Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ??

2011-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:34:23 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: This brings up the Marriage Information screen WITH one marriage event with a blank event type and a date of 26 Aug 2010. See 20110912214228.jpg placed in your dropbox folder. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http

Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ??

2011-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:55:52 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: In that record, do you see the original date it said should have been there 26 August 2010? I can't find that date anywhere in that record, plus I've checked many others that have the same problem. The simple answer

Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ??

2011-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:57:53 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, of course, I'd love to be able to delete all these extraneous event records. That's why I posted about this several weeks ago, but at that time I got no helpers. I went back and looked but couldn't spot your

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center '-' in Picture List ?

2011-09-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:21:05 -0700 (PDT), Paula Ryburn paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Dennis,  Brian posted today that this is a bug. I don't know if your situation is the same as the one Brian was responding to (Ron's question). If your default picture location IS ALSO listed in the list of

Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Issue [WAS: Source Name Filing System]

2011-09-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:10:20 -0400, Ward Walker wnkwal...@rogers.com wrote: - during the export process, internally format each SourceWriter source citation as it would appear in a Legacy report; - output that formatted result as a block in the source detail, in the GEDCOM file. They should

Re: [LegacyUG] Removing MRIN For Unmarried Individual

2011-09-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:52:39 -0400, s megraw smeg...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm not sure how this happened, but I have an individual who never married and the Legacy program has assigned him a MRIN. Is there anyway of deleting it? Does this person have children? You should try running a

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Pictures

2011-09-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 07:35:36 -0400, Ron Goodwin rong1...@gmail.com wrote: The search function within Legacy can't find the missing files but they are all there just under a new location due to the Windows 7 new file system. First of all, did you follow the instructions to install Legacy outside

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing Pictures AND DATA AND ERROR LOG FILE

2011-09-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:04:14 -0500, Henry T. Peterson Jr. hpete...@cox.net wrote: When you install Legacy you can install it in any directory you want..(ie, C:\Legacy7\) Millennia recommends that you don't install it under the 'Program Files' folder with Vista and Win7. -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] Techie DOS question

2011-08-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:10:39 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: I use ScreenClipper and Irfanview ... both free(and easy). On 8/31/2011 4:00 PM, Paula Ryburn wrote: Hopefully, this is not too far off list and will be answered quickly anyway. I'm trying to determine what all

Re: [LegacyUG] change Child Relationship = Biological to blank

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:55:16 -0700 (PDT), Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: In Legacy, a blank Child Relationship to Parent means Biological. I would like to get rid of the Biological and make them all blank. If you get a sec, what script might accomplish that or perhaps you might want to

Re: [LegacyUG] change Child Relationship = Biological to blank

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:20:55 -0700 (PDT), Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: That is exactly what I thought could be done but it doesn't work with that table. The message This record cannot be Combined. It is used by Legacy as a blank record. is displayed. That is odd. AFAIK that is the

Re: [LegacyUG] change Child Relationship = Biological to blank

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:52:14 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: The Master lists which can be considered categorical and which have default values like the parent child relationships, child status, source type, etc. do not allow you to combine a non-blank value with the blank

Re: [LegacyUG] change Child Relationship = Biological to blank

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:02:14 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:52:14 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: The Master lists which can be considered categorical and which have default values like the parent child relationships, child

Re: [LegacyUG] change Child Relationship = Biological to blank

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:52:14 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: The Master lists which can be considered categorical and which have default values like the parent child relationships, child status, source type, etc. do not allow you to combine a non-blank value with the blank

Re: [LegacyUG] Down Ampney not recognized as a location

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:07:36 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Further to my comment below, I followed the Legacy Help instructions and removed down from the list of default Location Prepositions. Didn't help. Did you shut down Legacy, edit the file, then reopen Legacy? -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] Down Ampney not recognized as a location

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:19:24 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Yes. Didn't help. What was the name of the file you edited? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read

Re: [LegacyUG] Down Ampney not recognized as a location

2011-08-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:25:15 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Preposition_English.lst That's funny. My V7.5 folder doesn't have a Preposition_English.lst, but my V6 folder does. Did you install V7 on top of an older V6 install? I wonder if V7 no longer uses Preposition_English.lst. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Font Size

