Re: [LegacyUG] PDFs won't launch since OS upgrade

2011-04-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 05:51:53 -0700 (PDT), Moe Crosby newzentor...@yahoo.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Moe Crosby newzentor...@yahoo.com wrote: I just installed Windows 7 64-Bit Pro on my system. I'm running Legacy Version 7.5.0.67 In what folder do you have Legacy installed?

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Ron, sorry for replying to your post again. From: Dave Keeney Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:56 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold Thanks for your efforts Ron. No backup, no USB, etc. I just added a new drive to my computer and installed

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:16:48 -0700, Wm Voss bellafort...@earthlink.net wrote: I have no idea what an ordinary user might look like or desire, but I want to see exactly what is entered, not some pretty approximation. Not having a pony in this race (I use V6), it seems to me that this should never

Re: [LegacyUG] Choose branch of tree

2011-04-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:06:16 +0100, Joan Kemp jk...@yahoo.com wrote: Does anyone know an easy, practical way of splitting off a branch of a tree in Legacy? Currently I export to genopro do from there, because its is so easy. But it ought to be possible to do in Legacy The easiest way I have

Re: [LegacyUG] Bold text not showing bold

2011-04-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 00:49:33 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I cannot think of a way one can globally change the html to embedded coding. Given that the problem seems to be related to the file transfer, what method did you use to transfer the .fdb file? At present it seems to

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicate alerts

2011-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:29:16 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: It's not possible to purchase customer numbers for older versions of Legacy but Sales can help you locate your older customer number if you've lost it. Isn't a custno supposed to work on all previous versions?

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Sheets

2011-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:27:41 -0400, Dick Nixon nixon.d...@gmail.com wrote: or can point me to another generator of FGSs that I could export to. Aren't FGSs pretty much a standardized commodity? Is there an official template for an FGS? (Not that I care what is official or not.) -- Dennis

Re: [LegacyUG] Family Group Sheets

2011-03-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:22:41 -0400, Dick Nixon nixon.d...@gmail.com wrote: I know of no way to do that (short of adding duplicate b, m, d Events ... You wrongly attributed that quote to me. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy's Association with World Vital Records

2011-03-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:40:22 EDT, salude...@aol.com wrote: I also got 2 calls a few weeks ago from these people Anybody got the phone number or city they are calling from? We have caller id and we religiously let calls go to the answering machine if we do not recognize the caller. Sometimes we

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy's Association with World Vital Records

2011-03-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:11:46 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating station. True, but if a company like the one's being

Re: [LegacyUG] Can't open a specific family file

2011-03-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:43:13 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Cross your fingers that Dennis sees this, he knows much more than I do about Access (I use OpenOffice and My SQL). He would would not have seen your first post as it was in html, nor my reply because I hadn't

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2011-03-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:58:57 -0600, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote: Help me with a tagging issue that I cannot figure out how to do it. GGMother Son Son Daughter Son (How do I tag this from myself) Daughter GMother Son Son Father Me

Re: [LegacyUG] FilingRef and SceDetail

2011-03-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 6:57:10 -0400, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: I had been using two of the columns in Access - 'FilingRef' and 'SceDetail' - to review and/or correct data. I am able to see the data in the SceDetail column, but no data appears in the FilingRef column. You don't specify which table

Re: [LegacyUG] FilingRef and SceDetail

2011-03-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:50:18 -0400, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: If I have a filing ID assigned to my sources, why isn't it showing in the FilingRef column? And what type of source? Basic? Or SourceWriter? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Calendar Window - First Date

2011-03-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:04:09 -0700, Glenn Woodman glennwood...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an option to set this field to appear blank as default? I don't believe there is. I am curious as to why it picks 12 Sep 2000? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Scrapbook returns ALL pictures

2011-03-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:45:34 -0800, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: Whether I select one individual or only the individual with a specific tag, ALL my pictures are returned! Is there no way to get the pictures for ONLY ONE individual? It works for me. In sample.fdb I tagged Asa Clark BROWN on

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting Saved Searches

2011-03-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:01:22 -0500, BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: It is strange. And yes, I did try Mike suggestion. When I click Load I get a window that appears to be a Windows Explorer window. I click the down arrow in the filename box and get a dropdown list of .sc0 files. A right

