Re: [LegacyUG] We just upgraded our mail server

2012-02-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:49:49 +, Ronald Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org wrote: You really are the only one that has spent more time complaining about the list server issue than you have asking or responding to legitimate questions on the list. Ron, I also have complained about the

Re: [LegacyUG] We just upgraded our mail server

2012-02-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:19:38 +, Ronald Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org wrote: While you may have complained about how the listserve behaves, it has not been your sole focus on this list. It would be if I were an Opera user. Either that or I would be gone. -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] We just upgraded our mail server

2012-02-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:02:19 +1300, Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com wrote: If you really don't like the way this mailing list operates, why don't you refuse to pay the subscription next time it is due?  Oops, I forgot - it's FREE. I'll tell you what I will do Wendy. To make you happy I'll

Re: [LegacyUG] duplicated emails

2012-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:18:21 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks - you may just have to live with it! We don't have to live with it. You do. If you look in the archives you'll see that the list is only getting a single copy of your emails. Only you are getting an extra copy. --

Re: [LegacyUG] missing tags

2012-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:49:27 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: I also loaded the new version of Legacy from the Legacy Home page but now my Tags are not shown anywhere. Also the ancestor colours no longer seem to be changeable. Can anyone explain whether this is due to the new version

Re: [LegacyUG] missing tags

2012-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:47:19 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: Well, yes, I think that is the case. Where should user files be found, please? Before you try anything... You say that the version on the new PC is 7.5.0.149. What was the version on the old PC? Ideally you should install

Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports

2012-02-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:11:53 +1000, Lea-Anne Davison leaannedavi...@gmail.com wrote: Any suggestions on how to condense this information, perhaps to appear only once at the end of each family. The only quick dirty way I can suggest is to make the Census's Event Definition private. -- Dennis

Re: [LegacyUG] suggestion I submitted

2012-02-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:24:23 -, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I would prefer to apply one or more sources to the whole birth event and not have to apply them separately to parts of the birth event. I don't think this suggestion will ever see the light of day as a Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Using Word for descendant report

2012-02-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:49:46 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: I have exported a descendant report, via rtf, to Word but am puzzled by various additions to the text which appear to have inserted themselves. Have you ever opened an RTF file in a plain text editor? That's the kind of

Re: [LegacyUG] Sources not copying to clipboard.

2012-02-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:23:01 -0500, Brian Lehman blr...@optonline.net wrote: Suggestions? Boot your PC and try again? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS: Use plain text if you want me

Re: [LegacyUG] Genviewer

2012-02-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:24:36 -0800, CE WOOD wood...@msn.com wrote: The tech specs: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista - GENViewer is a 32-bit program. Does that mean I cannot use it because I have 64-bit Windows 7? 32-bit programs (like Legacy) can run on 64-bit Windows. I suspect the tech

Re: [LegacyUG] Make a duplicate of a person

2012-02-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:31:48 -, Jack Earnshaw j...@jearnshaw.me.uk wrote: Is it possible to, effectively, copy paste a person to create a second person with the same name and details? I have an ancestor where I have now discovered that I have made a mistake. His mother was Martha Earnshaw,

[LegacyUG] Re: Legacy 7.5 and source citation import?

2012-02-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
I just finished my portfolio for the Board for the Certification of Genealogists (BCG). During that process I found that my SW sources did not match the Evidence Explained formats exactly and instead of being able to copy and paste, I had to hand type them correctly. I am seriously thinking

Re: [LegacyUG] V7.5.0.142 Web Page Creation

2012-02-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:45:11 +1030, Mark Lang markl...@adam.com.au wrote: Technical Support first responded with: Unfortunately, when the programmers change settings options for reports or web pages, this is going to happen. There's no way around it. There is a way around it, but the

Re: [LegacyUG] Page numbering problem on Multiple Line of Descent Report

2012-02-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Keep in mind that NOT EVERYTHING that gets fixed is itemized in the Release Notes. On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:21:22 -0600, Laird lftu...@bayleenet.net wrote: OK Mike, I did not file the original bug report. Please tell me how to do this. Laird On 2/5/2012 11:58 AM, Mike Fry wrote: On 2012/02/05

Re: [LegacyUG] untag non-blood relatives

2012-01-31 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:22 +1100, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: Ah, cracked it now. The advanced Tagging feature of LTools has an ancestors plus option and setting the Generations from trunk to something huge and including spouses, seems to tag all blood relations attached to the

