In message <1592596DF53C4DF0AE6335965EB0027E@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To J P Gilliver > >You say it is clear that forename and surname are stored separately. >However, that is not true. The Name field is stored as one field and >it is not separated into parts. > >I intentionally designed the program to have one name field because I >used the original version of PAF which required separate fields and I >did not like having to press Tab or Enter between every part of every name. My error! I wonder what other BK users would think about having to do that (press tab as opposed to space to get from forename(s) to surname(s) when entering), if it meant they could have an immediately-obvious indication which parts were which. > >I have added separate fields for Last Name or Sort Name or other >parts, because for certain names that is needed. Those extra fields are not >needed for most names, so it saves time for most people to just enter a >one part name field. > >If you like using [ ] around the last name like BK5 did it, then you can >just keep doing it that way. It should still work fine. I added the new Thanks; I thought you'd removed it. >Names tab in BK6 because some users in some situations needed more >than [ ] could accomplish. In some countries, the Last name is different >from the Sort name. So using [ ] did not handle that situation. Also >some people >wanted to add more than one alternate name, so that is also done on >the names tab. Understood. > >John Steed [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Bother," said Pooh, as Eeyore sneezed the crack all over Owl.