>I have a suggestion for the printout in CFTW. > >Is it possible that you can CFTW let print by people with multiple >marriages that the text shows ... Will consider this. Thanks, Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

>Maybe you can help me. Did you have already a beta version ready where you >can print a RTF file? I ask this because of the follow. I want to print the >photos I have scanned with my descendant printout. So far I have seen now >is this not possible in the CFTW version. But maybe you can think about it >for the new version. There is a report called the Descendant Photo Chart that you can print. Not sure what else you might be refering to. There are no functioning printed reports in Ver 3 beta yet. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

>-there should be a possibility to give more than one Source for a given >event. For instance, I often know that Mr X is dead between two dates >because I have a Source mentioning him alive for the first date and another >source mentioning him deceased for the other date. I actually mention the >second source in the Notes field, but would appreciate having the >possibility to mention it in a Source List (and thus using the "Select >Source" utility) I completely agree, feel the same unconvenience. > >I think that a team of volunteers could translate in thir own language. If so, >I would be glad to help for the french translation... I am ready to assist with Czech and Russian translations... well, if there is anybody else who would need it... Petr Krouzek

Quoting Christian Perrier (bubulle@kheops.frmug.org): (sorry for replying to my own mail....but this is a good way to add comments to my own suggestions) > -A date conversion utility between all calendars could be included in the > software. This is only a suggestion for a more friendly software, but not a > very strong requirement, as many third party conversion utilities exist... I > may find and give the source code for the Gregorian-French Revolutionary date > conversion. Looks like this already exists, if I properly understand Ira's recent announcements.... > Finally, I made a personal wish : CFT is the latest Windoze software I use. My comments to Joseph's comments : my suggestion was a little bit provocation. I know that Unix (or Mac) port of Windoze applications is not really easy, especially when spare time is limited. So, Ira, don't take this too seriously! Special comment to Joseph : you may consider replacing Photoshop by The Gimp.....:-) --

NEW Version 2.32 just released Improvements: * Fix Relationships - Connect Parents: Used to allow entry of FRN only. Now includes NameSearch. * Fix Relationships - Connect Spouse: Now automatically adds default couple events. * GEDCOM Import: Fixed error which caused a female with a marriage but no husband to show the wrong person as a spouse in the Individual Editor. * Photos: Fixed a bug that would not load the list of photos that have the read-only attribute. * Indexed Book: Fixed a small problem which would not start the Index report page number at the right location on the second printing. * Marking IRN: After some marking routines the display was not properly updated. This has now been corrected. * Statistics Report: Count of desceased individuals did not include those with Living Flag unmarked and no death date. This has been corrected. * New Language: Afrikaans by Hendrik J Bosman, Betty�s Bay, South Africa. ------------------------- Over the past couple of months, about half the bug reports I have gotten I have been unable to duplicate. Most of them I suspect are bugs that were fixed in Ver 2.29 or 2.30 or earlier and the individuals had not yet updated to the latest version. It would be nice if I weren't trying to trace these down a second time. So please if you issue a bug report make sure you are now using Ver 2.32 and verify that the problem is in 2.32 as it is highly likely the bug has already been fixed by now. Version 3 status: Sloww!!! With summer vacation and some heavy work at my day job I have spent practically no time over the past couple of months on Ver 3 BUT some improvements have been made since beta 1 and hopefully in about another month or two I shall post beta 2. Thanks, ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

