Paddy, Unfortunately, the Project Window, like most FH windows, does not remember its size from session to session. This is a recurring theme in the Wish List on the FHUG website http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi. If you register there for free you can vote on Wish List entries such as: Ref: 58 "Columns to resize to minimum width required to show all text on double left click" Ref:101 "Remember Column Layouts Last Used for File" Ref:106 "Work With Data Windows to remember size and location" Ref 210 "Select Record Window to remember size and position" Ref:359 "Property dialog mode to be remembered" Ref:424 "Field to stay in focus on app switch" Ref:433 "Multimedia Records Window Column Width" It is hoped that FH V5 might make some improvements in this respect. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paddy Buckley Sent: 17 December 2011 09:47 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Re-sizing Project Window I know how to re-size the Project Window. How can I make this a permanent feature? Paddy Buckley

I know how to re-size the Project Window. How can I make this a permanent feature? Paddy Buckley

Thanks for this - I did it too. Whilst on the subject of Christenings/ Baptisms, I used to use Christenings but changed to Baptism fairly early on so I also summoned up my courage and downloaded GedPad and did the change 1 CHR to 1 BAPM thing. The whole job accomplished in minutes. I now have all my Baptisms (and Burials too) in the Property boxes, hooray! Joss Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:23:02 -0000 From: "Dennis Hawkins" <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <55D2F64C1B83491ABAFC5DC438735229@DenisHawkins> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Thanks, everybody. When three people told me to untick the box, I finally realised I had to untick the box! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Victor Markham Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:25 AM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box As Ian said untick the box marked most commonly used items this will reveal Christening among others. When you open the menu at the top of the property box prompt customize you will find the box near the bottom on the left Victor

Thanks, everybody. When three people told me to untick the box, I finally realised I had to untick the box! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Victor Markham Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:25 AM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box As Ian said untick the box marked most commonly used items this will reveal Christening among others. When you open the menu at the top of the property box prompt customize you will find the box near the bottom on the left Victor On 14/12/2011 11:33 PM, Dennis Hawkins wrote: > Thanks, Ian, but Christening isn't one of the Property box Menu options, > yet > the property boxes originally showed Christening. > Dennis Hawkins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Thirlwell > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:14 PM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box > > To customise the properties box you need to open a properties box (not > diagram options) then click the "menu" icon and select from the available > options. You may need to uncheck the box marked "Show most commonly use > items only" to see the christening option. > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Hawkins > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:28 PM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box > > My previous problem has amazingly cleared itself, but since hitting the > Installation Settings button I'm having trouble with Christening in the > diagram boxes. Boxes in the diagram which already featured Christening > have > retained the christening information, but christening doesn't appear in > the > property boxes so I can't add any more christenings. I've gone to > Diagram-Options-Text-Edit, and Christening is already on the RHS. I've > moved > it back to the LHS, moved it again to the RHS, pressed Apply, but it > doesn't > appear in the Property Box. Help! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-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 > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You can enter a christening event for an individual without customizing the property box. Just go to the Fact tab, click on 'Add Fact' and select Christening from the list which appears. But if you use the christening event a lot and want the field to appear on the main tab, do as Ian said in his message: click the menu icon in the toolbar at the top of the property box and select 'Customize'. Did you remember to uncheck the "show most commonly used items only" box? You will find Christening in the list on the left. Highlight it, click the arrow in the middle to move it to the list of selected items on the right, then use the up/down arrows to move it to the desired position in the list and click OK. Lorna On 14/12/2011 23:33, Dennis Hawkins wrote: > Thanks, Ian, but Christening isn't one of the Property box Menu options, yet > the property boxes originally showed Christening. > Dennis Hawkins > >