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting Saved Searches

2011-03-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:21:57 -0500, BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: My OS is Windows 7 sp 1 and Legacy is installed in C:/Legacy. No more ideas. You say the Load window is not a win explorer window. That does not make sense. I tried it in Legacy V7 (which I assume is what you have) and it

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting Saved Searches

2011-03-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 22:05:00 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Bjg sent a pdf screen shot to myself and Mike, and the list is in the drop-down box at the bottom, It crossed my mind that this may be working as a last used list, rather than the contents list. Not what I would

Re: [LegacyUG] Master To-Do Locality List

2011-03-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:09:48 -0500, M. Brenzel brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote: I am unable to delete one of the locations in the list. When I click on Show List, I am told that there are no records using that location. However, when I attempt to delete it, I get a message with a Title of Category

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Detail in reports

2011-03-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:51:36 +1100, Jan Roberts poo...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Does this mean it will reset the option on all individual sources? BUT - does it mean it will 'reset' them ALL to No, or reset them ALL to Yes because that is what I currently have ticked? I don't want to try in case

Re: [LegacyUG] Master To-Do Locality List

2011-03-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:09:48 -0500, M. Brenzel brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote: I am running Legacy 7.4.0.45. You might want to update to the latest version. Then let us know if the problem is still there. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Unknown Grandchildren/G-Grandchildren

2011-02-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:40:31 -0500, Sheri Harris sharr...@comcast.net wrote: So far I've just put this information in my notes section referencing my source and adding that to my to-do list but this is not working for me. I essentially do what you are doing. But I don't think you explained why

Re: [LegacyUG] Detailed family sheet?

2011-02-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:55:32 -0500, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: Is there a way of limiting the number of generations appearing in a Descendant book or narrative? It's right there on the first screen (Options tab). -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Detailed family sheet?

2011-02-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:17:09 -0500, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: I'd scoured the Descendants Book options with no luck so assumed Narrative would be the same. It's in both on the very first screen that pops up (in V6). You DO NOT even have to click on the Report Options... button. -- Dennis

Re: [LegacyUG] Detailed family sheet?

2011-02-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:33:57 -0500, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: Report Options, geesh, why couldn't they be combined? Good question. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools P.S. Post in plain text if you want me to read it...

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:31:01 + (UTC), britton...@comcast.net wrote: I remember that fixing the duplication problem was a royal pain when I did it before, and experiment now underlines that it should be approached with extreme caution. In my tree, RIN 09 was married to RIN 10, the spousal

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:09 -0700, Howard Cady howardc...@q.com wrote: This sounds like an important enough problem that the Users Group and Legacy Support should know the required fix. Please keep us informed. It seems like the obvious File Maintenance Check/Repair solution should have been a

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
FYI, kb's database appears to be V6. On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:33:53 -0500, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:09 -0700, Howard Cady howardc...@q.com wrote: This sounds like an important enough problem that the Users Group and Legacy Support should know

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:18:06 + (UTC), britton...@comcast.net wrote: It follows that an indeterminate amount of database structure corruption HAS been proven, which at least my copy of Legacy 6 CAN NOT DETECT and DOES NOT REPORT. You are mis-representing my private emails. You do not appear

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:37:08 + (UTC), britton...@comcast.net wrote: I have another Intellimerge to do, and one file has at least one pointer problem. It manifests as a family file traversible only in one direction, i.e. in this instance traversal upstream deadheads unexpectedly, while

Re: [LegacyUG] Photos as Sources-----Sources for Photos

2011-02-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:02:26 -0500, Genealogy mail rgstrong-ge...@hughes.net wrote: To answer your question, they did in fact program a means to source Photographs, portraits sketches using SourceWriter if you have the Deluxe version. Add a new source and choose Photographs, portraits sketches

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:09 -0700, Howard Cady howardc...@q.com wrote: This sounds like an important enough problem that the Users Group and Legacy Support should know the required fix. Please keep us informed. It seems like the obvious File Maintenance Check/Repair solution should have been a

Re: [LegacyUG] Pointers and Intellimerging

2011-02-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:04:29 -0500, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: This type of problem is usually caused by the person at the dead end having two sets of parents. That's what I was thinking. I was going to look for someone in the desc/anc line with two sets of parents. --