2011-08-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:41:12 -0700, Kirsten Bowman vik...@rvi.net wrote: My HP laptop has Windows 7 Home Premium and there are only two options: Smaller (100% - default) and Medium (125%). I still haven't found a way to make screen resolution stick (no Apply option that I can see) but I'm

Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting Files - Web Pages

2011-08-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:57:01 -0400, Dennis Sutton jersey...@bellsouth.net wrote: I believe the problem I had with the first page I tried to create was on the tab Other I checked Include source citations and hit the button On each individual's page. This place the source on the first page it

Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting Files - Web Pages

2011-08-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:29:26 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: ... it's been a long day ... Eon Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ So long you can't even spell your name. ;-) -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Location for Bristol England

2011-08-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:45:31 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: because a space between commas indicates that part of the location is missing Can you cite a source for this statement? ;-) Instead of a space one could enter N/A for not applicable. Maybe even use privacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Location for Bristol England

2011-08-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:25:00 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: Instead of a space one could enter N/A for not applicable. Maybe even use privacy brackets if one doesn't want it to appear in reports. One other suggestion while I'm thinking about it. For the long location name I

Re: [LegacyUG] Location for Bristol England

2011-08-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:59:17 -0400, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: One other suggestion while I'm thinking about it. For the long location name I try to stick with the 4 field convention because it makes the Location List easier to use. BUT I use the short location name for how I

Re: [LegacyUG] Tree

2011-08-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:58:11 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: I did not know that you could get a virus by simply cutting and pasting either text or a graphic, but maybe it's possible? You probably can't, but as the recipient all I see is an HTML or multipart email coming at me. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Set preferences for user group

2011-08-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
From: Tim Rosenlof Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Set preferences for user group I would like to see a rss feed. Tim I believe the LUG archive provides an RSS feed. Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] List of people without pictures?

2011-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:57:22 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: This is what I want ... 1) I tag all individuals born after 1900. 2) Within the tagged list, I want to find everyone who does not have a picture attached. Can you just do #1? As far as #2 is concerned, do you

Re: [LegacyUG] List of people without pictures?

2011-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:58:15 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: On 8/21/2011 11:33 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:57:22 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: This is what I want ... 1) I tag all individuals born after 1900. 2

Re: [LegacyUG] List of people without pictures?

2011-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:58:15 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: On 8/21/2011 11:33 AM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:57:22 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: This is what I want ... 1) I tag all individuals born after 1900. 2

Re: [LegacyUG] List of people without pictures?

2011-08-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:18:40 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: In reply to Dennis ... yes, I know how to do #1 ... and I thought I did answer your 2nd question ... I'm not concerned with events, marriages, etc ... only with the basic picture for the person ... the one that

Re: [LegacyUG] LTools Did The Job

2011-08-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:51:57 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: It took just seconds to convert 5,370 rows! Who knows how long that would have taken me to do the normal way. I hate to see someone waste time doing things like that when there is a simple answer. You're welcome. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy searching

2011-08-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:50:44 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Dennis, would that be something you could do with LTools Nope. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy searching

2011-08-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:36:45 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Joan, it does it for me and I agree with you. That would be a no-brainer in programming logic. But it works perfectly for me, both when I used the regular name index and when I create a search list. Identical names are

Re: [LegacyUG] Any More Source Short-Cuts ?

2011-08-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:32:16 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: What I'm doing is transferring or moving the one source name, which is the book called Merriam Genealogy in England and America, from the NAME field into the UNSPECIFIED field instead. UPDATE tblSR INNER JOIN tblSX ON

Re: [LegacyUG] Any More Source Short-Cuts ?

2011-08-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:19:54 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Hello again. Is anyone aware of any shortcut keys (other than the source clipboard) that might help me out with my project? What I wish to do is to transfer a source that was input under NAME to the UNSPECIFIED source

Re: [LegacyUG] Any More Source Short-Cuts ?