At 03:30 PM 8/13/98 +0200, you wrote: <snip> >This lead me to a few improvement suggestions for CFT-Win (I currently use >version 2.31) : >snip2> >-there should be a possibility to give more than one Source for a given >event. For instance, I often know that Mr X is dead between two dates >because I have a Source mentioning him alive for the first date and another >source mentioning him deceased for the other date. I actually mention the >second source in the Notes field, but would appreciate having the >possibility to mention it in a Source List (and thus using the "Select >Source" utility) I endorse this suggestion. >Finally, I sometimes regret that the software is not fully translated (only >menu items, but not dialog boxes). I don't know how is organised the source >code (the ideal situation would be a fully separated resource file), but I >think that a team of volunteers could translate in thir own language. If so, >I would be glad to help for the french translation... My son works for a company in Denver whose job is translating software into different languages: ILE. It may be that their services in this way would be very cheap for a one time job like this. After doing this once, it would likely be easy to modify for future changes and not require future investment. >Finally, I made a personal wish : CFT is the latest Windoze software I use. >I maintain a 50Mb on my portable computer just for it... For many reasons >(both technical and philosophical), I switched towards Open Source software >and I use Linux for nearly all my computing activities (both professional >and "recreational"). I would really appreciate a Linux/X-Window version of >CFT....Maybe not an easy task, but dreaming is always allowed...:-). Would >other people use such a version? I also use unix on office (Sun and Silicon graphics) systems. However, I have so many applications that can only be run in a Windows (e.g. Turbotax, Quicken, cd writers, database, spread sheets, Photoshop, etc) environment that such an added option would not do me much good unless all were available. I don't think such availability is in the foreseeable future so having one program that would also run in unix would not be a useful diversion to the limited time that IRA has for the present direction. I have even seen software developers like Papyrus for example, that wasted much of their effort to duplicate their software for Macs, only to find fewer and fewer customers using that platform while Windows users have been switching to other vendors for that application since it was not kept up so well. I don't like Microsoft very much and use as few of their products as I can, but like the recent cartoon about the "good news is that the TK2 problem is solved; the bad news is that the software belongs to Bill Gates." ________________________________________________________________________ Joseph Cain cain@quartz.gly.fsu.edu (850) 644-4014 (office) FAX (850) 644-4214 (850) 385-0227 (residence) http://geomag.gfdi.fsu.edu/~cain

Ira, I have a suggestion for the printout in CFTW. Is it possible that you can CFTW let print by people with multiple marriages that the text shows like: Quenta Hillegonda Witterick Quenta and Berend Hubert (the son of Anne Hubert and Cornelia Johanna Hoogland) were married 22 Feb 1950 at Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia. =========== cut ===== Quenta married (2) Siegfried August Hertenstein (the son of Clara Hertenstein) 04 Nov 1982 at Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Netherlands. === This also with people with more marriages. Maybe you can think about it. Thanks, Rob The Netherlands

>When I publish a book I use the two sided function of a photocopier for >the finished product. I keep a hard copy of each book printed by CFT, >therefore parts of the book are photocopied numerous times. Since I may >change one page of a report, depending on who is receiving the book, I >use the "preview" function and then select a page to be printed instead >of printing the full report. While working in the Print Index of Names >window I noticed that it works different than the other preview windows. >Its more of an annoying situation than a real problem. Wanting to print >two copies of page one the steps from the Indexed Book window are; >highlight Name Index, create (Index of Names window is opened), preview, >print, select 1 to 1, ok (CFT returns to the Print Index of Names >window), preview, print, select 1 to 1, ok. Now you have two pages of >page 1 of the report, but they have different page numbers. The page >number has advanced by the number of pages in the report. You must >return to the "create" button to maintain the same page number. The >Print Index of Names window is the only window that I have found that >does this. I am using ver. 2.30. Sounds like you have a good handle on the Indexed Book printing - something that can be tricky for many people. Your description of the problem is quite good and I immediately think I know what the porblem is (a bug) and can likely easily fix it. Will try to correct it for Ver 2.32. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Hello Ira: When I publish a book I use the two sided function of a photocopier for the finished product. I keep a hard copy of each book printed by CFT, therefore parts of the book are photocopied numerous times. Since I may change one page of a report, depending on who is receiving the book, I use the "preview" function and then select a page to be printed instead of printing the full report. While working in the Print Index of Names window I noticed that it works different than the other preview windows. Its more of an annoying situation than a real problem. Wanting to print two copies of page one the steps from the Indexed Book window are; highlight Name Index, create (Index of Names window is opened), preview, print, select 1 to 1, ok (CFT returns to the Print Index of Names window), preview, print, select 1 to 1, ok. Now you have two pages of page 1 of the report, but they have different page numbers. The page number has advanced by the number of pages in the report. You must return to the "create" button to maintain the same page number. The Print Index of Names window is the only window that I have found that does this. I am using ver. 2.30. Jerry

