There is a problem in 6.1 when you paste in a #Comment or #Theory but it only happens when using "Number Data Rows" and the only affect is to make the row numbering (in the first box) incorrect. It doesn't happen if you type the # rather than paste it. I've just fixed it in version 7. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 6:16 PM To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) -AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records Phil Note(1): I'll wait for Ian to advise if adding the # before the COMMENT is causing problems before I amend the information in my Tip of the Day. >From my own experience I can't readily see a problem, the same effect >happens if ether I CTRL-C for example #COMMENT(2) entry reads name1 or name2 Bradley for spouse name and then CTRL-V to paste in WinBMD or if I physically transcribe #COMMENT(2) entry reads name1 or name2 Bradley for spouse name. Note(2): My approach to amending name1 or name2 to reflect the actual names is simply to highlight name1 and over-type by the actual name and the same for name2. There is therefore no need to do any deletion since the name1 or name2 are just overwritten. Allan Raymond From: Ian Brooke <ianbrooke@hotmail.com> >To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 3:53 >Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) - >AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records > > >Phil, >Would you please email me asap offlist and explain this problem with line >numbering. I'm not aware of any such problem and I can't reproduce it but >I'd like to fix it. When does it happen? Which line numbering option are >you using when it happens? > >Thanks >Ian > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Phil >Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:41 PM >To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) - >AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records > >I wholeheartedly endorse the suggestion that the standard COMMENT text >should be pasted with Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V, but suggest the following, which >works a little better in my experience (replacing "spouse" with >"mother's" as appropriate): > >COMMENT(2) Entry reads or for spouse name > >there is no #. I have found that WinBMD gets its line numbers >confused if a # is pasted rather typed so I always type the # and paste >the rest. >Note(2): names are blank with 2 spaces so that the cursor only needs to >be put in the correct place for typing - no need for deletions. > >Phil FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, sent my last from the wrong email account ;=) When will V7 be available on the download page here http://www.freebmd.org.uk/addons/winbmd/ Trev -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Brooke Sent: 03 April 2012 03:14 To: Allan Raymond; freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) -AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records There is a problem in 6.1 when you paste in a #Comment or #Theory but it only happens when using "Number Data Rows" and the only affect is to make the row numbering (in the first box) incorrect. It doesn't happen if you type the # rather than paste it. I've just fixed it in version 7. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Allan Raymond Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 6:16 PM To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) -AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records Phil Note(1): I'll wait for Ian to advise if adding the # before the COMMENT is causing problems before I amend the information in my Tip of the Day. >From my own experience I can't readily see a problem, the same effect >happens if ether I CTRL-C for example #COMMENT(2) entry reads name1 or name2 Bradley for spouse name and then CTRL-V to paste in WinBMD or if I physically transcribe #COMMENT(2) entry reads name1 or name2 Bradley for spouse name. Note(2): My approach to amending name1 or name2 to reflect the actual names is simply to highlight name1 and over-type by the actual name and the same for name2. There is therefore no need to do any deletion since the name1 or name2 are just overwritten. Allan Raymond From: Ian Brooke <ianbrooke@hotmail.com> >To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 3:53 >Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) - >AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records > > >Phil, >Would you please email me asap offlist and explain this problem with >line numbering. I'm not aware of any such problem and I can't >reproduce it but I'd like to fix it. When does it happen? Which line >numbering option are you using when it happens? > >Thanks >Ian > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Phil >Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:41 PM >To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Tip of the Day (No. 6) (last updated 01 April 2012) - >AlternativeSpouse or Mother's Names in Marriage or Birth Records > >I wholeheartedly endorse the suggestion that the standard COMMENT text >should be pasted with Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V, but suggest the following, which >works a little better in my experience (replacing "spouse" with >"mother's" as appropriate): > >COMMENT(2) Entry reads or for spouse name > >there is no #. I have found that WinBMD gets its line numbers confused >if a # is pasted rather typed so I always type the # and paste the >rest. >Note(2): names are blank with 2 spaces so that the cursor only needs to >be put in the correct place for typing - no need for deletions. > >Phil FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4910 - Release Date: 04/02/12