2011-08-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:01:43 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: I looked at your ITools a bit (I'm a registered user), but I didn't readily see anything that would help, but perhaps I overlooked it. Run Raw SQL. But first you should compose a SELECT query to test your WHERE

Re: [LegacyUG] Merging Duplicates

2011-08-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:16:12 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: but I do as you suggested, but it does not eliminate Legacy suggesting that Mary Ellen Jones and Mary Jones might be the same person - not sure why - I thought it would, but I don't think Legacy takes middle names into

Re: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:43:56 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: I realize this is just a list of possible events, but doesn't it seem like a bit of strange programming logic? It would take more programming to exclude them. Why bother? Wouldn't you rather have the programmers fixing

Re: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:54:10 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: However, I forgot about un-checking show all events. So, I won't have to see the bug that way. You are probably technically correct about it being a bug (you can report it as one if you wish) because it allows you to

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos

2011-08-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:22:49 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: For the narrative style reports such as ancestor and descendants the difficulty is that the birth, chr, death and burial details are all written into one paragraph. The programmer has played around with including

Re: [LegacyUG] Modifying Customize Family View Information

2011-08-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:17:57 -0700, David davenm...@gmail.com wrote: How do I change the Legacy sentence structure of Birth, Baptism, Death, Burial location information from the default in to at? Example: (default) He died in Valley View Hospital, Anyplace, USA ie [inPlace] Example: (change

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization

2011-08-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 19:32:30 -0600, Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com wrote: They appear to be heading toward a fee based system with all their limited access restrictions. I don't know if this is true, but I for one wouldn't mind paying a small fee for the convenience of accessing the digitized

Re: [LegacyUG] Using sentence structure variable [Address]

2011-08-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 19:36:32 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Unless you have a specific reason as to why you can't - why don't you add 'at' to the sentence before the [Address]. I can understand it not being included as standard due to the number of prepositions available. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing Sources

2011-08-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:15:35 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: Provided no person has that Source attached to them you can simply delete it from the Source list. (If it is attached to anyone you will need to Remove it from their Assigned Sources first.) You can delete it

Re: [LegacyUG] a very strange thing!

2011-08-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:19:20 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I also picked up the shut down and leave it for a bit message years ago, and use it more out of habit than for any other reason. The only benefit that I can imagine is that it will allow the machine to cool down a

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization

2011-08-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:21:15 -0700, David C Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: That is true, but if one can NOT access the NewFamilySearch what good does it do me? The OLD Family Search has some good information, but the real stuff is in the NEW area. Can someone clarify? Is the

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy file organization

2011-08-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 11:56:58 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: The New Familiy Search is just trees contributed by members... It's much like the old IGI and best used for clues, IMHO. OK. I just wanted to make sure I am using the term correctly.

Re: [LegacyUG] Single Source Citation link to multiple People and Events

2011-07-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:53:20 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Again, I'm not following you. Yes there is only one Master Source for the Census, but there is only one Source Detail as well. Like I said it only contains the Registration District Details and the Date. The

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard

2011-07-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:28:07 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: Have you considered asking Dennis for a custom ltool. I would think it doable and sharing the fee would probably be quite reasonable. I have no idea how you would determine that an Event/Fact citation was

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard

2011-07-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:10:01 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Since that 3-bar icon is not liked and not intuitive I like it just the way it is. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Source Clipboard

2011-07-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:55:04 +1000, Jan Roberts poo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: And I do think it would be a good idea, and therefore even more useful, if it only applied the source to the VISIBLE fields of VISIBLE events that happen to contain information I find it more useful the way it is. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy - Yvonne's conflicted copy warning

2011-07-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:36:07 -0400, Yvonne Morehouse y.moreho...@comcast.net wrote: what does the conflicted message warning mean That sounds like a Dropbox message to me. Is Legacy opening the .fdb in the Dropbox folder directly? Or do you access a different copy on your hard drive and, after

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy - Yvonne's conflicted copy warning

2011-07-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:13:59 -0400, Yvonne Morehouse y.moreho...@comcast.net wrote: I open Legacy.fdb directly from the Dropbox folder. Don't do that. I don't know what to suggest as far as fixing your problem except to go back to your last good backup. Maybe ask for help on a Dropbox forum.