As Ian said untick the box marked most commonly used items this will reveal Christening among others. When you open the menu at the top of the property box prompt customize you will find the box near the bottom on the left Victor On 14/12/2011 11:33 PM, Dennis Hawkins wrote: > Thanks, Ian, but Christening isn't one of the Property box Menu options, yet > the property boxes originally showed Christening. > Dennis Hawkins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Thirlwell > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:14 PM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box > > To customise the properties box you need to open a properties box (not > diagram options) then click the "menu" icon and select from the available > options. You may need to uncheck the box marked "Show most commonly use > items only" to see the christening option. > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Hawkins > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:28 PM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box > > My previous problem has amazingly cleared itself, but since hitting the > Installation Settings button I'm having trouble with Christening in the > diagram boxes. Boxes in the diagram which already featured Christening have > retained the christening information, but christening doesn't appear in the > property boxes so I can't add any more christenings. I've gone to > Diagram-Options-Text-Edit, and Christening is already on the RHS. I've moved > it back to the LHS, moved it again to the RHS, pressed Apply, but it doesn't > appear in the Property Box. Help! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Ian, but Christening isn't one of the Property box Menu options, yet the property boxes originally showed Christening. Dennis Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: Ian Thirlwell Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:14 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box To customise the properties box you need to open a properties box (not diagram options) then click the "menu" icon and select from the available options. You may need to uncheck the box marked "Show most commonly use items only" to see the christening option. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Hawkins Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:28 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box My previous problem has amazingly cleared itself, but since hitting the Installation Settings button I'm having trouble with Christening in the diagram boxes. Boxes in the diagram which already featured Christening have retained the christening information, but christening doesn't appear in the property boxes so I can't add any more christenings. I've gone to Diagram-Options-Text-Edit, and Christening is already on the RHS. I've moved it back to the LHS, moved it again to the RHS, pressed Apply, but it doesn't appear in the Property Box. Help! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To customise the properties box you need to open a properties box (not diagram options) then click the "menu" icon and select from the available options. You may need to uncheck the box marked "Show most commonly use items only" to see the christening option. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Hawkins Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:28 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box My previous problem has amazingly cleared itself, but since hitting the Installation Settings button I'm having trouble with Christening in the diagram boxes. Boxes in the diagram which already featured Christening have retained the christening information, but christening doesn't appear in the property boxes so I can't add any more christenings. I've gone to Diagram-Options-Text-Edit, and Christening is already on the RHS. I've moved it back to the LHS, moved it again to the RHS, pressed Apply, but it doesn't appear in the Property Box. Help!

My previous problem has amazingly cleared itself, but since hitting the Installation Settings button I'm having trouble with Christening in the diagram boxes. Boxes in the diagram which already featured Christening have retained the christening information, but christening doesn't appear in the property boxes so I can't add any more christenings. I've gone to Diagram-Options-Text-Edit, and Christening is already on the RHS. I've moved it back to the LHS, moved it again to the RHS, pressed Apply, but it doesn't appear in the Property Box. Help! -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:43 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box That's a new one, have your tried hitting the Installation Settings on the Property Box Customise option? On 14 December 2011 15:16, Dennis Hawkins <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> wrote: > Without any help from me, the diagram generation stripes disappeared. I > managed to get them back using Diagram Options. Also, the Property box > (the one you get when you click on an individual in the diagram) is now > all white, so I can’t see the boxes into which I enter data. How do I > correct this? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The boxes in the property box are now miraculously visible – the background is pale blue and the box borders are darker blue. I’ll never understand computers.

Found the button on the menu tab. Didn't help. I'm wondering if I've simply got too much light on the laptop screen, but I've not had this trouble before. -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:43 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box That's a new one, have your tried hitting the Installation Settings on the Property Box Customise option? On 14 December 2011 15:16, Dennis Hawkins <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> wrote: > Without any help from me, the diagram generation stripes disappeared. I > managed to get them back using Diagram Options. Also, the Property box > (the one you get when you click on an individual in the diagram) is now > all white, so I can’t see the boxes into which I enter data. How do I > correct this? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

How do I do that? -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:43 PM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Property box That's a new one, have your tried hitting the Installation Settings on the Property Box Customise option? On 14 December 2011 15:16, Dennis Hawkins <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> wrote: > Without any help from me, the diagram generation stripes disappeared. I > managed to get them back using Diagram Options. Also, the Property box > (the one you get when you click on an individual in the diagram) is now > all white, so I can’t see the boxes into which I enter data. How do I > correct this? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That's a new one, have your tried hitting the Installation Settings on the Property Box Customise option? On 14 December 2011 15:16, Dennis Hawkins <dennis.hawkins138@btinternet.com> wrote: > Without any help from me, the diagram generation stripes disappeared. I managed to get them back using Diagram Options. Also, the Property box (the one you get when you click on an individual in the diagram) is now all white, so I can’t see the boxes into which I enter data. How do I correct this? -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Without any help from me, the diagram generation stripes disappeared. I managed to get them back using Diagram Options. Also, the Property box (the one you get when you click on an individual in the diagram) is now all white, so I can’t see the boxes into which I enter data. How do I correct this? Dennis Hawkins

