Mike, As far as I am aware, colours as used in programs are frequently under the control of Windows, but sometimes a program will not allow Windows to dictate the colours, and controls them itself. Icons, however, are small bitmaps and are specified by the programmer. If you can't get at the icon the program uses because it is embedded, then you can't change it. If you can get at the icon, then perhaps a photo (bitmap) editing program can change the colours. Tim Churchill Lancaster http://www.lsso.org.uk http://www.sound-recording.co.uk http://www.tim-churchill.co.uk

Dawn, In win95 I followed your directions to the appaerance tab. And while I see how the borders and text of a window can be changed I did not see how I can cange the color of program icons in CFT. What did I miss? Mike At 12:58 18/05/01 +0200, you wrote: >You can change the color settings by going to control panel. Click on >display. This should give you a panal for display properties with 6 tabs. >This is where you change your backgrounds, screen savers and such. Click on >the third tab. This is the appearance tab. From here you should be able to >change the colors. This is not only for the windows programs as my >Cumberland program is what I have changed my color scheme to. Hope this >helps you. >Dawn Conner-Jeppesen >http://www.geocities.com/frwhlngrl/

You can change some of the desk top icon settings (but not program icons) in the display tab of Control Panel. To change program icons you would need to edit them yourself and to do this you need access to the *.ico file but CFTW appears to have these embedded in the executable file. Ian Westergaard In Sunny & Cool Central Otago New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Floyd E. Turner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 3:06 PM Subject: RE: [CFTW] icon colours > I couldn't remember either, Mike. I'm running Win2000 now but thought 95 or > 98 had something about icons in the screen properties setting. Other than > that, I don't have a clue, either. > Good luck, > Floyd

You can change the color settings by going to control panel. Click on display. This should give you a panal for display properties with 6 tabs. This is where you change your backgrounds, screen savers and such. Click on the third tab. This is the appearance tab. From here you should be able to change the colors. This is not only for the windows programs as my Cumberland program is what I have changed my color scheme to. Hope this helps you. Dawn Conner-Jeppesen http://www.geocities.com/frwhlngrl/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Westergaard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 6:32 AM Subject: Re: [CFTW] icon colours > You can change some of the desk top icon settings (but not program icons) in > the display tab of Control Panel. > > To change program icons you would need to edit them yourself and to do this > you need access to the *.ico file but CFTW appears to have these embedded in > the executable file. > Ian Westergaard > In Sunny & Cool Central Otago > New Zealand > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Floyd E. Turner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 3:06 PM > Subject: RE: [CFTW] icon colours > > > > I couldn't remember either, Mike. I'm running Win2000 now but thought 95 > or > > 98 had something about icons in the screen properties setting. Other than > > that, I don't have a clue, either. > > Good luck, > > Floyd > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] (for individual messages) > [email protected] (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

At 11:21 AM 5/17/01 -0400, you wrote: >The Family Group Chart doesn't have an option to select > Include Event Notes > Include Individual Note >as does the Story Reports. > >Will this option be added? My user-added Event 'Private Note' makes no sense >without the Event Note printing. I think these are on my list. 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 09:54 AM 5/17/01 -0400, you wrote: >I'll start by saying that I have verified that I have absolutely no >repetition of my single-tier sources: all sources are unique. > >I am choosing a single family: >In the Family Group Chart: if I select 'Single Source' under setup, sources >repeat themselves (I'll have 12 sources, some of which repeat, instead of 9). > If I select 3-tier for the same family group, they do not repeat (I'll get >the correct 9 sources). > >This does not seem to happen in any STORY report: only the Family Group Chart. > >It also seems to be connected to how many sources are involved: one family >group chart had only 4 sources and it printed ok under both settings. Others >with 9 or more sources seems to have the repetition problem in the Single >Source setting. I'll have to look into it. Sounds like it may be a bug. I use the 3-tier sources which is likely more debugged than the single tier. 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