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy - Yvonne's conflicted copy warning

2011-07-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:51:20 -0400, Yvonne Morehouse y.moreho...@comcast.net wrote: why, specifically, is opening directly from Dropbox a problem? I've done it that way for over 8 months. No problem until today. Just think about the technology involved and everything that COULD go wrong. It

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy - Yvonne's conflicted copy warning

2011-07-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:51:20 -0400, Yvonne Morehouse y.moreho...@comcast.net wrote: I've been going over my Legacy file...it appears as though the links of the people I entered yesterday were broken. So far, I've found a number of the missing in the Legacy db. I'm relinking them and, thank

Re: [LegacyUG] Using x to exit/cancel - bug?

2011-07-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Windows Guidelines: Closing a window does not necessarily mean quitting the processes associated with the object being viewed. For example, closing a printer's window does not cancel the printing of documents in its queue. Quitting an application closes its

Re: [LegacyUG] Using x to exit/cancel - bug?

2011-07-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:49:57 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: I understand what you are saying, but the case of the printer not closing is because it's been passed onto another program. That was just one obvious example. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Terms for Christening--Christening or Baptism

2011-07-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:56:36 -0500, Bob byoabm8a4h...@wowway.com wrote: Buried/Cremated has a totally different problem since a body can be BOTH cremated AND buried. Cremation refers to how the body was prepared. Burial refers to the final resting place. And sometimes all we have is a Removal

Re: [LegacyUG] Using x to exit/cancel - bug?

2011-07-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:04:09 -0400, BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: This makes that date useless since no data were changed. The modified date IS pretty much useless ... for this and other reasons. The whole concept of a modified date in a relational database is problematic. For example, if I

Re: [LegacyUG] Terms for Christening--Christening or Baptism

2011-07-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:20:36 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: It is a global choice that applies to everyone in the file. Maybe this should be an individual choice like buried/cremated? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA entry

2011-07-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
In the DNA Webinar, Ugo said that my mDNA would be identical to my mother’s which would be identical to her mother’s etc Not quite true. I didn't watch the Webinar but Ugo should have mentioned a little thing called mutations. Depending on the marker, you will see a mutation every so many

Re: [LegacyUG] Data File clean-up

2011-07-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:59:42 -0400, Sheila Burks sburks...@gmail.com wrote: I just looked at my C:\Legacy\Data\ file and I see multiple files. Some back to a time when I had named the files differently. Can I now delete these old files, there are quite a few, as they are redundant. Or should I

Re: [LegacyUG] I am stumped

2011-07-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:54:45 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I can't see anything obvious - but I would see what happens if the first dates are changed from just the year to 01 Jan . That's the ticket. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass change a sentence definition - Possible?

2011-07-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 22:31:57 -0500, Robert E. Carneal kentuckygenealog...@gmail.com wrote: Can I change sentence definition en-masse? Only way I can think of is to use Access. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO

Re: [LegacyUG] Adding a password to Legacy generated web pages?

2011-07-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:47:12 -0400, Bob Bashford older...@rochester.rr.com wrote: Is there any (simple, please) way to add a password structure to the index.html file? The simplest method would involve using .htaccess. Google it. The method you suggest probably involves some server-side code

Re: [LegacyUG] lat and Long

2011-06-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
SQL But without looking at the user's tblLR I wouldn't want to suggest an actual SQL UPDATE statement. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me to read your post. *** On Wed,

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships surety level

2011-06-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
I missed the original post because it was not plain text. But this topic interests me as an analyst/programmer so I thought I would add my $0.02... *** The OP makes a good point. If you look at the GENTECH Genealogical Data Model (GDM)...

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual report - wrong source citation

2011-06-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:16:30 -0500, Jean Suplick jean.supl...@gmail.com wrote: Mary Jones (1906-1988) 22 (Father: 23) (Mother: 23) [22 and 23 are superscripts] Source no. 22 is for the Social Security Death Index. I can't figure out why this particular source was referenced by Legacy. When I

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual report - wrong source citation

2011-06-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:00:19 -0500, Jean Suplick jean.supl...@gmail.com wrote: Folk, I understand about having sources linked to the unspecified event. My question is: Why is this the one and only source cited on an for the *child* its parent's *Individual Report*. This chid has several other

Re: [LegacyUG] When Surname isn't known

2011-06-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:00:20 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Forgot to add - when you leave the surname blank, you can go to Options Customize Data Format and have Legacy add unknown for you. Are you referring to the Word for Blank Records choice? -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] When Surname isn't known

