On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:50:42 -0400, Robert Kirk <isobar@verizon.net> wrote: >Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had a >personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. As >I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder and >renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual or >f1 key. > Picture must be named as BKscreen.jpg size less than 640x480 Located at your database -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Is fixed , I found a slider in bottom of edit window which moved to right , I know not when or how , Phil

On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:56:46 -0400, Robert Kirk <isobar@verizon.net> wrote: >Saw this strange file while searching for my picture in the BK folder: > >bkevents.bkp > >1898 1937 Gershwin >1840 1893 Tchaikovsky >1818 1883 Marx >1770 1827 Beethoven >1723 1780 Blackstone >1685 1750 J. S. Bach >1606 1669 Rembrandt >1564 1642 Galileo >1473 1543 Copernicus > >Is this some strange qc file or placehoilder that John uses? Can I kill it? > Timeline under Ancestor are the report dleting that file will mean something for the report. We want,, however, to have more oportunity to make local entlist, depending on years and places. >From Scandinavian we have long time ago send John proposal to do that -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:10:32 -0400, Robert Kirk <isobar@verizon.net> wrote: >Unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to move "Marriage". This, of course, is >a mandatory feature where individual events must appear before family >events. But it does seems to me it would be nice to list events in >chronological order: >BORN >MARRIAGE >DIED > >But that's not legal. You can also make some sorting by the Edit Screen som every person you add have 7 personal events and 3 family events in same order -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

On Thu, 10 May 2012 11:10:32 -0400, Robert Kirk <isobar@verizon.net> wrote: >At 06:43 AM 5/10/2012, Otto Jørgensen wrote: >>[...] >>look in Helpfil <F1> >>Globally Sort Events > > >Unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to move "Marriage". This, of course, is >a mandatory feature where individual events must appear before family >events. But it does seems to me it would be nice to list events in >chronological order: >BORN >MARRIAGE >DIED > >But that's not legal. All events is grouped in two Personal Family Personal i first then you have family events There have been question of mixung those. It might be sometimes possikble, but nopt all want that so we have for sometimes live with the situation Personal i add and sort events, but I do not print them all as that are sources for the Bigraphy of a person (Note) To write a good personal story of a person, a listing of events is not a good idea. Still you can sort events as I have mention in an other email. The manual and <F1a is n ormaly a good idea to use. -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Hi Robert, I would leave it alone. I think it is the file used for the Timeline Graph. -- Brian On 10/05/2012 16:56, Robert Kirk wrote: > Saw this strange file while searching for my picture in the BK folder: > > bkevents.bkp > > 1898 1937 Gershwin > 1840 1893 Tchaikovsky > 1818 1883 Marx > 1770 1827 Beethoven > 1723 1780 Blackstone > 1685 1750 J. S. Bach > 1606 1669 Rembrandt > 1564 1642 Galileo > 1473 1543 Copernicus > > Is this some strange qc file or placehoilder that John uses? Can I kill it? > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > . > --

On Thu, 10 May 2012 10:49:18 -0400, "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> wrote: >I have files: > > english.bkw > english.r6 > English-CustomWording.DTA > >but have no idea how to open them, and if I did open them, would changing >something mess up everything else? you might not open them. IOf you feel you miss some files, tak and install BK again upon your installed version -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

To Robert Kirk It is documented in the BK 6.5 manual on the page with the picture of the main screen. Page 7 I think. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Kirk" <isobar@verizon.net> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [BK] Main Screen Picture > Gillles & Otto > > Thanks very much. It worked Is it documented anywhere? > > Bob Kirk > > > At 02:40 PM 5/10/2012, you wrote: >>You can put your picture in the main BK folder or in any of your data >>folders (if you have more than one). Just make shure it's a JPEG file >>and rename it bkscreen.jpg. >> >>Gilles Paquette >> >> >>Le 2012-05-10 11:50, Robert Kirk a ecrit : >> > Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had >> > a >> > personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. >> > As >> > I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder >> > and >> > renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual >> > or >> > f1 key. >> > >> > Bob Kirk >> > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