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging

2011-02-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:36:29 GMT, gcr...@juno.com gcr...@juno.com wrote: How can I find out what these old tags referred to and UNtag them? All I find in the HELP file was information on how to associate a TAG to individuals, not disassociate a TAG from an individual! Unless you labeled the

[LegacyUG] Plain text

2011-02-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:35:55 -0700, Paul Gray grayp...@telus.net wrote: I believe the guidelines have removed the plain text requirement. They now only speak to attachments and received requests. That is fine. But if posters want their questions to be read by the largest possible audience, it

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center resizing

2011-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:49:19 -0500, Kirstin catlady1...@yahoo.com wrote: I've been struggling with a couple problems for several weeks now. What is your operating system and where did you install Legacy? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center resizing

2011-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:54:47 -0500, Kirstin catlady1...@yahoo.com wrote: I am using Windows 7, but I finally got it fixed. I uninstalled, rebooted, then reinstalled. I had done each of those things multiple times, but not in that order. Hopefully it will stay fixed. Make sure you install it in

Re: [LegacyUG] Location List Problem

2011-02-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:09:45 -0700, Dave Johnson davel...@gmail.com wrote: There is a location in my Location List which indicates that it is used by two different individuals. The location does not appear in either individual screen. Maybe run the Location Report after tagging those two

Re: [LegacyUG] Location List Problem

2011-02-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:44:58 -0700, Dave Johnson davel...@gmail.com wrote: Neither individual has any events attached to their names. Did you look at the marriages? *** Send me a copy of your .fdb (PRIVATELY) if you want me to look at it. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary as Event?

2011-02-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:32:50 -0700, Tim Rosenlof spa...@xmission.com wrote: I think the 'Death' to be the 'Event', not the Obit. I'm thinking that is what you may have thought ? I include the Obit with the 'Death Event', as well as the funeral programs, mortuary... Criticism welcome My only

Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary as Event?

2011-02-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:07:50 -0500, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Would that be an indication that we should be adding obituaries as an event? Do what makes sense for you. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship Database

2011-02-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:31:04 -0500, Kirstin catlady1...@yahoo.com wrote: I have been having all kinds of problems. I eventually solved them by uninstall/reinstall. Now I get an error message that says: Error opening relationship database. Your attempted to open a database that is already opened

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy capacity

2011-02-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:18:35 -0500, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: Why doesn't Millennia Corp. upgrade to a more current version of Access like either 2007 or 2010? Access is the front-end (gui) to the underlying Jet database engine, which hasn't had a significant update since 2003.

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy capacity

2011-02-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:56:27 -0500, Scott Hall seh0...@gmail.com wrote: This page (http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Features.asp) on Legacy's home site says: General Capacities * Individuals and Families File size to 1 billion characters (1 gigabyte) As you have 2 GB already, I can assume

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree chart - Report options - Include problem

2011-02-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:02:30 -0800, Donna Fraser fraser-do...@shaw.ca wrote: It is set to reset to Off each time the report menu is opened; is that what you mean? Not sure what you are looking at. In V6 for the Pedigree Chart it is on the lower right corner of the screen under Report Setting.

Re: [LegacyUG] Pedigree chart - Report options - Include problem

2011-02-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:50:18 -0800, Donna Fraser fraser-do...@shaw.ca wrote: For medical reasons I need to produce a pedigree chart with age at death and cause of death. I know that Legacy will do this How do you know this? but when I go to the Pedigree chart, click on Report options and

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing RINs

2011-02-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:48:25 -0600, Laird lftu...@bayleenet.net wrote: Maybe tblXI is for RINs that been used and then deleted? Have you tried turning off Reuse abandoned RINS and then turning it back on to see if things sync back up? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Missing RINs

2011-02-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:32:57 -0600, Laird lftu...@bayleenet.net wrote: Seems to me that tblXI only contains deleted RINs and not unused RINS. I don't know how Legacy can determine the difference once reuse is turned off then turned back on. How do it know what was deleted and what was never

Re: [LegacyUG] Include this citation on reports

2011-02-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:39:35 -0500, Scott Hall seh0...@gmail.com wrote: I noticed, for some reason, some of my detail citations are not appearing on reports ... and the culprit is that the Include this Citation on Reports checkbox was unchecked. I don't know how or why they became unchecked, but