Thank you very much for your advice re: pdf files and copying. I shall use photos in future and try and make sure I copy them! Penny > > I would strongly recommend avoiding using PDFs or OLE objects, as it's > not easy to display them in FH. > > Make sure you have V4.1 and have set up a project so that when you add > images they are copied into the Project folder (I would guess you did > not copy them so they were left on the memory stick). > > When you say they were unclear in FH did you remember to display them > 1:1 and not zoomed in? > > On 10 December 2011 17:31, Penny Haysom <pennyhaysom@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I would be very grateful for help regarding a problem I am experiencing. > > > -- > Jane. > > Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS list administrator, send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS mailing list, send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 314 > ******************************************************

Penny, JPG photos should work better than PDF files in FH. Where and how are you viewing the photos in FH? When you use the ""Add" option and choose to "Copy", what "Destination folder" option do you choose? It should be a location within your Project "Media" folder, and that is where photos (and other image files) are copied to. The full path will be something like: C:\Users\Username\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Project\Project.fh_data\Media\... where \Users\ will be \Documents and Settings\ and \Documents\ will be \My Documents\ on Windows XP \Username\ will be your Windows login Username \Project\ will be your FH Project name Use FH menu option "Tools > Work with External File Links" to see all these locations within your project Media folder. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Penny Haysom Sent: 10 December 2011 17:32 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Attaching media files I would be very grateful for help regarding a problem I am experiencing. Having bought the excellent booklet "Where to Record It", I followed the instructions therein and added images using the "Add" button, and then going for the copying option. Initially I tried using photos I had taken of parish record pages, but found them very unclear when viewed in Family Historian, so then saved them as PDF files and copied them across, which displayed very well indeed. However, when I deleted the images from my memory stick, the next time I turned on FH, the PDF files were no longer there, so my first question is, are the files in fact not copied into the programme, but in fact picked up from the source when required? Secondly, I have today tried to replace the images, using, as before, the "Add" and then "OLE Object" whereupon an error message comes up saying: "This action cannot be completed because the other programme is busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy programme and correct the problem." The three button options are "Switch to", "Try again" or "Cancel" but this last one is greyed out and thus it's not possible to use. When I click on either of the other two, the box just flashes the same error message at me; if I try to close the box by clicking on the x in the top right hand corner of the box, it merely makes a "ting" sound and nothing happens. I have to force my computer to shut down to get out of the loop. Any advice gratefully received. Penny Haysom

I would strongly recommend avoiding using PDFs or OLE objects, as it's not easy to display them in FH. Make sure you have V4.1 and have set up a project so that when you add images they are copied into the Project folder (I would guess you did not copy them so they were left on the memory stick). When you say they were unclear in FH did you remember to display them 1:1 and not zoomed in? On 10 December 2011 17:31, Penny Haysom <pennyhaysom@hotmail.com> wrote: > I would be very grateful for help regarding a problem I am experiencing. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

I would be very grateful for help regarding a problem I am experiencing. Having bought the excellent booklet "Where to Record It", I followed the instructions therein and added images using the "Add" button, and then going for the copying option. Initially I tried using photos I had taken of parish record pages, but found them very unclear when viewed in Family Historian, so then saved them as PDF files and copied them across, which displayed very well indeed. However, when I deleted the images from my memory stick, the next time I turned on FH, the PDF files were no longer there, so my first question is, are the files in fact not copied into the programme, but in fact picked up from the source when required? Secondly, I have today tried to replace the images, using, as before, the "Add" and then "OLE Object" whereupon an error message comes up saying: "This action cannot be completed because the other programme is busy. Choose 'Switch to' to activate the busy programme and correct the problem." The three button options are "Switch to", "Try again" or "Cancel" but this last one is greyed out and thus it's not possible to use. When I click on either of the other two, the box just flashes the same error message at me; if I try to close the box by clicking on the x in the top right hand corner of the box, it merely makes a "ting" sound and nothing happens. I have to force my computer to shut down to get out of the loop. Any advice gratefully received. Penny Haysom