Re: [LegacyUG] Set birth locations

2012-01-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:50:55 +1100, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: I don't suppose there is anyone clever enough to show me the SQL? Ideally, in two separate bits - one to set the tags and the other to do the search and replace? The tagging can be done with Legacy using its Advanced

Re: [LegacyUG] Set birth locations

2012-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:40 +1100, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: Is there any way to tag all descendants of a specific individual and then, if their birth and christening locations are both blank, set the birth location to Australia? Probably not without using SQL. -- Dennis

Re: [LegacyUG] untag non-blood relatives

2012-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:37 +1100, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: I want to concentrate on my blood-line first, so is there a way to untag everyone who is not some sort of blood relation? You might want to have a look at this thread...

Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline - short descr. in reports

2012-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:01:21 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no wrote: Agent? I used to use Agent ages ago, but that was only for reading newsgroups/usenet. Is it the same program that has evolved into handling email too? Yes. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Timeline - short descr. in reports

2012-01-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:29:53 -0500, Ron Bernier ronaldbern...@bernfrin.org wrote: Outlook has absolutely no problems sorting Legacy messages into appropriate threads. I doubt if Outlook is sorting it properly. Yes, it is probably sorting it under the appropriate Subject, but it is not sorting

Re: [LegacyUG] UAC - Users Account Control

2012-01-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:57:25 -0500, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: So, the question is - should I / do some of you change this to a safer setting when not working with Legacy or do you worry about this setting at all? Do you have Legacy installed in the recommended C:\Legacy\ folder?

Re: [LegacyUG] Check/Repair

2012-01-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:19:57 -0500, Marnie Oakes marnie.oa...@verizon.net wrote: Any hints on how to do run check/repair without problems? Most of the time Check/Repair produces a log of what it is fixing and why. I would make a backup, then run Check/Repair. Then I would look for problems.

Re: [LegacyUG] Help with sizing screens.

2012-01-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:55:29 -0500, Eldon Wade ew...@cfl.rr.com wrote: I would appreciate help with the sizing of my Legacy screens. I have a 23 monitor and on most screens the bottom of the screen are cut off preventing me from seeing the Save, Help, and Cancel buttons. Do you know how to

Re: [LegacyUG] AKAs

2012-01-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:52:27 -0500, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: What field do you think should be used for different spellings, if not AKA? I created a custom event called ... Alt. Spelling. ;-) -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Census source changes and Legacy clipboard

2012-01-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:37:16 +, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: Dennis will be along in a minute to tell you if Ltools will do that (I know it works for combining Basic and SW Sources.) It won't. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy Update

2012-01-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 15:39:14 -0800 (PST), Ron Taylor doit4...@yahoo.com wrote: The obvious continuation of development on v7 is evidence that all efforts are concentrated on getting it clean before focusing on a new major release. Millennia has jumped to a new major release without fixing the

Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Information

2011-12-30 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:23:48 -0500, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: However, if you click on Burial Address, you also have a NOTES tab from that window and apparently these notes don't show up in the same place. These notes (Address Notes) are associated with the address rcd, which can

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship calculator

2011-12-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:37:19 -, Gensearcher gensearc...@sky.com wrote: I don't know how to get rid of the relationship How do I do it Clear all relationships and recompute them. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm

Re: [LegacyUG] Relationship calculator

2011-12-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:06:23 -, Gensearcher gensearc...@sky.com wrote: How do I clear relationships Look in the Help under Set Relationships. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG USERS:

Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing list problems

2011-12-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:57:26 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no wrote: The reason for that is because it uses the List-Id header field in a non-standard way. And if you go back to Dec 2009 (shortly after the list came back online with new list software) you'll see a thread I started with

Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing list problems

2011-12-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:33:47 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no wrote: Looks like this is a general for several people, and not just Opera users? I don't have the problem you originally reported. I use Agent 5.0. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing list problems

2011-12-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no wrote: What is strange is that when I reply to a message it does get properly threaded when I eceive it back from the listserver. No other threading happens though. Maybe it's an Opera-only feature? That happens to me also.

Re: [LegacyUG] Reporting a bug

2011-12-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Replying to Brian because the OP did not post in plain/text... On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:48:36 -0500, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: What I see in GedPad Pro is an issue with the Death field – if this field is blank (i.e. no date or place on it) for any individual – it is

Re: [LegacyUG] Mailing list problems

2011-12-21 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:28:17 +0100, Bjørn K Nilssen b...@bknilssen.no wrote: What was actually the response 2 years ago (and later?)? Deafening silence from Millennia on the LUG. I submitted it as a bug report and the reply I got said they would submit a bug report to the maker of the listserv.

