 
and still has the windows.old folder as that is crashing the Media Relinker 
scan.

However - just setting Options-Customise 6.2 will probably result in the Media 
Relinker telling you there are no broken links.

Cathy

Bill Hoff wrote:

Greetings,< BR>I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a 
Windows 10 laptop.   I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash 
drive and successfully transferred the data file.
Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file 
on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but can’t 
relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file?  Any help 
much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
Bill

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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Bill Hoff]

Greetings,
  Me Again
  I’ve made certain at Options, Customize 6.2 is set at correct file location. 
Continue to get message that location not found. 
  Any other suggestions?
Bill

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> On Dec 6, 2017, at 3:42 AM, Cathy Pinner  wrote:
> 
> Bill
> On the Windows 10 laptop, open Legacy with your data file that is on the 
> laptop hard drive.
> Then go in Legacy to Options - Customise 6.2 and set that folder to your 
> media folder on the new laptop hard drive.
> That will probably do it.
> If not, make sure the flash drive isn't connected to the Win 10 laptop and 
> run Tools - Media Relinker. 
> Provided the media hasn't been buried many many layers down so the path and 
> filename are over 260 characters, the Media Relinker will find them.
> 
> There is a problem if the laptop has recently updated to Fall Creators Update 
> and still has the windows.old folder as that is crashing the Media Relinker 
> scan.
> 
> However - just setting Options-Customise 6.2 will probably result in the 
> Media Relinker telling you there are no broken links.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> Bill Hoff wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings,< BR>I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a 
>> Windows 10 laptop.   I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a 
>> flash drive and successfully transferred the data file.
>>Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media 
>> file on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but 
>> can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file?  
>> Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
>> Bill
>> 
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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Bill Hoff]

Cathy and Bryan 
  I’ve probably made a real mess of things on the new computer. What I did—
  First, from the Windows 7 I “saved” both the data and the media “file” from 
Legacy upon closing to a flash drive.  That created two zip files. One the data 
and one the media. 
 Second,  On the Windows 10 I “restored” the data file and that worked. 
  Third, I tried to “restore” the media file, that’s not allowed. From a user 
group message dealing with older versions of Windows I read about extracting 
Zip files and having seen message about using Win Zip “extracted” the media. 
That’s when I think I linked to the Windows 10 data file on the laptop. 
  Lastly, after that I’ve tried different things all unsuccessful and probably 
created the mess.  All suggestions welcome?  And thanks much. 
Bill

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> On Dec 6, 2017, at 7:47 AM, Brian Kelly  wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Your Media should not be a single file. Each media item is a separate file 
> whether it is an image, document, sound or video file. Did you only copy the 
> *media*.zip file from your old computer to the new one?
> 
> That .zip file contains all the individual media items in a compressed 
> format. You will need to extract the individual media files from that single 
> file before they can be linked to your Legacy data file.
> 
> If you use the Legacy default location for your media extract those files 
> into the Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media folder and Legacy will be able to 
> find them. If you used another folder, or a mix of folders on your old 
> computer you should extract the files to the same folders and paths on the 
> new computer or take this opportunity to extract them to a new folder then 
> point Legacy to that folder in option 6.2 as Cathy described in her answer.
> 
> To extract the media from the .zip file right click on the file name and 
> select Extract from the windows menu that appears.
> 
> Make sure you change the default location to which those files will be 
> extracted using the browse button on the extract screen so you will know 
> where they are. Windows tends to use a location of its own devising and that 
> will not be where your media files were on your old computer.
> 
> Brian Kelly
> 
>> On 06-Dec-17 4:36 AM, Bill Hoff wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>   I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 
>> laptop.   I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash drive 
>> and successfully transferred the data file.
>>   Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file 
>> on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but 
>> can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file?  
>> Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
>> Bill
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Brian Kelly]

Bill,

Your Media should not be a single file. Each media item is a separate 
file whether it is an image, document, sound or video file. Did you only 
copy the *media*.zip file from your old computer to the new one?


That .zip file contains all the individual media items in a compressed 
format. You will need to extract the individual media files from that 
single file before they can be linked to your Legacy data file.


If you use the Legacy default location for your media extract those 
files into the Documents\Legacy Family Tree\Media folder and Legacy will 
be able to find them. If you used another folder, or a mix of folders on 
your old computer you should extract the files to the same folders and 
paths on the new computer or take this opportunity to extract them to a 
new folder then point Legacy to that folder in option 6.2 as Cathy 
described in her answer.


To extract the media from the .zip file right click on the file name and 
select Extract from the windows menu that appears.


Make sure you change the default location to which those files will be 
extracted using the browse button on the extract screen so you will know 
where they are. Windows tends to use a location of its own devising and 
that will not be where your media files were on your old computer.


Brian Kelly

On 06-Dec-17 4:36 AM, Bill Hoff wrote:

Greetings,
   I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 laptop. 
  I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash drive and 
successfully transferred the data file.
   Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file 
on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but can’t 
relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file?  Any help 
much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use.
Bill

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Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Cathy Pinner]

Bill
On the Windows 10 laptop, open Legacy with your data file that is on the 
laptop hard drive.
Then go in Legacy to Options - Customise 6.2 and set that folder to your 
media folder on the new laptop hard drive.

That will probably do it.
If not, make sure the flash drive isn't connected to the Win 10 laptop 
and run Tools - Media Relinker.
Provided the media hasn't been buried many many layers down so the path 
and filename are over 260 characters, the Media Relinker will find them.


There is a problem if the laptop has recently updated to Fall Creators 
Update and still has the windows.old folder as that is crashing the 
Media Relinker scan.


However - just setting Options-Customise 6.2 will probably result in the 
Media Relinker telling you there are no broken links.


Cathy

Bill Hoff wrote:


Greetings,
I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 
laptop. I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash 
drive and successfully transferred the data file.
Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media 
file on the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 
laptop but can’t relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with 
the media file? Any help much appreciated and I’m a novice as to 
computer use.

Bill

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[LegacyUG] Moving Media File

[Bill Hoff]

Greetings,
  I need to move my media file from a Windows 7 laptop to a Windows 10 laptop.  
 I’ve copied both the data file and the media file to a flash drive and 
successfully transferred the data file. 
  Somehow I’ve relinked the data file on Windows 10 laptop to the media file on 
the flash drive. The media file is also on the Windows 10 laptop but can’t 
relink. I’m at loss as to how to fix my problem with the media file?  Any help 
much appreciated and I’m a novice as to computer use. 
Bill

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