Ira Sorry to persist with this .. maybe someone else has some ideas. I have the program on a laptop and the edit function is fine but not on my pc, which would suggest it is not a Cumberland prob. I was also having a problem with the icon names in Cumberland being cut off but have solved that by changing the font size on windows .. but the edit function is still a problem .. it gets to the end of the first line and makes the alarm bell noise. Even with long names it only displays the first line and then the cursor disappears !.. I have re-installed, rebuilt etc .. no joy .. I do not know if it is related but only half the ancestral tree shows up in the 6 generation section. Could be something to do with font size ?? It is not major .. just annoying .... would appreciate any ideas. Many thanks Hugo | >| In the "Place" Editor .. if the place name is more than 51 spaces long ie. | >| the width of the box, it stops. I am getting round this by putting the | >| proper length place name into an individual's details and merging them but | >| it is very long winded. | >| | >| Is there a way of allowing longer names into the Edit box ? | | Sorry, but I do not know what you are speaking of. The place name field | allows up to 250 characters. So I don't understand why you are seeing it | stop after only 51 characters. | | 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 think the problem relates to the specific entry field that Hugo is using. When entering at the event level a new place name directly in the Edit Event Place field, it provides a scrolling text entry box that certainly can handle a lot of characters, I guess the 250 Ira has stated. However, if an entry is made through the Add place name button on the Select Place Name screen called by the Place button on the Edit Event screen, this is a fixed two line entry field. Depending on the combination of upper and lower case characters, a user will be only able to enter about 100 characters. The same result happens when called from the Edit Place Name screen called from the main drop down menu Place name Editor (or Ctrl+P shortcut). Ian Fettes Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Replyto:[email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugo Slater" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2001 19:25 Subject: Re: [CFTW] Place name editing > Ira > > Sorry to persist with this .. maybe someone else has some ideas. I have the > program on a laptop and the edit function is fine but not on my pc, which > would suggest it is not a Cumberland prob. I was also having a problem with > the icon names in Cumberland being cut off but have solved that by changing > the font size on windows .. but the edit function is still a problem .. it > gets to the end of the first line and makes the alarm bell noise. Even with > long names it only displays the first line and then the cursor disappears > !.. I have re-installed, rebuilt etc .. no joy .. > > I do not know if it is related but only half the ancestral tree shows up in > the 6 generation section. Could be something to do with font size ?? > > It is not major .. just annoying .... would appreciate any ideas. > > Many thanks > > Hugo > > | >| In the "Place" Editor .. if the place name is more than 51 spaces long > ie. > | >| the width of the box, it stops. I am getting round this by putting the > | >| proper length place name into an individual's details and merging them > but > | >| it is very long winded. > | >| > | >| Is there a way of allowing longer names into the Edit box ? > | > | Sorry, but I do not know what you are speaking of. The place name field > | allows up to 250 characters. So I don't understand why you are seeing it > | stop after only 51 characters. > | > | 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 > > > ==== 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 > >

At 08:00 PM 5/10/01 +1000, you wrote: >I think the problem relates to the specific entry field that Hugo is using. > >When entering at the event level a new place name directly in the Edit Event >Place field, it provides a scrolling text entry box that certainly can >handle a lot of characters, I guess the 250 Ira has stated. > >However, if an entry is made through the Add place name button on the Select >Place Name screen called by the Place button on the Edit Event screen, this >is a fixed two line entry field. Depending on the combination of upper and >lower case characters, a user will be only able to enter about 100 >characters. The same result happens when called from the Edit Place Name >screen called from the main drop down menu Place name Editor (or Ctrl+P >shortcut). I know that internally the database is set to hold a max of 250 characters. But yes, I now see that because the vertical scroll bars on the right are not there it won't let you go beyond two lines. Perhaps in Hugo's case if he is using all CAPS this makes for the 51 characters max he can enter. I will have to fix the Place Name Editor and adding a scroll bar should help this out. Thansk for the tip on 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