To David Youse If you want to change SSN then after you copy English.bkw to another name like English2.bkw then start WordPad and have it Open English2.bkw and then edit and save it. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> To: <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk>; <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page >I have files: > > english.bkw > english.r6 > English-CustomWording.DTA > > but have no idea how to open them, and if I did open them, would changing > something mess up everything else? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. P. Gilliver (John) > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:02 PM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page > > In message <F9EDC203D55C4CF99B4FE44426644211@DavidHP>, David Youse > <dhyouse@comcast.net> writes: >>Is there a way to globally change the order of the “Event/Fact” >>fields as they appear on the Edit page? I would find it very helpful >>to be able to view several pages in succession with all the listings in >>the same order, to avoid having to search each page for what I’m >>looking for. I have over 11,000 persons so doing this one page at a >>time is not a viable option. > > I’d like the option for both the non-family and the family listings. > > Can I ask in the same vein for a revision of the "individual events must > precede family events" rule? I find it rather unnatural to have to show > > born > christened > died > buried > married > > rather than > > born > christened > married > died > buried > > I think I may have asked this before, or maybe was just thinking about > it, but – Is there a way to globally delete “Event/Fact”s that > have no entries? That is, the field was selected but there is no Date; > no in,at,etc; no Location/Description; no Note; no Source AND no Witness > entries. > > Yes, I'd like that too (-:! > > Also, John, is there a way to change the field name “Social Security > num” to just “SSN”? > > At a guess, there's a file with it in. I've just had a look, and on my > system there's a file english.bkw, where it is on line 2996. > [] > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > Easy reading is damned hard writing. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer > (1804-1864) > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

To David Youse It is not arbitrary. You pick the order. First backup your database. Then run the Utility and pick either the first or second choice. Then click Start Then it will show you all of the events and you can put them in any order you want. Then it does the sorting. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page > Close, but not quite what I'd want. I'd like to pick which events to > appear > in which order, not let the program arbitrarily pick them. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Otto Jørgensen > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:43 AM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page > > On Wed, 9 May 2012 21:31:41 -0400, "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> > wrote: > >>Is there a way to globally change the order of the “Event/Fact” fields >>as they appear on the Edit page? I would find it very helpful to be >>able to view several pages in succession with all the listings in the >>same order, to avoid having to search each page for what I’m looking >>for. I have over 11,000 persons so doing this one page at a time is >>not a viable option. >> > look in Helpfil <F1> > Globally Sort Events > -- > Otto Jørgensen > http://www.bkwin.info/ > All email is checked by NORTON > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Gillles & Otto Thanks very much. It worked Is it documented anywhere? Bob Kirk At 02:40 PM 5/10/2012, you wrote: >You can put your picture in the main BK folder or in any of your data >folders (if you have more than one). Just make shure it's a JPEG file >and rename it bkscreen.jpg. > >Gilles Paquette > > >Le 2012-05-10 11:50, Robert Kirk a ecrit : > > Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had a > > personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. As > > I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder and > > renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual or > > f1 key. > > > > Bob Kirk > >

Hi John an listees , I got a problem >> Working on Edit Screen , The column with Born , married , died , etc keeps disappearing , I am adding people shown on one screen to another screen ( read Database ) , When I go from Minimized to maximize to copy a place or name to drag and drop it I lose said column , note I have 2 copies of BK open ,side by side , mine and my brothers . How do I make it come back ?? , Phil

You can put your picture in the main BK folder or in any of your data folders (if you have more than one). Just make shure it's a JPEG file and rename it bkscreen.jpg. Gilles Paquette Le 2012-05-10 11:50, Robert Kirk a ecrit : > Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had a > personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. As > I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder and > renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual or > f1 key. > > Bob Kirk > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Wed, 9 May 2012 21:31:41 -0400, "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> wrote: >Is there a way to globally change the order of the “Event/Fact” fields >as they appear on the Edit page? I would find it very helpful to be >able to view several pages in succession with all the listings in the >same order, to avoid having to search each page for what I’m looking >for. I have over 11,000 persons so doing this one page at a time is >not a viable option. > look in Helpfil <F1> Globally Sort Events -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Saw this strange file while searching for my picture in the BK folder: bkevents.bkp 1898 1937 Gershwin 1840 1893 Tchaikovsky 1818 1883 Marx 1770 1827 Beethoven 1723 1780 Blackstone 1685 1750 J. S. Bach 1606 1669 Rembrandt 1564 1642 Galileo 1473 1543 Copernicus Is this some strange qc file or placehoilder that John uses? Can I kill it?

Does anyone remember how to put a picture on the main menu page? I had a personal picture on the main menu page but lost it in a computer crash. As I remember it involved putting a picture in the Brothers Keeper folder and renaming it to something else. Can't find a reference in my old manual or f1 key. Bob Kirk

Whoops - I see John Steed answered that comment just before I sent it. At 11:10 AM 5/10/2012, Robert Kirk wrote: >At 06:43 AM 5/10/2012, Otto Jørgensen wrote: > >[...] > >look in Helpfil <F1> > >Globally Sort Events > > >Unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to move "Marriage". This, of course, is >a mandatory feature where individual events must appear before family >events. But it does seems to me it would be nice to list events in >chronological order: >BORN >MARRIAGE >DIED > >But that's not legal. > >Bob Kirk

At 06:43 AM 5/10/2012, Otto Jørgensen wrote: >[...] >look in Helpfil <F1> >Globally Sort Events Unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to move "Marriage". This, of course, is a mandatory feature where individual events must appear before family events. But it does seems to me it would be nice to list events in chronological order: BORN MARRIAGE DIED But that's not legal. Bob Kirk