>This plays into my problem with v3.07 too. As you know, I am legally blind. I find >many of the font and background colors in 3.07 very difficult--if not >impossible--to see. This wasn't true of the old 2.51x version so, as a result, I >had to go back to v2.51. I really like v3.07. I just can't see enough of it to use >it effectively. In the future, I wonder if it might be possible to include a way >to change the colors that you cannot control from Windows? That was the beauty of >2.51 for an old blind codger like myself. The colors were all Windows based and, >since I use white fonts against a black or very dark blue background and white >fonts against dark gray, etc. in Windows, that is the way the colors show up in >v2.51. This is really the only way I can read effectively and, even so, I have to >use Zoom Text (a screen enlarger) at the same time. Unfortunately, there are just >too many situations in v3.07 involving fonts and colors that I cannot control and, >as a result, I cannot use it. Please keep those of us who suffer from macula >degeneration in mind the next time you do a major overhaul on Cumberland. Option Menu - Program Configuration - Language Tab: Highlight the English Language then press the Properties button at top and you can increase the Font size. This is actually an improvement over Ver 2 where you could not change the font. Both Ver 2 and Ver 3 have Icons (Ver 3 just has more icons) and they are the only things that cannot be changed as far as color is concerned. Otherwise there is no difference in adjusting colors. I have done nothing different between the two versions as far as ability of Windows to control the colors. Right mouse click on desktop (background) go to properties and click on Appearance tab. That is the place where in both Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can control the Windows Colors. I really don't see any difference other than these mentioned between Ver 2 and Ver 3 as far as colors are concerned. Icons only. With the improvement that you really can adjust the font in Ver 3 and couldn't in Ver 2 - so to me I don't understand why one would say Ver 2 is better as far as this is concerned. 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

What can I access in my computer that will change the colors of the icons on the screen? Can you do this thru the screen properties dialog box, I didn't see how. Mike At 15:40 17/05/01 -0500, you wrote: >Mike, >Do you mean that the screen properties dialog box accessed through your >desktop won't give you the color selection that you need? >Just curious. >Floyd >

I couldn't remember either, Mike. I'm running Win2000 now but thought 95 or 98 had something about icons in the screen properties setting. Other than that, I don't have a clue, either. Good luck, Floyd

I understand what your saying walt. In the windows 3.1 Control panel you can access the colors the computer uses and change them. I don't see any way to do that with win95, there is no color selection icon in the control panel group. That's why I asked if Ira could change it in the program since I saw no way to change it at my screen. If there is a way to change the colors in win 95 then I'd like to know too. mike At 09:56 17/05/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, Ira, et al-- > >This plays into my problem with v3.07 too. >walt boswell >[email protected]

Mike, Do you mean that the screen properties dialog box accessed through your desktop won't give you the color selection that you need? Just curious. Floyd > -----Original Message----- > From: MJ [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CFTW] icon colours > > > I understand what your saying walt. In the windows 3.1 Control panel you > can access the colors the computer uses and change them. I don't see any > way to do that with win95, there is no color selection icon in the control [SNIP]

I understand completely, I only mentioned it because I thought it might be one of those "Oh, that's easy to change..." kind of things, that wouldn't be a problem the next time you were in that section of the code. Figured it couldn't hurt to ask :) mj At 06:02 17/05/01 -0500, you wrote: >> >>Wouldn't a subdued green or brown source icon colour be much more >>appropriate and much less irritating? > >It can go on the wish list, but.... > >Ira

The Family Group Chart doesn't have an option to select Include Event Notes Include Individual Note as does the Story Reports. Will this option be added? My user-added Event 'Private Note' makes no sense without the Event Note printing. Karen Pastuzyn