Re: [LegacyUG] Truly Weird

2011-02-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 05:47:09 -0600, Gene Hutson fish...@q.com wrote: This one is truly weird, I have a family member born in Delaware Co, Iowa. On the family view, it shows Deleware Co, Iowa, I’m thinking “ah it’s just a typo” so I go to Locations list and there it is listed correctly,

Re: [LegacyUG] Truly Weird

2011-02-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 07:50:06 -0600, Gene Hutson fish...@q.com wrote: I'll play around a bit more and see what happens. One other way to find it would be to export your entire file to a GEDCOM. Then open the GEDCOM in a text editor and search for the misspelling. That should provide a clue

Re: [LegacyUG] Master Source Issue

2011-02-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 7:16:26 -0500, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: In setting up my Master Sources, I thought I was doing the right thing by adding a source detail using the 'picture -- Picture -- file' routine. After having just done a massive and time-consuming cleanup of my Master source, I now

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy on Thumb drive

2011-01-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:15:41 -0800, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: you could create a gedcom in Legacy and then create a self-viewing gedcom in GENViewer, which would allow you to show the data to your family without installing anything on the person's computer. Pictures are

Re: [LegacyUG] Restoring a Family File

2011-01-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:16:51 -0500, Dick Nixon nixon.d...@gmail.com wrote: I thought I could restore all my customization by doing a restore from a backup zip I made this morning but the customization did not come back. Was this a bad assumption? Yes. Most (if not all) of those customizations

Re: [LegacyUG] How to search for unlinked persons?

2011-01-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:05:18 -0500, Lloyd Hite lhite3...@juno.com wrote: I have a lot of people in my data that is not linked to anyone and I would like to know if there is a way to run a search for them. In V6 you have View|Tree Finder... -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] View All Sources From Tagged Individuals?

2011-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:26:11 -0600, David Farstead djfarst...@gmail.com wrote: I am slowly working on organizing my documentation and I would like to work on all of my Master Sources one Family Group at a time. Is there a way to either generate a report or filter the Master Source list so that

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2011-01-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 7:05:23 -0500, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: Dennis - my profound apologies - after looking at my files more closely, I realize that your suggestion worked perfectly. What I overlooked is that a great number of my sources 'HAVE NO TITLE' (emphasis added to show my oversight),

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2011-01-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:07:24 -0500, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: So far, nothing I have tried works. Maybe you should tell us what you have already tried and what were the results. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2011-01-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:38:41 -0500, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: (1) I changed the 'test.fdb' to 'test.mdb' and opened 'test.mdb' in Access, where I tried to prepare a query to 'append one field to another'. Results - I am unable to figure out how to do that with my limited knowledge and a book

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources

2011-01-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:15:42 -0500, sarge1...@cox.net wrote: Dennis - I tried your suggested query as 'raw SQL' and it worked partially. Unfortunately, it removed titles (or some of them) and inserted the FilingRef only. I would like to have the title composed of the SrcTitle and FilingRef,

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:10:39 -0500, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: To enter a bug report we need a set of repeatable steps to reproduce the problem. Usually by the time a user notices they have the problem they cannot remember what they did to cause it. Brian: When I was in

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:30:08 +, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net wrote: It certainly would seem to me that it would make it much easier to fix a problem if the user could provide repeatable steps so that the programmers aren't chasing their tales. Sure it would. I'm just saying that

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs [bug reporting process]

2011-01-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:53:54 -0500, Ward Walker wnkwal...@rogers.com wrote: logging the bug can assist in finding a pattern when the same thing is reported again. The earlier database can still provide evidence in tracking down the root cause, once later bug reports come in. The number of such

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:14:39 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: I have people who have their own RIN correctly but a second RIN appears if they are shown as married women on the name list If you have Generate Married Names turned on, try turning it off. Then try turning it back on

Re: [LegacyUG] Cannot export Lat/Long

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:52:54 -0500, Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com wrote: I'm saying that LATI and LONG options do NOT appear in the list of Items available for export from which you choose items to include in the list Export these items. This is true in 7.4 and 7.5, regardless of whether I