Mike Thank you for your helpful advice. All my Multimedia file links were relative so it was easy to export using Windows Explorer. You wrote: > When you import your flash drive Gedcom file back into your own computer > then its Multimedia file links point to the image files > residing on your computer. Yes, this happened even when I had renamed the gedcom file on the flash drive in an attempt to prove that the imported image files were not pointing to the original file residing on the computer. My reasoning may have been a bit shaky. Regards Paddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <post@tatewise.co.uk> To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files failing to import > Paddy, > I have seen your later E-mail reporting success, but there are some > unanswered issues in your earlier E-mail. > > It is often difficult to know how much detail to give in these E-mail > responses. > When I mentioned the My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder I > assumed the default FH Projects setup. > You can change the default folder and this is shown on the File > Project > Window under the Family Historian Projects list against > Location: as a blue link. > That is where your 28 Projects are residing with their Media subfolder. > > Your My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder with 8 zip files are > probably some old backups left over from the original > default setup. > > When you import your flash drive Gedcom file back into your own computer > then its Multimedia file links point to the image files > residing on your computer. > > Unfortunately, there is nothing regarding exporting/importing Projects in > the 'Getting the Most From Family Historian 4' PDF. > Also, there is little advice under the Help button within FH. > Perhaps this topic warrants an article in the FHUG Knowledge Base because > it crops up quite regularly. > > The most important aspect of exporting/importing Projects with their > Multimedia files is their Multimedia file links in the Gedcom > file. > The easiest route relies on using relative file links to Multimedia image > files held within the Project's Media sub-folder. > To determine this, use Tools > Work with External File Links and examine > the File Links pane. > If it is headed with Project Data Folder - Media and no disk drive letters > are listed, then only relative file links are used. > If it is headed with a drive letter and several nested folders down to the > FH Projects folder then absolute file links are used (see > later how to handle these). > If both of the above exist then you have a mixture of relative and > absolute links, and need to use both techniques. > > The way to export a Project with relative Multimedia file links should be > to use File > Project Window > More Tasks > Copy Project > and choose your flash drive. > BUT, there is a bug in FH V4 (fixed in V5) that requires a folder to have > been created on the flash drive beforehand and that folder > chosen to hold the export. > An alternative is to use Windows Explorer to copy the entire Project > folder and all its sub-folders to the flash drive. > The recipient then uses Windows Explorer to copy the entire Project folder > from flash drive to their default FH Projects folder. > > To export a Project or standalone Gedcom and its Multimedia files with > absolute file paths is more complex. > First, use Windows Explorer to copy the Gedcom .ged file and every folder > that contains Multimedia image files to the flash drive. > To determine which image folders need to be copied, use Tools > Work with > External File Links and examine the File Links pane. > The recipient must use Windows Explorer to copy these files and folders > from flash drive to their computer. > Now the Tools > Work with External File Links > Re-Map/Edit features must > be used to correct the absolute image file links. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paddy > Buckley > Sent: 08 December 2011 15:41 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files failing to import > > Mike > > Your advice has got me worried that I may not be using Projects correctly. > When I go to File>Project Window> 28 projects are listed. > When I go to My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ only 8 projects are > listed, all as Compressed (zipped) Folders and all with > much older modified dates and none with Media folders. > > The file on the flash drive that I want to export is only a gedcom file, > yet when I export it back to my own computer it will open > with all the Multimedia images. > > How can I export a FH Project so that it will include the Media files? I > feel I'm missing something important here so if you could > point me towards the relevant page in the FH Handbook I should be most > grateful. > Regards > Paddy Buckley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <post@tatewise.co.uk> > To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files failing to import > > >>I guess you have only exported the Gedcom (.ged) file which does NOT >>include any Multimedia image files that are stored separately. >> Basically you need to include all your image files on the flash drive as >> well. >> >> Since you are using FH V4 you might be using its Project structure in >> which Multimedia links use relative paths. >> The easiest approach is to use Windows Explorer and copy the entire >> folder structure for your Project onto the flash drive. >> This will be located with your My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ >> folder. >> This will include the Media folder in which you Multimedia image files >> should be located. >> >> You friend can then copy the entire folder structure to their My >> Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder. >> >> If you are NOT using the V4 Project structure then it may not be so easy >> to transfer your Gedcom data because the Multimedia links > will depend on each other's PC setup. >> >> Regards, Mike Tate >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paddy >> Buckley >> Sent: 08 December 2011 11:22 >> To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [FHU] Media files failing to import >> >> I am trying to export a gedcom file