Pedro, Checkout the FH "Help > Family Historian Help > Using Family Historian > Advanced Topics > Understanding Data References". At the bottom under "Advanced Indices" it defines the 'looping index' and links to "Understanding Text Templates" where it describes "5. Using Indices to Create Loops". [1+] means all instances starting at the 1st [2+] means all instances starting at the 2nd [3+] means all instances starting at the 3rd, and so on. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pedro Sent: 27 June 2014 22:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Help Diagrams Mike! Thanks a lot, it is working! One question, what is the diference of using [1+], [2+], [3+] and so on... 2014-06-27 17:17 GMT-03:00 Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]>: > Hi Pedro, > In Diagrams you can use the special [1+] index to show all instances of Facts. > So Birth would use %INDI.BIRT[1+].DATE% for example. > In the Diagram Options > Text tab when you Edit Text Scheme if you add from Available Items then there is an option to select All instances which utilises the [1+] index. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pedro > Sent: 27 June 2014 14:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FHU] Help Diagrams > > Dear Colleagues, I have sent this message some days ago. > But it returned 3 times... > > Some of my ancestor have more than one birth, death, etc fact. (Mainly when I have two sources and diferent information....) Is there any way to show all of them? > > Eg. > Pedro S. Inacio > Born: 13/Dec/1900 > Born: 14/Dec/1900 > > It looks like diagrams only show the first one. I wanted all of them to be displayed. > Is there any trick? > > Thanks, > Pedro

Hi Pedro, In Diagrams you can use the special [1+] index to show all instances of Facts. So Birth would use %INDI.BIRT[1+].DATE% for example. In the Diagram Options > Text tab when you Edit Text Scheme if you add from Available Items then there is an option to select All instances which utilises the [1+] index. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pedro Sent: 27 June 2014 14:02 To: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Help Diagrams Dear Colleagues, I have sent this message some days ago. But it returned 3 times... Some of my ancestor have more than one birth, death, etc fact. (Mainly when I have two sources and diferent information....) Is there any way to show all of them? Eg. Pedro S. Inacio Born: 13/Dec/1900 Born: 14/Dec/1900 It looks like diagrams only show the first one. I wanted all of them to be displayed. Is there any trick? Thanks, Pedro

Mike! Thanks a lot, it is working! One question, what is the diference of using [1+], [2+], [3+] and so on... 2014-06-27 17:17 GMT-03:00 Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]>: > Hi Pedro, > In Diagrams you can use the special [1+] index to show all instances of > Facts. > So Birth would use %INDI.BIRT[1+].DATE% for example. > In the Diagram Options > Text tab when you Edit Text Scheme if you add > from Available Items then there is an option to select All > instances which utilises the [1+] index. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pedro > Sent: 27 June 2014 14:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FHU] Help Diagrams > > Dear Colleagues, I have sent this message some days ago. > But it returned 3 times... > > Some of my ancestor have more than one birth, death, etc fact. (Mainly > when I have two sources and diferent information....) Is > there any way to show all of them? > > Eg. > Pedro S. Inacio > Born: 13/Dec/1900 > Born: 14/Dec/1900 > > It looks like diagrams only show the first one. I wanted all of them to be > displayed. > Is there any trick? > > Thanks, > Pedro > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