Re: [LegacyUG] Phantom people - duplicated RINs

2011-01-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:30:49 -0500, Charles Apple apple1...@embarqmail.com wrote: I have been following this thread with interest. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, however, am I to understand that renumbering RINs can cause confusion and is not necessarily a good thing to do. I was

Re: [LegacyUG] Search Replace problem

2011-01-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:17:30 -0800, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: You have to change a surname, or any data in a Master List, by editing it in the Master List itself. Then is there any reason to have Surname in the Find where dropdown on the Search Replace window? --

Re: [LegacyUG] File Extensions

2011-01-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:38:23 -0700, Dave Johnson davel...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone help me understand the different files in Legacy. I'm particularly concerned about the sources and locations files. I've looked throughout the Legacy site to find the file extensions definitions, but alas

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Export All to new Lecagy file RINs

2011-01-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:43:07 -0700, Kathy Meyer kmeyer2...@gmail.com wrote: When we install new updates, does the program automatically go through some of those file maintenance functions? No. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] What are the pros and cons of splitting or lumping facts?

2011-01-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:30:17 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I am, and always have been, a lumper. I'm not sure if the OP is talking about lumping sources, or limping events/facts. There would be a difference. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] What are the pros and cons of splitting or lumping facts?

2011-01-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:41:07 -0500, Dennis M. Kowallek kowal...@iglou.com wrote: limping aka lumping -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Center

2011-01-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:11:04 -0500, brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote: Is there a way from within Picture Center to identify the person? Did you try clicking the Next/Previous person using Picture (in V6) buttons? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Merge Problems

2011-01-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:21:26 -0600, Laird lftu...@bayleenet.net wrote: If I understand your comment correctly: I've always wished that genealogy programs would include a 'last changed' date somewhere for each individual On the very bottom of the Legacy window in the right hand side is a date

Re: [LegacyUG] Mass Birthday Reminder Setting?

2011-01-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:34:09 -0600, Carl Cox ct...@centurytel.net wrote: Is there a way to do a mass birthday and/or death reminder override You can make a calendar with birth and anniversary for everyone, or selected groups, but that does not include death. The free version of LTools will

Re: [LegacyUG] Unlinking re-linking parent

2011-01-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 19:53:04 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: My ancestor had 2 wives. I have the children linked to wife B, when they should be linked to wife A. I tried unlinking, but it requires me to unlink from both parents. Is there a better way? No, it is the only way.

Re: [LegacyUG] Problems changing to Windows 7

2010-12-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:32:09 -0800, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: Easy for you to say, Dennis, with all your multimedia in 1 or 2 directories. Could be ... I don't know the details of his setup. But unless he creates a new dir for each photo, he is still better off doing

Re: [LegacyUG] Problems changing to Windows 7

2010-12-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:03:45 -0500, Wes wes...@gmail.com wrote: I have been following this discussion with some interest. I do not have as large a collection of images as some do, but have similar storage issues. I would like to be able to store images related to an individual within a directory

Re: [LegacyUG] Problems changing to Windows 7

2010-12-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
I can search for the file myself and find it. But - I have far too may files to do this all manually. The last time I checked, if you search manually for one of the files, Legacy will automatically relink ALL the files it finds in that folder. So you should not have to do every file

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

2010-12-28 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:33:35 -0500, Elizabeth Cunningham drybo...@netreach.net wrote: What is SW? SourceWriter. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Search / Report

2010-12-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:37:59 -, Frank J. Wesslowski frank_wesslow...@gmx.net wrote: I will open the fdb file in Access and browse to see if I can find where this information is stored - will update this thread if I find a solution. And Merry Christmas to you also! The following links may

Re: [LegacyUG] Citing a source more than once

2010-12-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Hi, I am new to this board and hope this is the correct place to ask for advice on the Legacy Family Tree. In the Deluxe Edition of Legacy 7.4 I am trying to find a way to list all source citations (created using the SourceWriter method) which do NOT have 'Include this Citation on Reports'

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Citation Search / Report

2010-12-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Hi, I am new to this board and hope this is the correct place to ask for advice on the Legacy Family Tree. In the Deluxe Edition of Legacy 7.4 I am trying to find a way to list all source citations (created using the SourceWriter method) which do NOT have 'Include this Citation on Reports'