First, a big hello to all CFT-WIN list subscribers... I recently had to insert a lot of new information into my family database (summer holidays are a good moment for searching around in our french "mairies" (city halls) and "archives départementales"). This lead me to a few improvement suggestions for CFT-Win (I currently use version 2.31) : -the date field should be wider. The problem arises when one tries to insert a date in the French Revolution Calendar (like "28 vendémiaire an XIII"). This is nearly impossible without making bad abreviations (such as "28 vd XIII")... A date field allowing up to 30 characters would solve this problem -A date conversion utility between all calendars could be included in the software. This is only a suggestion for a more friendly software, but not a very strong requirement, as many third party conversion utilities exist... I may find and give the source code for the Gregorian-French Revolutionary date conversion. -there should be a possibility to give more than one Source for a given event. For instance, I often know that Mr X is dead between two dates because I have a Source mentioning him alive for the first date and another source mentioning him deceased for the other date. I actually mention the second source in the Notes field, but would appreciate having the possibility to mention it in a Source List (and thus using the "Select Source" utility) Finally, I sometimes regret that the software is not fully translated (only menu items, but not dialog boxes). I don't know how is organised the source code (the ideal situation would be a fully separated resource file), but I think that a team of volunteers could translate in thir own language. If so, I would be glad to help for the french translation... Ira, and also CFT users, what do you think of this? Finally, I made a personal wish : CFT is the latest Windoze software I use. I maintain a 50Mb on my portable computer just for it... For many reasons (both technical and philosophical), I switched towards Open Source software and I use Linux for nearly all my computing activities (both professional and "recreational"). I would really appreciate a Linux/X-Window version of CFT....Maybe not an easy task, but dreaming is always allowed...:-). Would other people use such a version? --

> >> Since I just got a scanner I am ready to add pictures to my database. > >> Any advice on the best way to organize them? > >> > >> > >> Mr.T (Tracy Schell) > >> > >There are many ways ... > >My solution also is to use the IRN as the organization feature, because > it's > >very stable within one database. > >E.g. In my cft-phot-directory 00023-1.jpg is my first. 00023-11.jpg my > >eleventh picture for the individual with the IRN 23. > >00023f-1.jpg is 23rds family, 00023s-1.jpg is 23 and spouse. > >File-names are limited to 8 digits. > > So 00023f-2.jpg would be second picture of the individual with IRN 23 > with his wife? > A second picture of individual with IRN 23 with his/her family (f for family, s for spouse) > Wait a minute, all my IRN's are 6 digits, do you drop > off a 0? Yes, in order not to have more than 8 digits in the file name. Since I have *only* 10,000 individuals in my database there is no need for me to use all 6 IRN digits. > Did you make a new directory for pictures? > Yes, very much suggested. Mine is called cft-phot. Max max.gschneidinger@zp.siemens.de My genealogical page: German Ancestors up to the Middle Ages http://www.genealogy.com/ged/max > Mr.T (Tracy Schell) from The Sunshine State. Visit > my Homepage at: http://bbs.mpcs.com/~tschell > Also visit my churches webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/~ncccfl > My Sports Card Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4995 >

Ira, Maybe you can help me. Did you have already a beta version ready where you can print a RTF file? I ask this because of the follow. I want to print the photos I have scanned with my descendant printout. So far I have seen now is this not possible in the CFTW version. But maybe you can think about it for the new version. Thanks Rob Hubert The Netherlands http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Rob_Hubert

>It is while using the Relationship calculator. > >Perhaps Ted is correct and relationships are not available for in-laws. >I had not noticed this before. For instance if I enter my IRN and then >my wife's father it shows that we are not related. > >I know that other programs give relationships between every person in >the database. Yes, this is correct. The Relationship Calculator has never been able to calculate in-law relationships. It can only work for "blood' relations. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Ira J. Lund wrote: > > Definately problems somewhere. Not sure I totally know what you mean here. > But first I suggest doing the Tools Rebuild. If this still doesn't clear up > the problem, write back and give me more details. On screen can you bring > up person as key and see spouse, then switch to spouse as key and still see > the original person. If you select a child do BOTH people show as parents? > At what point do you see a relationship problem? On screen or in a report > and what is missing or wrong? Hi Ira It is while using the Relationship calculator. Perhaps Ted is correct and relationships are not available for in-laws. I had not noticed this before. For instance if I enter my IRN and then my wife's father it shows that we are not related. I know that other programs give relationships between every person in the database. Regards Gale

Hi all I have downloaded 2.31 and is using it on an old 386 (25 Mha; 8 Mb RAM) with win 3.1 with no troubles except for the feature of Selecting Source by dot-number-tab, which dosn't function in some cases (ie DEAT). The database fraom 2.31 can be used by 2.31x with no troubles. Regards Rolf ---------- > From: Ira J. Lund <ira.lund@cf-software.com> > To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Download problems > Date: 11. august 1998 14:01 > > Well, I am a bit surprised also that Ver 2.29 would run but not 2.31. If > there was a problem with 2.31 Win 3.1 Version (16-bit) I would have thought > I'd be getting complaints. But it has been out a while and this is the > first I've heard of a problem here. I suspect most people on this list use > the 32-bit version - but I do think there are still some that use Windows > 3.1. Can those who do, verify that they are successfully using Ver 2.31 on > Windows 3.1? > > I don't know what else to suggest. > > Sorry, Ira > >