That's normal Windows behaviour. The program for which you are opening/selecting a file will by default choose a filetype it is most likely to want. In the same circumstances Photoshop, for example, will default to an image type (in my case it defaults to 'All formats' which all lists image files plus PDF) since you wouldn't expect it to open a text or Word document. The list you get with FH, including All files, allows you to choose a different filetype that the program is capable of handling. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Paddy Buckley Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Adding Multimedia files into a Project Thank you Julie We follow the same procedure as far as 'Insert from file' which then opens to show all the folders on my PC. But when I click on a folder to open it, it will only show those files which correspond to the default selection which is Image Files (in bottom right of screen headed 'Insert pictures or other media'). Only when I scroll down the 14 options to 'All files' can I open everything in the folder and choose the media file I'm looking for. Perhaps my problem lies in the way I save a variety of files in a Windows Explorer folder. Paddy -----Original Message----- From: Julie Hill Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Adding Multimedia files into a Project Hi Paddy I have the latest version too and I've looked at the process you're taking - so when I select an individual's property box and open the Multimedia tab and choose 'Insert from file' - Windows Explorer opens to reveal my PC's folders. Is that not happening for you? I don't see a list here at all where you have to scroll down for 'All Files' ??? Windows Explorer opens for you to be able to select any file whether it be a photo or a document. As an alternative, this is what I do when I want to add a pdf file or word document - go to the Records Window tool bar, click on 'Add' - select 'Document' - then navigate to the folder where you have it stored and select it - preferably in your Project folder as you may well know - under Family Historian Projects/Complete Gedcom/Complete Gedcom.fh_data/Media. [I have sub-divided the Media folder into two folders - one I named FH documents and the other I called FH Photos ] The Media Window opens and then you are able to make the links etc. Hope this helps Julie <The sequence is Add Media> Insert from File> Image Files. But as, increasingly, I am using Word documents as Multimedia, I then have to scroll down to choose All files. How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to choose All files? Paddy Buckley, (using the latest version of FH 5)> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I understand exactly that scenario and all the observations are correct in their way. When the Insert From File option is used it opens the Browse File window. Although similar, this window is NOT Windows Explorer, because it has the File name, File type, Open, Close options at the bottom. Family Historian does control the 14 lines of File type options, and could alter the list, and has done over past versions. The reason FH puts Image Files at the top is (as Jane says) because they are preferred and supported in Diagrams & Reports. Strangely, some popular file types such as PDF are not listed at all except under All files (*.*). Unfortunately, that Browse File window cannot currently be customised by FH users. However, after clicking to display the 14 line list there is no scrolling involved, just a click of the preferred set of File types, which in Paddy's case is Document Files (.doc,.docx,...). Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julie Hill Hi Paddy I have the latest version too and I've looked at the process you're taking - so when I select an individual's property box and open the Multimedia tab and choose 'Insert from file' - Windows Explorer opens to reveal my PC's folders. Is that not happening for you? I don't see a list here at all where you have to scroll down for 'All Files' ??? Windows Explorer opens for you to be able to select any file whether it be a photo or a document. As an alternative, this is what I do when I want to add a pdf file or word document - go to the Records Window tool bar, click on 'Add' - select 'Document' - then navigate to the folder where you have it stored and select it - preferably in your Project folder as you may well know - under Family Historian Projects/Complete Gedcom/Complete Gedcom.fh_data/Media. [I have sub-divided the Media folder into two folders - one I named FH documents and the other I called FH Photos ] The Media Window opens and then you are able to make the links etc. Hope this helps Julie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paddy Buckley You tell me that Word documents are NOT image files. But I am not looking for image files. With the Multimedia tab open in Focus window, I click Add Media at the bottom of the panel , which then offers me two choices. When I click the first choice Insert from File, I am offered 14 lines of various image & other files. The bottom line is All Files above which is Document Files, which includes the .docx suffix of Word. What I was seeking was to re-locate the All Files option as the first of the 14 lines instead of the last. Paddy Buckley -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman On 23 June 2014 14:02, Paddy Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: > How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to choose All files? Word documents are NOT image files and can't be accessed directly by Family Historian for use in Reports or used on created web pages, but if you want to add them you can, just select File>Add>Document from the menu. Jane.

Thank you Julie We follow the same procedure as far as 'Insert from file' which then opens to show all the folders on my PC. But when I click on a folder to open it, it will only show those files which correspond to the default selection which is Image Files (in bottom right of screen headed 'Insert pictures or other media'). Only when I scroll down the 14 options to 'All files' can I open everything in the folder and choose the media file I'm looking for. Perhaps my problem lies in the way I save a variety of files in a Windows Explorer folder. Paddy -----Original Message----- From: Julie Hill Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 4:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Adding Multimedia files into a Project Hi Paddy I have the latest version too and I've looked at the process you're taking - so when I select an individual's property box and open the Multimedia tab and choose 'Insert from file' - Windows Explorer opens to reveal my PC's folders. Is that not happening for you? I don't see a list here at all where you have to scroll down for 'All Files' ??? Windows Explorer opens for you to be able to select any file whether it be a photo or a document. As an alternative, this is what I do when I want to add a pdf file or word document - go to the Records Window tool bar, click on 'Add' - select 'Document' - then navigate to the folder where you have it stored and select it - preferably in your Project folder as you may well know - under Family Historian Projects/Complete Gedcom/Complete Gedcom.fh_data/Media. [I have sub-divided the Media folder into two folders - one I named FH documents and the other I called FH Photos ] The Media Window opens and then you are able to make the links etc. Hope this helps Julie <The sequence is Add Media> Insert from File> Image Files. But as, increasingly, I am using Word documents as Multimedia, I then have to scroll down to choose All files. How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to choose All files? Paddy Buckley, (using the latest version of FH 5)> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Colleagues, I have sent this message some days ago. But it returned 3 times... Some of my ancestor have more than one birth, death, etc fact. (Mainly when I have two sources and diferent information....) Is there any way to show all of them? Eg. Pedro S. Inacio Born: 13/Dec/1900 Born: 14/Dec/1900 It looks like diagrams only show the first one. I wanted all of them to be displayed. Is there any trick? Thanks, Pedro