[LegacyUG] lossy vs. lossless

2011-12-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
The tiff and bmp files can also be edited, so they are NOT non-destructive! Ron was referring to the fact that .jpg's can lose information if they are simply opened AND THEN re-saved. See lossy vs. lossless. It is probably a good idea to store the master copy of an image in a lossless format

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg

2011-12-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
Try renaming it in Picture Center. From the Help... Rename You can change the name of the currently highlight file in the Picture Filename List by clicking the Rename button. The file is then renamed on disk. If the file has a + in the U column, any links to this picture within your family

Re: [LegacyUG] Changing linked pictures from bmp to jpg

2011-12-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:59:58 +, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.uk wrote: The OP wants to convert multiple files from .bmp to .jpg and then needs to tell Legacy to look for the files which are now, in effect, renamed. Then they need to learn SQL and use some tool (hint) to fix this. There

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Links - assistance required please.

2011-12-15 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:05 +0800, 2marion wimps 2wi...@gmail.com wrote: The changes are in the file I have relinked so nothing is making sense. The only other thing I can think of is that for some reason you OPENED a 6 month old .fdb in Legacy, added some data, and backed it up thinking you

Re: [LegacyUG] Advanced Sourcing to One Selected Event

2011-12-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:53:53 -0500, Lee Irons leeir...@cox.net wrote: Of course. Another way to accomplish enhancement #4 (and make a much more efficient database) is to reconfigure the data structure of the database so that a single source citation/detail record can be linked to any number of

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Links - assistance required please.

2011-12-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:02:50 +0800, 2marion wimps 2wi...@gmail.com wrote: I have gone to Options/Customise/Locations/View Current List of Multimedia Locations and none of the paths line up with where my files are Can you give us an example of how they don't line up? -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture Links - assistance required please.

2011-12-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:02:50 +0800, 2marion wimps 2wi...@gmail.com wrote: I am using Windows 7 Legacy Deluxe v 7.5.0.112. I backup every other time I use Legacy and yesterday made a mess of some entries so I decided to restore the files from the previous backup (as I have done before if really

Re: [LegacyUG] Global Removal of Source

2011-12-13 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:31:00 -0500, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an option in Legacy (or perhaps LTools) to remove all the instances where there is a source listed under UNSPECIFIED? Don't think Legacy has this feature, but in LTools Run Raw SQL, or MS Access, run the

Re: [LegacyUG] How to do a Search

2011-12-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:10:05 -0500, Lloyd L. Hite lhite3...@juno.com wrote: How do I do a search for all persons with a burial place and the burial source is blank? Have you tried the Missing Sources tab on the Search screen? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Combining Files With Sources

2011-12-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:10:55 -0500, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Is there an easy way to combine these files and include his name for the things he contributed and my name and sources for the things I contributed? First import his GEDCOM into a new .fdb. Clean that up to your liking.

Re: [LegacyUG] Advanced Sourcing to One Selected Event

2011-12-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:37:34 -0500, leeir...@cox.net wrote: Through Advanced Sourcing, I would like to link the Source Citation/Detail on my Source Clipboard to one selected event (identified by the same Event Type, Date, Place, and Description) that is common to all individuals or marriages I

Re: [LegacyUG] Advanced Sourcing to One Selected Event

2011-12-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:05:39 -0500, leeir...@cox.net wrote: It just seems like Millenia was on their way to doing it, but then just didn't finish the development before releasing the advanced sourcing capability. And then they just never got back to it. I can't read minds so I don't know if

Re: [LegacyUG] Advanced Sourcing to One Selected Event

2011-12-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 20:21:50 -0500, leeir...@cox.net wrote: Your Add Events in LTools looks like what I am looking for. The way I read your original post, I was under the impression that you had already added the events. But if you haven't, then my Add Events should make your life easier. I also

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening .fdb in MS Access

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:57:39 +1000, J Richard Nickel jrnic...@skymesh.com.au wrote: I receive the following error message when trying to open an .fdb file with MS Access: This database is in an unexpected state; Microsoft Access can’t open it. So does Legacy still work with this database? --

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening .fdb in MS Access

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:16:43 +1000, J Richard Nickel jrnic...@skymesh.com.au wrote: Yes, Legacy appears to be working perfectly. The only thing I can think of trying is to use Legacy to export your data to a NEW Legacy database. Then try opening that one in Access. -- Dennis Kowallek