Hi Gang I downloaded 2.31 for Win 3.1 a few days ago as the 2 files. All loaded fine and a quick run through of most facilities worked with no change - the only change to watch is the images directory that has to be re-defined - other sub-directories are picked up automatically (I have a subdirectory below the database for images and use a new directory for each version of CFTW, which may be the reason). I havent had the courage to try Win95/98 yet although my computer is quite new - it really goes fast on win 3.1! Regards Simon Ira J. Lund wrote: > > Well, I am a bit surprised also that Ver 2.29 would run but not 2.31. If > there was a problem with 2.31 Win 3.1 Version (16-bit) I would have thought > I'd be getting complaints. But it has been out a while and this is the > first I've heard of a problem here. I suspect most people on this list use > the 32-bit version - but I do think there are still some that use Windows > 3.1. Can those who do, verify that they are successfully using Ver 2.31 on > Windows 3.1? > -- // VK2EII : Simon BUXTON, Sydney, Australia \\ // Email : sb@zip.com.au \\ // simon.buxton@workcover.nsw.gov.au \\ // Web Sites: <http://www.zip.com.au/~sb/w_hobby.htm> \\ // <http://www.zip.com.au/~sb/hec4.htm> \\ // <http://www.zip.com.au/~sb/wars> \\

Hi Gale, You're right. There are no links calculated like father-in-law, brother-in-law etc. Only direct relationships are calculated. Is this different to what we saw in the earlier releases? I don't think so. You're right, some family programs do so but what would be the use of it? Regards, Ted Voordouw/ The Netherlands > Using version 2.31 I am having trouble in establishing relationships on > the spouse side of any family. They all show as not related. > Any suggestions > Regards > Gale > >

At 10:51 PM 8/11/98 +1200, you wrote: >Using version 2.31 I am having trouble in establishing relationships on >the spouse side of any family. They all show as not related. >Any suggestions Definately problems somewhere. Not sure I totally know what you mean here. But first I suggest doing the Tools Rebuild. If this still doesn't clear up the problem, write back and give me more details. On screen can you bring up person as key and see spouse, then switch to spouse as key and still see the original person. If you select a child do BOTH people show as parents? At what point do you see a relationship problem? On screen or in a report and what is missing or wrong? Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Well, I am a bit surprised also that Ver 2.29 would run but not 2.31. If there was a problem with 2.31 Win 3.1 Version (16-bit) I would have thought I'd be getting complaints. But it has been out a while and this is the first I've heard of a problem here. I suspect most people on this list use the 32-bit version - but I do think there are still some that use Windows 3.1. Can those who do, verify that they are successfully using Ver 2.31 on Windows 3.1? I don't know what else to suggest. Sorry, Ira At 11:03 PM 8/9/98 +0000, you wrote: >I have been trying to use the latest 16 bit version of CFT (2.31)for a >number of weeks now and have had no luck. Here is my story... > > 1st. downloaded the two separate "zip" files on machine "A". Then tried >to install on machine "B" the second "zip file" would not "unzip". Sorry >but the error message has been forgotten. > 2nd... Downloaded the two "zips" using machine "A" and different >disks.Installed again on machine "B" and "C"... Same response as trial >one. > 3rd... Downloaded the large one piece "zip file" on machine "C", this >file installed OK, but when I tried to run the program I ended up in a >DOS window and got the message "insufficient memory". When I try using >file manager and click on the "cft16.exe" file, I get the same DOS >window and message, but can click on the "cft16.exe" of version 2.29 and >that version runs fine. > >I am not new to computing,installing,downloading, etc. It seems strange >that the 3rd time failed because I feel it eliminates bad floppies, ram >problems, and hardware configuration conflicts, etc. If any one has >an idea for me to try I would like to hare from you. ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

At 07:56 PM 8/8/98 +0200, you wrote: >In version 2.30 I have 6 separate databases of branches of the >family kombrink ( Germany and the Netherlands.) I cannot conect >those files due to missing links. But I would like to combine them >somehow in one database in order to be able to search for names and >birth/death dates. Please advise: Do this. Temporarily add a dummy record (unattached) to each of the databases - that will be identical people. The best thing to do is give it a surname starting with a couple of A's (such as /AADUMMY/) This way the program will find the matches immediately when you do a Merge Database. Now the Merge Database will match the two common people and then add all people from the two databases to a single new database. Do this one at a time for each of the six databases until they are all merged. Good luck. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com