Re: [LegacyUG] Information on report no in family view

2010-12-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:34:33 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: If not in either of those places, where can it be if it shows up on the descendant narrative report? Are you using the Publishing Center? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus group

2010-12-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:34:54 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I am totally washing out with trying to develop a Focus Group. When I go to Focus Group on the View menu, I get a box that allows me to choose the individual or family line that I wish to use for it. I choose the

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus group

2010-12-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:38:56 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: I believe I did exactly as you suggest. I still get a message folder empty when I click to do the gedcom. Please enumerate in detail the exact steps you are performing ... and tell us the version of Legacy you are

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus group

2010-12-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:48:55 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: 9. Then I click select file name and start export in a window titled Export Gedcom File 10. It says only This folder is empty. What folder is currently displayed in this window? Do you know if this folder is empty

Re: [LegacyUG] Focus group

2010-12-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:34:13 -0500, Jane Sarles sarlesinsi...@gmail.com wrote: What is the purpose of having you select a particular focus group if you still have to tell it which one to use? Step 8 selects the individuals you want to export (called a focus group). Step 9 names the .ged file

Re: [LegacyUG] PDF files over 200 inch wide

2010-12-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:29:29 +, andrew and...@bullfarmoast.demon.co.uk wrote: Is there any way I can produce a pdf over 200 inches wide? Have you tried installing a PDF print driver like PDF Creator? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Italicized Child's name

2010-12-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:18:54 -0600, Laura Johnson rngad...@madisontelco.com wrote: When I look at the children below the parents names, one of the children's names is italicized. The others appear normally Check the child's gender. It sounds like it is set to unknown. -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] Does Legacy care if I resize my scans?

2010-12-06 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:44:16 -0500, Brian Lehman blr...@optonline.net wrote: Does anybody think there might be a problem if I resize everything or would it be better to leave them large. External hard drives are cheap. Buy one and copy the original (large) images there as an archive. Then feel

Re: [LegacyUG] How to save from Publishing Center?

2010-12-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:52:40 -0600, James Cook jc1...@gmail.com wrote: The 'Save the Current Book...' option is not working for me. What is necessary to fix this? The save dialog comes up, asks me to save in the Legacy - Books folder and saves a 1KB file. No matter what I do, it's always a 1KB

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing Citation Detail to Sources for Obits

2010-12-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:51:56 -0500, William Boswell whbosw...@gmail.com wrote: That's the problem I was having when I find a typo and have to wade through many records to find all the family members that belong together. You can't use Search Replace? Usually my detail is unique enough to do

Re: [LegacyUG] Event Sentence Format

2010-11-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:01:28 -0500, s megraw smeg...@hotmail.com wrote: Am I missing something, or is it not possible to include event sentence formatting on web pages? Did you click Sentence Style on the What tab? (using V6) -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] No messages

2010-11-29 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:07:54 -0500, Willard Ellis willardell...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a setting that I need to adjust in order to receive messages? Nope. You just need to wait until someone posts a message. If you suspect there is a problem you can always check the archives (see link below)

Re: [LegacyUG] Very Large One Page PDF Charts

2010-11-27 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:07:32 -0700, Paul Gray grayp...@telus.net wrote: Is there a way to override this, or is my only option to install a third party PDF generator such as PDF995 or PrimoPDF? This is probably your best option. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

2010-11-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:29:04 -0600, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I have imported my GEDCOM into Legacy. Can I convert my sources - there are about 500 of them - to Source Writer format? Is there a way to go through them from a list of sources? Right now all I can see to do is

Re: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events

2010-11-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:11:29 -0600, Jean Suplick jean.supl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just not deep enough yet into Legacy to see what benefits one approach gives me over the other. It's a matter of personal preference. Have you tried printing reports or web pages with both methods? If you do this

Re: [LegacyUG] Usage model for Legacy events

2010-11-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:18:05 -0600, Jean Suplick jean.supl...@gmail.com wrote: Any highpoints you can share? The only thing I will share is that I prefer to use Event/Facts as opposed to General Notes. I like the fact that I can create many Event/Facts and source each individually. I do not, as

Re: [LegacyUG] sources

2010-11-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:33:55 -0600, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: When I imported did it import to basic? I don't know. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools Legacy User Group guidelines:

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