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening .fdb in MS Access

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:30:18 +1000, J Richard Nickel jrnic...@skymesh.com.au wrote: Other than the File Management routines, is there any other testing I can perform to 'prove' the original fdb? Do the number of individuals look OK? Maybe, after doing a backup on the NEW .fdb, run a Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Error opening .fdb in MS Access

2011-12-05 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:33 +1000, J Richard Nickel jrnic...@skymesh.com.au wrote: Hmm, interesting. The number of individuals and the number of families are the same in both files. However, the number of unique surnames is (old/new) 547/406 (a HUGE discrepancy), and the number of Master

Re: [LegacyUG] surname report

2011-12-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:11:15 -0600, Nancy J Corey nancyro...@msn.com wrote: Wondering if there's a way to do a surname only report--a report from a specific individual, but only the patriarch line?? You could export the line to another Legacy file and then run one of the existing reports off of

Re: [LegacyUG] Display problems with the LUG Archives

2011-11-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:01:59 -0500, Brian Lehman blr...@optonline.net wrote: I have noticed,in the the LUG Archives,some of the messages are displayed in a kind of faded out look and the links don't work. Some messages are as usual OK, but some would display lighter that others. Is this a problem

Re: [LegacyUG] Deleting Unspecified Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:16:24 -0500, ci...@treadles.ca wrote: A very large gedcom file I imported a few months ago entered the author's name as an Unspecified source for everyone in the entire file. Since then I have had the chance to borrow all the original material used to compile this gedcom

Re: [LegacyUG] Facebook

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:03:18 -0800, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Why would you believe *anything* to be credible on Facebook??? You might be friends with a relative that listed their birthdate on Facebook. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Child Status - Died in Infancy

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:13:06 -0500, s megraw smeg...@hotmail.com wrote: I created a Child Status Died in infancy. Legacy has the option of displaying this in the Family View. Is there a way to show it in Descendant reports? Do you have an actual date of death for this individual? If not,

Re: [LegacyUG] Facebook

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:41:47 -0800, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: I was referring to personal information on individuals, not commercial Facebook sites! Without getting into the source vs. repository argument, I think it is entirely proper to use these facts (actually

Re: [LegacyUG] indicating direct blood line

2011-11-22 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:55:46 -0500, Robert57P_gmail robert...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see anything about Henry Numbers or Blood line or anything like that in the LTools writeup. It's a deluxe feature. See Set Special User IDs on this page...

Re: [LegacyUG] Was Locations, renamed - Locations Addresses

2011-11-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:18:40 -, Genealogy geneal...@btinternet.com wrote: Why use the street address in any location when Legacy has an address section available for all events Because some people prefer the way it displays in reports and web pages? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom

Re: [LegacyUG] Tag only blood descendants?

2011-11-17 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:34:38 -, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I haven't tested this but go to your oldest bloodline ancestor. Do a miscellaneous search. Select that ancestor and chose select Add an idividual and Descendants then on the following Descendant options select

Re: [LegacyUG] Assigning a source to about 50 people

2011-11-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:52:15 +, Elizabeth roobee...@gmail.com wrote: I started my database about ten years ago with few sources and I am now trying to remedy that. I have a whole family tree on Legacy which came down through the family and I would like to assign it as a source to many many

Re: [LegacyUG] Can anyone help me with a simple question?

2011-11-14 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:31:35 -0400, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: Legacy does not support same sex couples. To enter the couple you will have to falsely indicate that one member is male. If you have MS Access there are steps you can do to change that male to female but then

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Report - Spacing of Event/Fact Notes

2011-11-11 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:42:11 -, Malcolm Green malc...@telgen.co.uk wrote: As far as I'm aware, this only affects reports; when editing notes etc. in Legacy, the text appears correct, which is why I wasn't aware of the problem until now. Malcolm, In the file I repaired I could see the

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Report - Spacing of Event/Fact Notes

2011-11-10 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:07:56 -, Malcolm Green malc...@telgen.co.uk wrote: This problem was fixed in Families Sync 1.2.0 released on June 21. Does this release go back and repair the problem the next time the file is sync'ed? -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming)

Re: [LegacyUG] Individual Report - Spacing of Event/Fact Notes

2011-11-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:48:53 -0500, M. Brenzel brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote: I know that the notes are correct. They printed correctly in previous versions. I am not sure but I think that the added lines have just appeared in 7.5.0.112. This is interesting. I helped one other user fix her

