Tom, Mike, et al, I actually have it on my list to add a merge capability some day. However, it's not there now and it won't be soon. Programming Clooz 2 has been a huge expense that it will take me a while to recover from, so once 2.1 is out, I'm going to take a programming breather for a bit to try to recover financially. All I know is it's a good thing my husband has a day job. ;-) At 01:25 PM 10/27/2006, you wrote: >Hi Tom > >I am a user of both Clooz and The Master Genealogist (TMG), so I don't have >any issue with keeping my electronic file cabinet and my genealogy software >in synchronization, because they don't talk to each other. > >This same question did, however, come up pretty recently in the TMG forum, >where someone asked about being able to keep two separate TMG databases >synchronized. TMG is a Visual FoxPro-based app. > >Liz may correct me on this, but there is not any mechanism built-into Clooz >to keep multiple databases in synch. > >And as far as generic software to synchronize the databases is concerned, >this is not precisely my area of expertise, but based upon what experience I >do have in the database world, I can't conceive that there is any generic >software out there that will do what you want. I believe that it would have >to be a truly custom piece of software that had been written specifically to >handle the job of keeping the same Clooz database on multiple computers in >sync. This is partly because such a piece of software wouldn't be able to >compare the same data files between the 2 PCs to see what has changed, but >rather would have to compare each individual record in each data file. This >would not be a trivial undertaking. Consider the complexities of the task: > >1. A Clooz database consists of a great many data talbes that are working in >conjunction with each other. A change to a piece of data in one table can >affect a great many other tables. >2. A new record can have been added on computer A that does not yet exist on >computer B or vice versa. >3. An existing record can have been deleted on computer A but not on >computer B or vice versa. >4. An existing record can have been modified on both computer A and computer >B with totally different modifications. >5. An existing record can have been modified on computer A and deleted on >computer B or vice versa. >6. Every time a record in Clooz is changed, any child records that are tied >to it are potentially impacted also. > >And this is just a few of the considerations that would have to be taken >into account. I suspect that it would take a pretty spiffy piece of custom >code to accomplish what you have in mind without running great risk of >demolishing your data. And Clooz belongs to a small enough company that I >doubt seriously whether any 3rd party software developers have created such >a program. > >Just my opinion, for what it's worth. > >Mike Daugherty >Frederick, Maryland > >-----Original Message----- >From: clooz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:clooz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >Behalf Of Tom Salts >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:26 PM >To: clooz@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CLOOZ] Sharing the Clooz data > >Good Morning, > > The issue I am looking at is the process of keeping Legacy >synchronized with Clooz across a multi-user genealogical effort. Let's say >there are two people working on either coast of the US. We initially both >have the same copy of our Legacy database. Each of us also has a Clooz >database. Each of us enters a person into Clooz which auto-populates our >separate Legacy tables. We next follow-on and update that persons sex in >Legacy as Clooz doesn't do sex data. The "Keeper" (west coast) enters John >Doe into Clooz and the east coast worker enters Jane Green into theirs. > > At this point each of our Legacy and Clooz tables are different. >The east coast worker send the "Keeper" there updated Legacy table. The >Legacy "Keeper" of the master copy of that table merges the east coast >updated table with hers. > > At this point the "Keeper" has an up-to-date Legacy table created >from the input of the east coast worker. Also at this point the east coast >worker and the "Keeper" have different data in their respective Clooz >tables. Since Legacy has linkages to Clooz and both Clooz tables are >different, how can I get them synchronized as I do in Legacy? I realize I >am getting a little wordy here and maybe the answer is that you can't. If I >were to overwrite the "Keeper's" Clooz table with mine she would end up >having a Clooz table that was not in sync with her Legacy table. > >Tnx in advance... Tom Salts, Phoenix, AZ > >-----Original Message----- >From: landmbrew@charter.net [mailto:landmbrew@charter.net] >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 5:15 AM >To: clooz@rootsweb.com >Cc: Tom Salts >Subject: Re: [CLOOZ] Sharing the Clooz data > >Tom > >I'm no expert by any means, and there may be a better way. >To keep my desktop and laptop in sync, I just copy the clooz data file to my >other computer. > >Mike > > >---- Tom Salts <tsalts@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Good Evening, > > > > > > > > My sister and I are working on our genealogy. We are trying to > > figure out how to best use Legacy 6.0 and Clooz 2.0 together. Legacy has >a > > function called IntelliShare. You can create an export of your Legacy > > database and send it to another person. That person can work with it and > > send it back to the original owner. The original owner can merge it with > > their database and send a fresh export back and so both have a complete > > database when the music stops. What is the best way to keep both of our > > Clooz database files synchronized? > > > > > > > > Tnx, > > > > Tom Salts > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CLOOZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CLOOZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CLOOZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Liz Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL @>---- Ancestor Detective, LLC http://www.ancestordetective.com Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com Editor of Digital Genealogist, http://www.digitalgenealogist.com Editor of NGS NewsMagazine and UpFront, http://www.ngsgenealogy.org