via a flash drive device from my >> computer to a friend's computer; both operate on Vista; both > have FH 4.1.3 purchased separately. All the data, except the media files, > have been imported correctly. Clicking on the blank > space where the media file is located, brings up the error message "unable > to load object: error in file open". >> How can I correct this? I have the printed manual for FH but cannot find >> an answer to my problem. >> Paddy Buckley >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paddy, I have seen your later E-mail reporting success, but there are some unanswered issues in your earlier E-mail. It is often difficult to know how much detail to give in these E-mail responses. When I mentioned the My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder I assumed the default FH Projects setup. You can change the default folder and this is shown on the File > Project Window under the Family Historian Projects list against Location: as a blue link. That is where your 28 Projects are residing with their Media subfolder. Your My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder with 8 zip files are probably some old backups left over from the original default setup. When you import your flash drive Gedcom file back into your own computer then its Multimedia file links point to the image files residing on your computer. Unfortunately, there is nothing regarding exporting/importing Projects in the 'Getting the Most From Family Historian 4' PDF. Also, there is little advice under the Help button within FH. Perhaps this topic warrants an article in the FHUG Knowledge Base because it crops up quite regularly. The most important aspect of exporting/importing Projects with their Multimedia files is their Multimedia file links in the Gedcom file. The easiest route relies on using relative file links to Multimedia image files held within the Project's Media sub-folder. To determine this, use Tools > Work with External File Links and examine the File Links pane. If it is headed with Project Data Folder - Media and no disk drive letters are listed, then only relative file links are used. If it is headed with a drive letter and several nested folders down to the FH Projects folder then absolute file links are used (see later how to handle these). If both of the above exist then you have a mixture of relative and absolute links, and need to use both techniques. The way to export a Project with relative Multimedia file links should be to use File > Project Window > More Tasks > Copy Project and choose your flash drive. BUT, there is a bug in FH V4 (fixed in V5) that requires a folder to have been created on the flash drive beforehand and that folder chosen to hold the export. An alternative is to use Windows Explorer to copy the entire Project folder and all its sub-folders to the flash drive. The recipient then uses Windows Explorer to copy the entire Project folder from flash drive to their default FH Projects folder. To export a Project or standalone Gedcom and its Multimedia files with absolute file paths is more complex. First, use Windows Explorer to copy the Gedcom .ged file and every folder that contains Multimedia image files to the flash drive. To determine which image folders need to be copied, use Tools > Work with External File Links and examine the File Links pane. The recipient must use Windows Explorer to copy these files and folders from flash drive to their computer. Now the Tools > Work with External File Links > Re-Map/Edit features must be used to correct the absolute image file links. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paddy Buckley Sent: 08 December 2011 15:41 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files failing to import Mike Your advice has got me worried that I may not be using Projects correctly. When I go to File>Project Window> 28 projects are listed. When I go to My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ only 8 projects are listed, all as Compressed (zipped) Folders and all with much older modified dates and none with Media folders. The file on the flash drive that I want to export is only a gedcom file, yet when I export it back to my own computer it will open with all the Multimedia images. How can I export a FH Project so that it will include the Media files? I feel I'm missing something important here so if you could point me towards the relevant page in the FH Handbook I should be most grateful. Regards Paddy Buckley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <post@tatewise.co.uk> To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [FHU] Media files failing to import >I guess you have only exported the Gedcom (.ged) file which does NOT include any Multimedia image files that are stored separately. > Basically you need to include all your image files on the flash drive as well. > > Since you are using FH V4 you might be using its Project structure in which Multimedia links use relative paths. > The easiest approach is to use Windows Explorer and copy the entire folder structure for your Project onto the flash drive. > This will be located with your My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder. > This will include the Media folder in which you Multimedia image files should be located. > > You friend can then copy the entire folder structure to their My Documents\Family Historian Projects\ folder. > > If you are NOT using the V4 Project structure then it may not be so easy to transfer your Gedcom data because the Multimedia links will depend on each other's PC setup. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paddy > Buckley > Sent: 08 December 2011 11:22 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Media files failing to import > > I am trying to export a gedcom file via a flash drive device from my computer to a friend's computer; both operate on Vista; both have FH 4.1.3 purchased separately. All the data, except the media files, have been imported correctly. Clicking on the blank space where the media file is located, brings up the error message "unable to load object: error in file open". > How can I correct this? I have the printed manual for FH but cannot find an answer to my problem. > Paddy Buckley >