Hi Paddy I have the latest version too and I've looked at the process you're taking - so when I select an individual's property box and open the Multimedia tab and choose 'Insert from file' - Windows Explorer opens to reveal my PC's folders. Is that not happening for you? I don't see a list here at all where you have to scroll down for 'All Files' ??? Windows Explorer opens for you to be able to select any file whether it be a photo or a document. As an alternative, this is what I do when I want to add a pdf file or word document - go to the Records Window tool bar, click on 'Add' - select 'Document' - then navigate to the folder where you have it stored and select it - preferably in your Project folder as you may well know - under Family Historian Projects/Complete Gedcom/Complete Gedcom.fh_data/Media. [I have sub-divided the Media folder into two folders - one I named FH documents and the other I called FH Photos ] The Media Window opens and then you are able to make the links etc. Hope this helps Julie <The sequence is Add Media> Insert from File> Image Files. But as, increasingly, I am using Word documents as Multimedia, I then have to scroll down to choose All files. How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to choose All files? Paddy Buckley, (using the latest version of FH 5)>

Jane You tell me that Word documents are NOT image files. But I am not looking for image files. With the Multimedia tab open in Focus window, I click Add Media at the bottom of the panel , which then offers me two choices. When I click the first choice Insert from File, I am offered 14 lines of various image & other files. The bottom line is All Files above which is Document Files, which includes the .docx suffix of Word. What I was seeking was to re-locate the All Files option as the first of the 14 lines instead of the last. Paddy Buckley -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:55 PM To: family-historian-users Subject: Re: [FHU] Adding Multimedia files into a Project On 23 June 2014 14:02, Paddy Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: > How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to > choose All files? Word documents are NOT image files and can't be accessed directly by Family Historian for use in Reports or used on created web pages, but if you want to add them you can, just select File>Add>Document from the menu. -- 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 23 June 2014 14:02, Paddy Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: > How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to > choose All files? Word documents are NOT image files and can't be accessed directly by Family Historian for use in Reports or used on created web pages, but if you want to add them you can, just select File>Add>Document from the menu. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

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The sequence is Add Media> Insert from File> Image Files. But as, increasingly, I am using Word documents as Multimedia, I then have to scroll down to choose All files. How can I shorten the sequence to go directly from Insert from File to choose All files? Paddy Buckley, (using the latest version of FH 5)

On 16 Jun 2014 15:37, Raymond Gadney wrote: > Thanks for that suggestion, I will definitely try that at some point and let > you know how I get on. I do wish that Digest users would change the subject and at least give us an idea of what it is that they're responding to :-( -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Thanks for that suggestion, I will definitely try that at some point and let you know how I get on. Regards Ray G

Hi Yasmin, Yes, 4.1.3 should run in Win 8.1 as mentioned in the FHUG Knowledge Base and Family Historian Product FAQ: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:about http://www.family-historian.co.uk/support/pre-sales-questions However, if splashing out on a new PC it would be worth spending just £23 for a "V4 to V5 Upgrade". V5.0.9 has many new features, in particular Plugins, and a simplified installation process. Do you have many customised Diagrams, Reports, Queries, Property Boxes, Fact Sets, Preferences, etc? If so, there is a Plugin designed to transfer all these from PC to PC, which can be awkward, especially if your old laptop runs Win XP. What was your starting version of FH? Was it V2 or V3 or V4 that need to be re-installed from scratch. With the "V4 to V5 Upgrade" those earlier versions do NOT need to be re-installed. See http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:reinstall_family_historian Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yasmin Sent: 15 June 2014 11:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Window 8.1 I am having to replace my laptop and just need to know if Family Historian version 4.1.3 will run or if I need to upgrade to Family Historian 5. Yasmin

Good Morning, I am having to replace my laptop and just need to know if Family Historian version 4.1.3 will run or if I need to upgrade to Family Historian 5. Thanks Yasmin

Further to my earlier email regarding setting up FH on my new computer - Calico Pie responded amazingly quickly advising me that I had upgraded from v4 to v5 and providing me with both keys and the right download link. I uninstalled the free trial version and successfully reinstalled using that link. It was all so painless and speedy I even thought that Jane or Mike might have been involved in the email!!! After asking for advice in my earlier email on how to link my FH to Dropbox on my new computer I found excellent guidance in the Knowledge Base. Can I take this opportunity of thanking everyone for such an useful forum. It is a real mine of invaluable information James ​Pam​

