On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:58:28 +1200, "Andrew Jackett" <[email protected]> wrote: >To Otto, John Steed and others, > >Maybe a work around would be to include a further option with parent-type >called Unknown. (Currently there's natural, adoptive, step, foster and other >but nothing for one where the actual type is uncertain.) > >Natural and Unknown could be coded to always connect with the 'bloodline' in >ancestor charts and ahnentafel book reports whereas the other options might >only link if the special checkbox option was selected to show ancestors of >all parent-types. > >I like the idea for the situation where adopted, step etc. info is asked >for, for the non-direct line descendants (in laws etc.) have their >parent-type status (i.e. adopted, step, foster) displayed the same as do the >direct-line (main focus) descendants in the descendant reports. > >I know this would mean quite a bit extra program code to accommodate, but it >has obviously been something that is of sufficient interest for the author >to put in the database and thus would be fair to treat equally to the ones >that are the main focus of the report. As Otto mentioned, it would take >time to prepare and test out such a thing but maybe an option for the medium >to long term perhaps? > >Some interesting ideas coming forth from this. There might be a three-step-process ? 1. The present version 2. The direct line solution 3. the mixed solution, that proberly will have some more coding and work to John Many like version as to day (1) Many do wish to also have the "direct-clean-line" (2) as option and would be very happy Everybody will be much more happe to have all three solutions :) -- Otto Jørgensen http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/ All email is checked by NIS2014