Re: [LegacyUG] doing an event search

2011-11-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:24:50 -, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: That suggests the AND operators are not working properly. No, it is working properly ... just not the way you expect. In English, Jenny's query looks something like... Find all individuals with an event where

Re: [LegacyUG] doing an event search

2011-11-09 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:44:52 -, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Even breaking the query down with advanced tagging will end up with the same results. You can do it with Access or LTools. Using Jenny's example, the query would look something like ... SELECT tblIR.IDIR AS RIN

Re: [LegacyUG] Living Only Report

2011-11-08 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:12:07 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: LTools has a routine which works from the oldest down... Not exactly. http://ltoolshelp.zippersoftware.com/#39-en In the right hand pane (scroll about halfway down) there is a section entitled How It

Re: [LegacyUG] Dates in Picture Center

2011-11-04 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:10:49 -0700, Richard Van Wasshnova rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com wrote: I don't have Access on this computer (just ltools). Access may be able to reformat that field to date format to make them all standard dates. No. I believe the field is designed as Text(30). It is not a Date

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:16:01 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Not necessarily so with a GEDCOM I'm afraid. Source Writer sources do not export correctly to a GEDCOM (GEDCOM's fault btw. I wouldn't say it's GEDCOM's fault. Software developers have the option of exporting

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 06:47:10 -0400, MarksLady ka...@miprofgenie.com wrote: I'm not using any notes with photo's, so I guess that leaves that out. Almost 99.9% of the notes involved are research notes. This can probably be fixed with some simple SQL. I'd suggest sending me a backup .zip

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:08:11 -, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I would agree that it should, however I have seen reports (Graham? Seaver) which have shown that an export to a GEDCOM and an import back into Legacy will not return the source in a Source Writer format. I have also

Re: [LegacyUG] Spacing Issues / Word Wrap

2011-11-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:29:01 -0400, MarksLady ka...@miprofgenie.com wrote: Any other idea's? It's not sending the file is just too big! HELP! I will reply off-list. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools

Re: [LegacyUG] Tagging problem

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:32:31 -0700, CE Wood wood...@msn.com wrote: No. When I clear the tags, former ancestors remain tagged. Robert said to clear ALL tags ... IOW check Untag, set the correct Tag #, and press the Everyone button. At least this is the procedure in V6. In your original post (not

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:20:00 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to make a file of all of the ancestors [and their siblings] of one person with all the data I have for those people and use it separately. I don't want to delete it from my main file, at least not at

Re: [LegacyUG] export a group of people

2011-11-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:55:49 -0500, Cheryl Rothwell historysle...@gmail.com wrote: I am going to guess this automatically does what Leon detailed out for me. Except for the export part. I am little nervous when L-Tools warns it will mess with my original file. :-/ I don't know enough about

Re: [LegacyUG] Source Detail Problem

2011-11-01 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 14:12:50 -0700, Vivian Gullickson White vwhit...@gmail.com wrote: I had unchecked the box Prompt for Detail on the source detail screen. No, you unchecked the box on the Source Clipboard screen. The Source Detail screen does not have this checkbox (it wouldn't make sense

Re: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:14:54 +1100, Erica Portelli tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote: if the interaction is all on my PC until the programme is closed that would remove the worry of the saves not transferring quickly enough. That is not correct. I just did a little test. Dropbox will sync your local

Re: Legacy fdb in Dropbox was RE: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-26 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:27:06 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I know the process by which a Database is updated I was addressing the not-so knowledgeable with my explanation. ;-) Your observations should, however, convince the doubters! I'm not trying to convince anyone. I

Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:18:23 +1100, Erica Portelli tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Dennis, I went to the Legacy customise backup screen: Select name and location for data backup: and directed the backup to the Dropbox folder, so the zip backup went there each time I closed Legacy. Do you mean

Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:08:15 +0100, Alan Pereira alanpere...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I do not use dropbox but am supposing it to be a web based product. That being the case, if you attempted to open the Legacy file from dropbox would that not use the file using Internet temporary storage

Re: [LegacyUG] Not Responding and Backups

2011-10-25 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:05:50 -0700 (PDT), BF b.fri...@yahoo.com wrote: Dennis, by the time I go through the frustration of trials, errors, Task Mgr, restart, etc.  I don't rem which marriage it was hung on.  However, when I attempt to look at any marriage icon, they come up when I open Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] some of my notes have disappeared

2011-10-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:30:23 +1100, Erica Portelli tan...@optusnet.com.au wrote: By coincidence when the first incident happened a week ago I had just started to use Dropbox as a backup after hearing so many good reports. I'm wondering if this is somehow connected as I've never had this problem

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record this location.

