I have v3.07. When closing my database the auto backup feature saves the backup to the same folder as the database. This is pointless as the purpose of a backup is to have it on a different media. I have changed the backup drive and folder in the backup dialogue box and can backup to the correct drive and folder from there but the auto backup will not. I did not have this problem with v3.5 Ian Westergaard In Central Otago, New Zealand Where it is Sunny, Cold & Frosty

Hello there Ira I am not sure when your 'Wish List' expires ... but some further ideas. i) Is it possible to spread the icons out on the main page. Some are so close the Subtitles overlap ? ii) On the 'Edit Event' pages, where there is a lengthy location name, say, the name disappears out to the side, and althou there are "active" scroll bars at the side, the name does not fill the second line. Is it possible to heighten this box ? iii) Would it be possible to add "Step-child" to the type of children ? This is my second most popular type after Birth and before Adopted. iv) Whenever I import a GEDCOM that has an "about" date, the date has always lost it's first number ie. abt 1954 becomes abt 954. I am aware this may be a fault with the original GEDCOM, but I have entered about 30 from different sources and this is always the case. Is there a fix ? Hope this is of some help. Best wishes Hugo Slater [email protected]

At 05:41 PM 6/19/01 +1200, you wrote: >I have v3.07. > >When closing my database the auto backup feature saves the backup to the >same folder as the database. This is pointless as the purpose of a backup is >to have it on a different media. > >I have changed the backup drive and folder in the backup dialogue box and >can backup to the correct drive and folder from there but the auto backup >will not. > >I did not have this problem with v3.5 Will have to check into this. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

At 03:35 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: >The program seems to assume that all media is in a single folder. I have all >my photographs in a folder called > c:\archives > >with <lots> of subfolders upon subfolders to delineate families, locations, >etc. > >When I want to attach a photo to a person and click "GET MEDIA" and navigate >to the correct location, it asks to copy this image into the "database Image >Directory" > >I don't want duplicate copies of these images anywhere else on my hard drive: > will it be possible to attach a photo (media) to an individual by >sub-folder? No. All photos must be in a single folder for it to work. Sorry, Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

At 09:19 AM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote: >I have also just tried attaching a JPG to an individual and have the same >problem with no image showing on the main Family Group screen. I have >followed your advice but it has not changed. > >Also, I cannot delete this JPG from the individual: I highlight the image >description (in the Available) and press the Remove Media button but it does >not remove the image. I have done a rebuild of my DB. I am uncertain when the bug mentioned was introduced but seems to be happening to several people. There are really only two fixes. 1. As before mentioned highlight the top image in Selected and press the UP button (I do not mean the up arrow - the button at top of window) - press it a dozen times or so then back and see if photo shows. 2. If your file ZIPped is a reasonable size then e-mail to me with a note and I'll manually repair it. I need to fix this next release. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

Thanks for the work-around. Pressing the "down" button several times worked just fine. Don Mullins ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ira J Lund" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [CFTW] Media Problem (probably user) > At 01:17 PM 6/9/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, > >I am just getting started with CFT and was trying to attach (import) some > JPG files to my database. Everything appears to work OK when I attach a > JPG to an individual. The image is displayed in both available and > selected portion of the Media tab. However, with the "Display photo on > main window" box checked only an empty frame is displayed, no image. Also, > when I generate the HTML pages the image frame is built but no image in the > frame. The HTML source has all blanks after the <IMG= tag. According to > the About box I am running 3.06x of CFT. > > (Sorry for delay in responding. I have been away on vacation.) > > Try checking the Option Menu -> Database Configuration -> Database 1 Tab -> > Media Folder. Is this set correctly? Try resetting it. Another problem I > have seen recently is that internally there are blank or empty photos > preceding the first photo. For now the only way to correct this is to go to > the Media Tab in an Individual and highlight the first photo ont he > "Selected" List. Then press the UP button (on top) several times. Then see > if the photo shows up. > > Ira > > ------------------------------------------------ > Mr. Ira J. Lund > E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com > > Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043 > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

The program seems to assume that all media is in a single folder. I have all my photographs in a folder called c:\archives with <lots> of subfolders upon subfolders to delineate families, locations, etc. When I want to attach a photo to a person and click "GET MEDIA" and navigate to the correct location, it asks to copy this image into the "database Image Directory" I don't want duplicate copies of these images anywhere else on my hard drive: will it be possible to attach a photo (media) to an individual by sub-folder? Karen Pastuzyn

I have also just tried attaching a JPG to an individual and have the same problem with no image showing on the main Family Group screen. I have followed your advice but it has not changed. Also, I cannot delete this JPG from the individual: I highlight the image description (in the Available) and press the Remove Media button but it does not remove the image. I have done a rebuild of my DB. Karen Pastuzyn In a message dated 6/18/01 7:47:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << >I am just getting started with CFT and was trying to attach (import) some JPG files to my database. Everything appears to work OK when I attach a JPG to an individual. The image is displayed in both available and selected portion of the Media tab. However, with the "Display photo on main window" box checked only an empty frame is displayed, no image. Try checking the Option Menu -> Database Configuration -> Database 1 Tab -> Media Folder. Is this set correctly? Try resetting it. Another problem I have seen recently is that internally there are blank or empty photos preceding the first photo. For now the only way to correct this is to go to the Media Tab in an Individual and highlight the first photo ont he "Selected" List. Then press the UP button (on top) several times. Then see if the photo shows up. >>