The trick of using FH V5 30-day free trial with your Licence Key only works if you originally bought a "Full V5" Licence. It does NOT work if you bought an "Upgrade V4 to V5" Licence. If you did buy a "Full V5" Licence then there are workarounds for the problem you describe. For full details visit http://www.fhug.org.ok and check the Knowledge Base at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:reinstall_family_historian If you have lost your "Upgrade V4 to V5" download file then the above link explains what to do. The E-mail address you have used is NOT the best one for licence support problems. Can we deal with the Dropbox setup once you have FH V5 installed on Win 8. In the meantime visit http://www.fhug.org.ok and check the Knowledge Base at: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:dropbox Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Pam Sent: 13 June 2014 21:42 To: family-historian - Forum Subject: [FHU] Transferring FH to a new Computer I have v5 on my old Win 7 computer backed up to: documents\My Dropbox\Family Historian Projects. I have purchased a new Win 8 computer. I have downloaded the 30 day free download trial and entered my Licence Name and cut and pasted my Registration Key. It tells me that my name and Reg key are not valid. I have emailed Calico Pie at [email protected] with my name and key and await their response. Hopefully they will sort the problem out. Assuming that Calico Pie resolve the problem and I am able to register FH on my new computer the next challenge will be to connect up to my FH dropbox folder on my new computer. Please could you provide me with a step by step guide on how to do this. Although I am reasonably computer literate I struggled in linking FH up with Dropbox on my old computer and had to use Jane's patient help and support. I assume that this will be the way I transfer my project to my new computer. Multimedia is kept inside my project. James ​Pam​

Since you have FH V4.1.3 you might like to try the FH V5 free trial to see if that fixes that problem. You need to backup all your current Project data and the customisations C:\ProgramData\Calico Pie\ folder. It would also be advisable to create a System Restore point or backup the Window Registry. Install the FH V5 30-day free trial and experiment with the problem Chart Diagram. If V5 fixes the problem then you may want to invest in its purchase. To return to FH V4.1.3 you need to restore all your backups and roll-back to the System Restore point. You may also need to re-install FH V4 from scratch which requires going back your first fully licensed non-upgrade version (V2.0 or V3.0 or V4.0). Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond Gadney Sent: 13 June 2014 17:08 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS Digest, Vol 9, Issue 115 Mike I am running FH 4.1.3, have tried a re-install and a rollback to no avail. It looks as if I will have to live with the problem and use the Flag/Colour box option, not as easy as a simple right click, but Hey Ho. Thanks for trying to help. Regards Ray G

Sheena, With FH V5 Projects it should be possible to copy them from PC to PC without breaking the Media links. The Plugin for repairing broken links is mainly for FH data prior to the introduction of V4/5 Projects or for imports from other genealogy software. >From your description, you appear to have an FH V5 Project on your old laptop with all photos in the Project Media folder. So, on your old laptop, your Project should be listed in the File > Project Window list of Family Historian Projects. If so then use Tools > Work with External File Links and check the File Links. They should all be listed within Project Data Folder - Media... known as "Relative File Links" that are portable from PC to PC. But if some or all are listed within say C: - Users - ... Documents - Family Historian Projects - ... they are "Absolute File Links" that are NOT portable. However, if these are all referring to your Project Media folder then they can easily be adjusted by two methods: (1) Manually Just select the files &/or folders immediately below the Media folder and use the Re-Map button to 'Re-map within Project Data Folder' and choose the Media folder. (2) Plugin Use the Check and Repair Media Links Plugin to convert Absolute Links to Relative Links, which requires no user dialogue to choose folders. The objective is to get ALL your media files listed within Project Data Folder - Media... without any X marks. Once this is achieved, your Project and its Media will copy from PC to PC without breaking the file links. You also need to copy all your customised Diagrams, Reports, Queries, Facts Sets, Preferences, etc, etc. There is the Backup and Restore Family Historian Settings Plugin to help with that task. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sheena Harling Sent: 13 June 2014 21:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Media help I have just upgraded to V.5.0.9. and have moved FH from an old laptop to a new one. I installed and tried to use the plug-in for repairing broken links for photos but do not know how to use it. I got so far and found there were 15 problems but when it asks for a destination folder, I don't know which one to use. Family Historian Project Folder? Calico Pie? Media? I have already copied the folder with the missing photos into the Media folder. Eventually I had a list of the photos with various paths but at the end of the line it says "file not found" Where have I gone wrong? Sheena