2011-06-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:02:45 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Yes. Thanks for the additional pinpointing of the option. According to the Help, that only affects marriage records that get created WITHOUT first creating the spouse record. I am not clear from the OP if this

Re: [LegacyUG] Repetitive Locations in Reports

2011-06-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:41:22 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: I thought also that this would be an excellent option, but I wondered if it would be very difficult to implement. [snip] And what if a location appeared on the first page of a Report and then appeared again numerous

Re: [LegacyUG] Repetitive Locations in Reports

2011-06-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:53:53 -0700, Kay Fordham kayhawo...@earthlink.net wrote: Is there a way to preclude seeing repetitive locations in reports, such as he was born in Faulkton, Faulk County, South Dakota - was married in Faulkton, Faulk County, South Dakota - died in Faulkton, Faulk County,

Re: [LegacyUG] Repetitive Locations in Reports

2011-06-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:31:25 -0700, Kay Fordham kayhawo...@earthlink.net wrote: Twould be great to have an option to use just the city or whatever after the second location incidence. Or use the long location name the first time it is mentioned for a person and the short name thereafter? --

Re: [LegacyUG] Transferring Legacy configuration to a new computer

2011-06-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:21:04 +0100, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: On 13/06/2011 02:09, Jean Suplick wrote: I purchased a new computer (Windows 7), hoping to retire the old one. I installed Legacy, but haven't figured out how to transfer the configuration settings to the new

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:31:40 +0200, Evert van Dijken evandij...@gmail.com wrote: And to add it an option doesn't seem ok to me, because users will use that option and a lot of family files will get corrupted again. Leave it for the users to decide. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:26:51 -0400, Bob Vary oldcro...@optonline.net wrote: There are lots of ways to screw up your database, and I've found a number of them I've accidentally pasted wrong citations into my database when I only had one citation in the clipboard! (I forgot to copy the citation I

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:21:51 -0400, Bob Vary oldcro...@optonline.net wrote: If the programmers leave it alone it's ok for me ; ) (the feature isn't part of legacy anymore). It is part of my copy of Legacy ... because I refused to upgrade! It was too useful to give up. -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
2011/6/9 Bruce Jones juicebo...@gmail.com: Would it help if a warning appears telling the user that more than one source is on the clipboard and do yo want to continue, Yes or No? A warning that could be turned off by the user... -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] speaking of sources

2011-06-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:46:06 -0500, JB bakerj...@gmail.com wrote: Just a thought. I leave my unreliable sources and just add the reliable ones.That way I know how I got from point A to B. And more sources never hurt, even if they are negative. One could make use of the Verified flag or Surety

RE: [LegacyUG] appending sources

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
This can still be done. You can load up to ten sources on the source clipboard. See the help file for source clipboard for detailed instructions. I also suggest you view the webinars Geoff gave in the past couple of weeks on entering a death certificate and a marriage record. The training

Re: [LegacyUG] Surname input

2011-06-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:42:12 -0700, Erin Bradshaw eb_pa...@hotmail.com wrote: I thought of putting the Surname in as Vien/Cummings or vice versa but legacy doesn't seem to like that. If Legacy is complaining about the /, I believe you can turn that complaint off somewhere in the options. --

Re: [LegacyUG] location question

2011-06-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 16:26:46 -0500, Robert E. Carneal kentuckygenealog...@gmail.com wrote: I believe it would use of to sort by instead of Sturgis. Not if you check the Remove common prepositions... box at the bottom of the Sort screen. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Data file extension confusion

2011-06-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:44:45 -0400, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: What are all (but .fdb} these files for? Do I need them all? Can some of them be safely deleted? Why do you want to delete them? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] How to reload the sample files

2011-06-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:44:02 +0100, John Murray murray...@sky.com wrote: I have my Legacy backup copy on a laptop and in an effort to speed it up I deleted the Sample file for Asa Clarke Brown Generally speaking, deleting a large file from a hard drive will not make your PC run any faster. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Importing files

2011-05-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 28 May 2011 09:36:17 -0400, cranberryf...@cobridge.tv wrote: Is there anyway to move information from 1 file to the other when you are on that screen like a drag and drop? Maybe look in the Help file under Drag and drop? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem With Legacy