At 01:17 PM 6/9/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, >I am just getting started with CFT and was trying to attach (import) some JPG files to my database. Everything appears to work OK when I attach a JPG to an individual. The image is displayed in both available and selected portion of the Media tab. However, with the "Display photo on main window" box checked only an empty frame is displayed, no image. Also, when I generate the HTML pages the image frame is built but no image in the frame. The HTML source has all blanks after the <IMG= tag. According to the About box I am running 3.06x of CFT. (Sorry for delay in responding. I have been away on vacation.) Try checking the Option Menu -> Database Configuration -> Database 1 Tab -> Media Folder. Is this set correctly? Try resetting it. Another problem I have seen recently is that internally there are blank or empty photos preceding the first photo. For now the only way to correct this is to go to the Media Tab in an Individual and highlight the first photo ont he "Selected" List. Then press the UP button (on top) several times. Then see if the photo shows up. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

Hi, I am just getting started with CFT and was trying to attach (import) some JPG files to my database. Everything appears to work OK when I attach a JPG to an individual. The image is displayed in both available and selected portion of the Media tab. However, with the "Display photo on main window" box checked only an empty frame is displayed, no image. Also, when I generate the HTML pages the image frame is built but no image in the frame. The HTML source has all blanks after the <IMG= tag. According to the About box I am running 3.06x of CFT. Thanks in advance for any help/guidance. Don

In my Descendant list (style2) report (ver3.06) selecting special, my reports show both birth and death dates in brackets with marriage date outside the brackets. Looks fine to me, although while on this report, I personally prefer solid lines rather than broken lines, like those shown on the Descendant tab in the main window. I have also received similar reports from PAF users, and these do look very smart. Is there a reason for this difference? Russell Hartnoll >-----Original Message----- >From: Ira J Lund [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:23 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CFTW] Re:Decendant list [style2] > > >>The 3rd field can not be highlighted, and therefore can not be edited. >> >>However the marriage date I programed into field 3 when it was >active still >>prints > >OK. Let me restate. You were talking about "Desc List #2". It so happens >that this particular report only allows ONE line of additional text (one >field) and thus it doesn't allow you to include anything but the name and >one other line (normally I use "Special" showing full birth and >death date). > >I was speaking generically earlier and was not paying attention to the >particular report you were talking about. BUT now having said that, I am >confused to hear you speak of the marriage date being printed or that the >second field (3rd line down) was once active. It should have never been >active and how it ever was or could have been or still is I don't know. > >Ira > > >

At 10:25 AM 6/6/01 +1200, you wrote: >In my Descendant list (style2) report (ver3.06) selecting special, my >reports show both birth and death dates in brackets with marriage date >outside the brackets. Looks fine to me, although while on this report, I >personally prefer solid lines rather than broken lines, like those shown on >the Descendant tab in the main window. I have also received similar reports >from PAF users, and these do look very smart. Is there a reason for this >difference? The difference is that PAF evidently has it programmed as "graphical" lines - while I had simply used the vertical line which is actually a character - you can see this on most keyboards between the backspace key and enter key. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

If it's supposed to do that automatically, it's OK by me. I'm not complaining just questioning. At 22:22 05/06/01 -0500, you wrote: >Well, troops, at the risk of being non-conformist, I studied that format >quizzically when I first saw it, then decided that it was a logical >representation of the parenthetical offering of birth/death date and then >progressing to reading of the un-enclosed "married ddmmmyyyy" which segues >very nicely to the name of the person married to on the next line. >Really, I'm not an agitator. >Regards to all, >Floyd > >[SNIP] >> Subject: RE: [CFTW] Re:Decendant list [style2] >> >> >> Yes, that's exactly what I am getting too. >> (bd - dd ) marriage date >[SNIP] > > >==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== >You can contact the List Manager at: >[email protected] > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Yes, that's exactly what I am getting too. (bd - dd ) marriage date Mike At 10:25 06/06/01 +1200, you wrote: >In my Descendant list (style2) report (ver3.06) selecting special, my >reports show both birth and death dates in brackets with marriage date >outside the brackets. Looks fine to me, although while on this report, I >personally prefer solid lines rather than broken lines, like those shown on >the Descendant tab in the main window. I have also received similar reports >from PAF users, and these do look very smart. Is there a reason for this >difference? > >Russell Hartnoll > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ira J Lund [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 12:23 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [CFTW] Re:Decendant list [style2] >> >> >>>The 3rd field can not be highlighted, and therefore can not be edited. >>> >>>However the marriage date I programed into field 3 when it was >>active still >>>prints >> >>OK. Let me restate. You were talking about "Desc List #2". It so happens >>that this particular report only allows ONE line of additional text (one >>field) and thus it doesn't allow you to include anything but the name and >>one other line (normally I use "Special" showing full birth and >>death date). >> >>I was speaking generically earlier and was not paying attention to the >>particular report you were talking about. BUT now having said that, I am >>confused to hear you speak of the marriage date being printed or that the >>second field (3rd line down) was once active. It should have never been >>active and how it ever was or could have been or still is I don't know. >> >>Ira>