To J P Gilliver If every person had only one marriage, then I would put Marriage above Died. That would be easy. In BK6 I made the design decision to show one spouse at a time and one set of family events at a time. So I put the Marriage events at the bottom - for a few reasons. One reason is that back in BK 5 I had two separate grids. Each individual had a grid of events, and the marriage had a separate grid for the family events. To see how that looked in BK5, you can from the BK6 Edit screen pick from the top menu View, Family Edit. In BK6, when you click to show a different spouse, it shows the same Individual events for the person and only the Marriage events at the bottom change. The program keeps track of the Individual order of events and puts them in order from 1 to 5 or whatever. Then it keeps track of the Family events for each family (spouse) and puts those family events below the individual events. So Family events 1-3 go below the individual events. If you click the Spouse button, it shows the Spouse's events as the Individual events and those might be 1 to 8 and then it shows the same family events 1-3 below those. So no matter which person is showing, it knows where to put the Individual events and the Family events. If you want me to mix the Family events into the Indivual events, then I need a different system of keeping track, because the Family events will go into different places for each different spouse of the person. (The first marriage might be before the first occupation event, but the second marriage might be after the first occupation). So you would need to put the events in order for each different spouse. So instead of the current system where I keep track of the order of Indivual events for each person and the order of Family events for each family, I would need a different system to keep track of a different order of events for each family for each person. In other words the order of Family events can be different for the Husband and the Wife instead of the current system where the Family events are in the same place for the Husband and Wife. Then when you make a change, like you add an Occupation to a person, the program has to figure out if that Occupation goes before or after the Family events for each of the marriages of that person. In other words, when you add an Occupation, does that go before or after the first marriage? Before or after the second marriage? Before or after the third marriage? I probably would need to show ALL the marriages of the person on one large grid to keep it all correct. I would need to show all spouses and all marriages at the same time to keep the events in the correct order. So that is a very different system from what I have now. It would require a lot of changes and a lot of testing and because some people do not like change, so I would need to keep an option to either do it the current way or do it the new way. So you see, it is not a simple change that I can make. I realize that it bothers some people to have Married below Died on the Edit screen. Perhaps in some new version, I can find a way to change the order to make everyone happy. Remember, it does not Print the marraige after died on the printed reports, it is just for the Edit screen. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page > In message <F9EDC203D55C4CF99B4FE44426644211@DavidHP>, David Youse > <dhyouse@comcast.net> writes: >>Is there a way to globally change the order of the “Event/Fact” >>fields as they appear on the Edit page? I would find it very helpful >>to be able to view several pages in succession with all the listings in >>the same order, to avoid having to search each page for what I’m >>looking for. I have over 11,000 persons so doing this one page at a >>time is not a viable option. > > I’d like the option for both the non-family and the family listings. > > Can I ask in the same vein for a revision of the "individual events must > precede family events" rule? I find it rather unnatural to have to show > > born > christened > died > buried > married > > rather than > > born > christened > married > died > buried > > I think I may have asked this before, or maybe was just thinking about > it, but – Is there a way to globally delete “Event/Fact”s that > have no entries? That is, the field was selected but there is no Date; > no in,at,etc; no Location/Description; no Note; no Source AND no Witness > entries. > > Yes, I'd like that too (-:! > > Also, John, is there a way to change the field name “Social Security > num” to just “SSN”? > > At a guess, there's a file with it in. I've just had a look, and on my > system there's a file english.bkw, where it is on line 2996. > [] > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > Easy reading is damned hard writing. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer > (1804-1864) > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

I have files: english.bkw english.r6 English-CustomWording.DTA but have no idea how to open them, and if I did open them, would changing something mess up everything else? -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:02 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Edit Page In message <F9EDC203D55C4CF99B4FE44426644211@DavidHP>, David Youse <dhyouse@comcast.net> writes: >Is there a way to globally change the order of the “Event/Fact” >fields as they appear on the Edit page? I would find it very helpful >to be able to view several pages in succession with all the listings in >the same order, to avoid having to search each page for what I’m >looking for. I have over 11,000 persons so doing this one page at a >time is not a viable option. I’d like the option for both the non-family and the family listings. Can I ask in the same vein for a revision of the "individual events must precede family events" rule? I find it rather unnatural to have to show born christened died buried married rather than born christened married died buried I think I may have asked this before, or maybe was just thinking about it, but – Is there a way to globally delete “Event/Fact”s that have no entries? That is, the field was selected but there is no Date; no in,at,etc; no Location/Description; no Note; no Source AND no Witness entries. Yes, I'd like that too (-:! Also, John, is there a way to change the field name “Social Security num” to just “SSN”? At a guess, there's a file with it in. I've just had a look, and on my system there's a file english.bkw, where it is on line 2996. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Easy reading is damned hard writing. -Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864) Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message