Hi, Ira, et al-- This plays into my problem with v3.07 too. As you know, I am legally blind. I find many of the font and background colors in 3.07 very difficult--if not impossible--to see. This wasn't true of the old 2.51x version so, as a result, I had to go back to v2.51. I really like v3.07. I just can't see enough of it to use it effectively. In the future, I wonder if it might be possible to include a way to change the colors that you cannot control from Windows? That was the beauty of 2.51 for an old blind codger like myself. The colors were all Windows based and, since I use white fonts against a black or very dark blue background and white fonts against dark gray, etc. in Windows, that is the way the colors show up in v2.51. This is really the only way I can read effectively and, even so, I have to use Zoom Text (a screen enlarger) at the same time. Unfortunately, there are just too many situations in v3.07 involving fonts and colors that I cannot control and, as a result, I cannot use it. Please keep those of us who suffer from macula degeneration in mind the next time you do a major overhaul on Cumberland. Thanks a lot for a wonderful program, however. walt boswell [email protected] P.S. I hope you understand what I'm talking about here. I'm afraid that I don't know enough about computers to express myself very well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ira J Lund" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [CFTW] icon colours > At 08:43 PM 5/16/01 +0000, you wrote: > >Another item for the 'wish list' > >It's just a little thing, but as I get more sources in my data it becomes > >more and more irritating. > >The day-glo pink book icon for the sources acts like a red error light to > >my mind. > >I see no valid reason to have the source icon so obnoxiously visible. I've > >never seen a day-glo pink > >cover on any genealogical source I've worked with. > > > >Wouldn't a subdued green or brown source icon colour be much more > >appropriate and much less irritating? > > It can go on the wish list, but.... > > 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] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

I'll start by saying that I have verified that I have absolutely no repetition of my single-tier sources: all sources are unique. I am choosing a single family: In the Family Group Chart: if I select 'Single Source' under setup, sources repeat themselves (I'll have 12 sources, some of which repeat, instead of 9). If I select 3-tier for the same family group, they do not repeat (I'll get the correct 9 sources). This does not seem to happen in any STORY report: only the Family Group Chart. It also seems to be connected to how many sources are involved: one family group chart had only 4 sources and it printed ok under both settings. Others with 9 or more sources seems to have the repetition problem in the Single Source setting. Karen Pastuzyn

OK: just got it: I was hitting RESET thinking it would "set" my dates: my musunderstanding of the buttons. Karen In a message dated 5/17/01 8:56:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << This is in the UCC calendar formats. Options Menu - UCC Options. >> under the tab "Display Format" I have tried each and there was no change in the way it displayed in the Story Tab. 'Julian Day Number' comes up every time I enter this tab, no matter what I set it to before clicking on the 'close' button. >> Karen Pastuzyn Englert Inc. 732-324-3923

In a message dated 5/17/01 8:56:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << This is in the UCC calendar formats. Options Menu - UCC Options. >> under the tab "Display Format" I have tried each and there was no change in the way it displayed in the Story Tab. 'Julian Day Number' comes up every time I enter this tab, no matter what I set it to before clicking on the 'close' button. >> Karen Pastuzyn Englert Inc. 732-324-3923

In a message dated 5/17/01 7:20:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << >looked into all the setups and configurations but can't find out how to get >the story date changed from: > Sarah was born September 7, 1834 at Milesburg, Centre County, PA. > >to: > Sarah was born 07 September, 1834 at Milesburg, Centre County, PA. > >(I want the dd mm yy format). This is in the UCC calendar formats. Options Menu - UCC Options. >> under the tab "Display Format" I have tried each and there was no change in the way it displayed in the Story Tab. 'Julian Day Number' comes up every time I enter this tab, no matter what I set it to before clicking on the 'close' button. Is this section not working? What should I be trying to set to get 05 Sep 1943 format? Karen Pastuzyn

At 08:43 PM 5/16/01 +0000, you wrote: >Another item for the 'wish list' >It's just a little thing, but as I get more sources in my data it becomes >more and more irritating. >The day-glo pink book icon for the sources acts like a red error light to >my mind. >I see no valid reason to have the source icon so obnoxiously visible. I've >never seen a day-glo pink >cover on any genealogical source I've worked with. > >Wouldn't a subdued green or brown source icon colour be much more >appropriate and much less irritating? It can go on the wish list, but.... 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 03:52 PM 5/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >hopefully something simple I'm missing: > >looked into all the setups and configurations but can't find out how to get >the story date changed from: > Sarah was born September 7, 1834 at Milesburg, Centre County, PA. > >to: > Sarah was born 07 September, 1834 at Milesburg, Centre County, PA. > >(I want the dd mm yy format). This is in the UCC calendar formats. Options Menu - UCC Options. 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