Well, troops, at the risk of being non-conformist, I studied that format quizzically when I first saw it, then decided that it was a logical representation of the parenthetical offering of birth/death date and then progressing to reading of the un-enclosed "married ddmmmyyyy" which segues very nicely to the name of the person married to on the next line. Really, I'm not an agitator. Regards to all, Floyd [SNIP] > Subject: RE: [CFTW] Re:Decendant list [style2] > > > Yes, that's exactly what I am getting too. > (bd - dd ) marriage date [SNIP]

Try a bit of lateral thinking. If the part of the file you want to keep is at the end, press Ctrl+End to jump to the end of the file. Scroll UP, it's a shorter route than scrolling down. Place the cursor before the first record you want to keep. Press Ctrl+Shft+Home, this will highlight all text between the cursor and the start of the file. Press Ctrl+X to Cut the highlighted text. Regards Nigel Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: MJ <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [CFTW] Can anyone help? > That's what I do, but how is it "Faster"? > > It's the dragging the scroll bar that takes so much time > > Mike > > At 15:38 01/06/01 -0700, Jerry wrote: > >Hi Mike > > > >A faster way is to click on the first person you want to delete and then > >drag the scroll bar, on the left side of the screen, with the mouse till you > >come to the last person you want to delete. Now while holding the shift key > >click on this last person. All items between the two names are highlighted. > >Delete, cut etc. > > > >Jerry > >Port Coquitlam > >B.C. Canada > >http://members.home.net/dimsdale1 > > > >DIMSDALE, GEDDES, ECKHOLDT, DOWNER, SINCLAIR, ETHERINGTON, MACK, LAMB > > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

>The 3rd field can not be highlighted, and therefore can not be edited. > >However the marriage date I programed into field 3 when it was active still >prints OK. Let me restate. You were talking about "Desc List #2". It so happens that this particular report only allows ONE line of additional text (one field) and thus it doesn't allow you to include anything but the name and one other line (normally I use "Special" showing full birth and death date). I was speaking generically earlier and was not paying attention to the particular report you were talking about. BUT now having said that, I am confused to hear you speak of the marriage date being printed or that the second field (3rd line down) was once active. It should have never been active and how it ever was or could have been or still is I don't know. Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

----- Original Message ----- From: Ira J Lund <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 3:28 PM Subject: RE: [CFTW] Re:Decendant list [style2] > >I had a little cutie pop up yesterday in printing the Descendant List [Style > >2] also. All of a sudden it changed the date printed from > >"2 JUN 2001" to "abt 2 JUN 200". Couldn't figure it out so just unchecked > >the "Show Print Date" option, typed the date in the footer, and went merrily > >on my way. > > I've also seen this several times and have tried to track down the bug but > never been able to figure out why this happens. Since I couldn't duplicate > the situation all the time. > > Ira I had the same peculiar date in a print out today of the ancestral story in the Swedish language version: "4 jun 2001" was "efter 4 jun 2" ( efter = after) I tried again and now it is correct. The CFTW 3.06 has been running all the day and the only editing made was deleting some words in the notes for the first person in the list. And for him also a litle bit of editing occupation and deleting the cause of death for an other person. No dates was chenged. It seems to be some old information not removed from the stack or somewhere in the memory used when the story is computed. Regards Henrik Lindén Esbo, Finland

Ira, The 3rd field can not be highlighted, and therefore can not be edited. However the marriage date I programed into field 3 when it was active still prints Mike At 07:30 04/06/01 -0500, you wrote: >At 10:35 AM 6/3/01 +0000, you wrote: >>I don't know if this is related but in the Decendant list [style2] report, >>the 3rd line of the fields is no longer visible in the 'example' window and >>therefore not editable, so it stays on the marriage data I last programmed >>into it. >>Just another little bug I guess, would downloading another copy of the >>program make any difference? > >When you are in the Fields Window, the "Types" are blank, Special or Event. >Are you sure that if you highlight the 3rd field, that the type shown is >not 'blank". I really don't think there is a bug there. I'll almost bet >that the 3rd line has been set to "blank". > >Ira

I tried the uninstall-reinstall thing again and this time success. difference was accepting the removal of the cftw3 folder (having moved the database files out of it first. The buttons are back, the roll-down menus seem to be complete. It still won't find the databases (they are back in the cftw3 folder) unless I browse for them. At least I can get on with my working. David Voss New Zealand David B Voss 30 Dreadon Road Manurewa Manukau City 1702 New Zealand Phones: home +64 9 267 3547 mobile (worldwide) +64 21 612 965