2011-05-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 16 May 2011 13:14:03 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watkins tomsgeneal...@yahoo.com wrote: Yesterday I started experiencing/noticed something unusual with Legacy. First I am using Version 7.4.0.45 on a windows xp laptop. When I attempt to shut down the individual's information page by clicking on

Re: [LegacyUG] Problem With Legacy

2011-05-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 16 May 2011 15:04:23 -0700, David C Abernathy da...@schmeckabernathy.com wrote: Take another look, there is NO red X it is a White X on a red button. You are NOT alone on this, the eyes are playing a trick with our brains. I would think this would depend on how you have configured

Re: [LegacyUG] New user - assistance re assigned souces

2011-04-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:22:06 +0100, Dick Mathews dickmath...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hello list Thank you for posting in plain text. [snip] Could someone please explain? It might be a good idea to go to the Legacy website and take a look at some of the videos that are available for beginners.

Re: [LegacyUG] Mushed Pedigree Chart - Preview

2011-04-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:29:40 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Dave told me that he's going to do a complete reworking of this report to solve the formatting problems, but not right now. What I would like to see is Legacy publish an add-on API (like FireFox). Then 3rd

Re: [LegacyUG] how to do coordinating with family matching to my data to new.familysearch.org

2011-04-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:22:00 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: How does Drop Box handle the simultaneous use of the same file by more than one user? If two or more are using the file at the same time to make changes will both sets of changes be in the file after they quit and

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing multimedia files

2011-04-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:32:03 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: Lester, When you run Legacy’s “test of all multimedia paths” You get a Missing.txt report which tells you the RIN and event where the TIFF file is still expected to be. If you copy and paste a part of the

Re: [LegacyUG] how to do coordinating with family matching to my data to new.familysearch.org

2011-04-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:56:30 -0600, Larry Maddocks larry...@gmail.com wrote: I looked Webtree up. Looks interesting. However, I need to use the Legacy Family Tree tool to match my data with new.familysearch.org. You need to decide what is most important ... collaboration or familysearch. I am

Re: [LegacyUG] Find unattached Multimedia

2011-04-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:05:46 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: It's my understanding that Not Found,C:\Legacy\Docs\obituary\Monroe_Evening_News_Print,M.J.Parent.jpg,,, means that ltools found this unused file in Docs directory. Legacy finds no missing multimedia. How

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening Legacy fdb file

2011-04-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:09:07 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I suspect that you will need to take a look at it in either Access or Open Office. The former can be accessed using LTools if you do not have Access. I don't think LTools can help. Since she is not posting in

Re: [LegacyUG] Searching for missing events

2011-04-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:25:51 -0400, Nira Chambliss kpc1...@gmail.com wrote: Why is this not working for Not Equal To - any suggestions? Think about it. If I am looking for individuals WITHOUT a Census event for example, and I have an individual with a Census event and an Alt. Birth event, the

Re: [LegacyUG] Plus (+) sign in reports

2011-04-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:16:45 +0100, Christine Pearce christ...@great-chishill.demon.co.uk wrote: Silly question here, but it was my understanding that a + sign in child list reports (such as Descendant report), indicates the person had children, i.e. + 2 F i. Karin... +

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:17:48 -0700, Dave Keeney dave.kee...@gmail.com wrote: 3. One thing it didn't correct was the Text of Source fields in my sources. I would have thought those would have appeared as text in the fdb file but apparently not. Maybe sources are encryped or something. Any ideas on

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:50:55 -0700, Wm Voss bellafort...@earthlink.net wrote: As for ponies, I choose to remain with v5. Then why did the program change (or not change) even matter to you? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:50:02 -0700, Dave Keeney dave.kee...@gmail.com wrote: Brian there still seems to be some confusion on this (if only mine). Are you saying this applies to the actual NOTES field or just the Desc/Place fields? If it's the actual NOTES field it does apply to my problem. If

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 07:37:56 -0700, Dave Keeney dave.kee...@gmail.com wrote: Not a dumb question at all Dennis. Yes I have entered it. The reason I asked is that in V6 standard I see «b»Asa Brown«/b» in the Notes field on the Edit Event screen. But when I enter my license info I see Asa Brown

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