2011-10-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:17:29 -0400, BG Johnson b...@brmemc.net wrote: I believe that this is a case where separate fields would have been better. I cannot say without more study. But given that the location fields probably came long before some of the other features that use them now (geolocs,

Re: [LegacyUG] Not Responding and Backups

2011-10-24 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:33:25 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hope you see this, Dennis, what do you think? Hi Ron, Thanks for reposting in plain text. Speaking to Betty's very last problem... AFAIK, tblXI (deleted individuals) and tblXM (deleted marriages) get populated

Re: [LegacyUG] Picture center

2011-10-16 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:05:49 -0400, Kirstin catlady1...@yahoo.com wrote: Then I tried to go back into the Picture Center and it crashes. Every time. I've already tried check/repair and rebooting my computer. I am using Windows 7 and Legacy 7.5.0.112. Is this a bug? Crashes are certainly a bug.

Re: [LegacyUG] Location List Suggestion [Was: Entering census information]

2011-10-10 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:09:00 +0100, Joan Kemp jk...@yahoo.com wrote: though it would be great to be able to save searches just click on them You can. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools NOTE TO LUG

Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town

2011-10-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:55:28 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: According to the Help file under Location: Adding, it says I was looking at something in the help file the other day and seem to remember seeing the use of LocationName as a way to express an educated guess. At

Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town

2011-10-03 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:37:36 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Dennis, what about when a Legacy file or gedcom gets transferred to a website? Will the probably still be ignored? It should get transferred as if it were just another location. The prepositions file is just a list of

Re: [LegacyUG] Which sources have no images

2011-10-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:02:59 +1100, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: Is there any way to track which occurrences of a particular source type have no images? I don't think there is in Legacy. It would require someone to write something (SQL and/or a program) that would get this info

Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Icon

2011-10-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:04:41 -0700, John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca wrote: In the Family View. Is there any way of having an Icon appear, just below the Husband or Wife data; along with the other Icons, when this person or persons, is the subject of a To Do item? There already is ... 2nd or 3rd

Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Icon

2011-10-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:17:05 -0700, John Gregson jfgreg...@shaw.ca wrote: The Icon you referred to shows the List of all the To Do items; you would have scroll down to find the correct one., there could be hundreds of such items. What I was wondering about would be an Icon that comes up only

Re: [LegacyUG] To-Do Icon

2011-10-02 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 15:20:24 -0700, Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: If you click on the icon just below the information for the individual in the Family View, then you will get only the To-Dos for that individual. By default. But you can go to the drop-down and change Individual

Re: [LegacyUG] Change fie extension

2011-09-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:21:01 +0100, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk wrote: and I think that there has been an addition to LTools to resolve this problem. Nothing that will change a file extension that I remember writing. You might be able to write an SQL UPDATE query that will change

Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Change fie extension

2011-09-20 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:32:06 +1000, Tony Rolfe geneal...@gillandtony.com wrote: if the extension is TIFF and you want to change it to TIF, the same SQL should work, except change jpe to TIFF and jpg to TIF. And you will need to change the -4 to -5 I think. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools)

Re: [LegacyUG] Descendant Narrative Report-page numbering

2011-09-19 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:08:40 -0500, Gene Wheeler bridge...@gmail.com wrote: I have discovered that, although one can set the starting page number, it will continue to start at page 1 unless you include a TOC. Is this a bug? I need it to start at a different number, and don't want a TOC because

Re: [LegacyUG] Marriage To Cousins

2011-09-18 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:08:42 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: By the way, why is everyone so grumpy on the list when a simple question is asked? There is a right way to respond and saying I don't see the point of your question? seems grumpy to me. Sorry, but it does, but maybe

Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ??

2011-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:27:38 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone. Has anyone on the list ever seen where Legacy would embed invisible dates that show up when you do a SEARCH and REPLACE, but when you go to the record, the dates are simply not there. I'm sure it has

Re: [LegacyUG] Invisible Embedded Dates ??

2011-09-12 Thread Dennis M . Kowallek
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:12:11 -0400, Jerry jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: The other thing, however, which might be related - I believe you are mistaken on, Dennis. There are indeed dates that come up when a FIND Event-Dates is entered for after 2009, for example, and when I go to the record,

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