Hi Ian Thanks for your reply, my comments on yours below are as follows ;- 1) Yes It is a page number that I was entering as it would then be reproduced in the filename so that it would be unique. I'm also entering the page number in the batch number field. I'm a little confused here as it seems to me that one of the fields is superfluous. 2) My mistake here, I did not realise that when you tab out the fields that the data was then capitalised, so this is ok. 3) I have just discovered that I also get an illegal operation if I select save. regards eddie [email protected] South coast of Hampshire, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> To: "FreeBMD Discuss-List" <[email protected]>; "eddie allen" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: winbmd help > Hi Eddie, > Many thanks for your comments. To reply to your items:- > > 1. This looks like an error and I will look at it. Originally WinBMD > only accepted a Film Year in that box (to be honest I hadn't come across > Film References at that time!) but was later changed - it looks as though > the change wasn't quite right. However - I may be wrong but it looks like > the value you are inputting is a Page Number - if that is the case then you > should really put this in the "Batch Number" field as it will then be > promulgated to the +PAGE line. That is, if you enter 0401 in the Batch > field then your first line will read +PAGE,0401 which I think is what you > want. > 2. Surnames etc will ONLY be capitalised if they are entered in the same > case (ie all lower case or all upper case) if you type any capital letters > then WinBMD will think you are entering a name in the correct case and will > not change it. Please let me know if this isn't happening for you. > Districts are a funny thing and WinBMD is trying not to impose a particular > case on you (ie it is trying to let you "Type what you see") - this may not > be the best option though. I do have a Wish List going for the next version > which I shall publish on this list and allow people to add to it and finally > vote on what's wanted. If you or anyone wants a change in the way districts > are handled then please send a suggestion and I will add it to the list. > 3. Sorry about the Cancel error - I will fix it and publish an upgrade > shortly. > Regards > Ian > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:20 AM > Subject: winbmd help > > > > Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke > > > > I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried > winbmd at all). > > > > Three things that I'd like comment / help with. > > > > 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then > entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if I > enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number > must be in the range 1837 to 2001. > > > > 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first letter > of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless I > have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding > that it is slowing me done somewhat. > > > > In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but in > cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of Austell. > > > > 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel which > resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. > > > > > > all help appreciated > > > > regards > > > > eddie > > [email protected] > > > > South coast of Hampshire, England > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > >

Hi Eddie and All, 1. There was a lot of confusion in the early days of WinBMD over page numbers/Fiche numbers/Film numbers etc etc. For a number of reasons there was a need to have a different value entered in the Page field than was shown on the +PAGE line and the decision was taken to have the Batch field as the page number for Fiche and Film. It's not a decision that I'm particularly happy about but having gone that route I don't think there is much we can do now (if we do then the headers will be wrong in those files already produced) although personally I would have liked to reverse it and have Page as always the Page number and leave Batch for the Fiche/Film number. The only problem that I can think of is that the Batch number is incremented by one when the menu item Start New Batch is selected but this could be fixed. It's not so much that there is a redundant field though - I still suspect there is a need to be able to enter a reference number for Fiche/Film although I'm unsure what that need is. In early version of WinBMD these fields used to rename themselves so that the top-right box was labelled "Fiche or Film Number" rather than "Page" and this may be worth re-introducing in the next version. Whatever we do - I think we should do something because the current situation can be confusing. 2. Yes - there is a difference here with SpeedBMD which capitalises immediately forcing it to be changed if it was really wanted in a different case. WinBMD allows you to enter it in mixed case which it doesn't change but then if you enter in all one case it will 'fix' it when you've finished in the field. 3. If you download the Upgrade on the website it should fix the problems with Cancel and Save in that the AutoSave reminder should not appear while there is another question outstanding. Regards Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: winbmd help > Hi Ian > > Thanks for your reply, my comments on yours below are as follows ;- > > 1) Yes It is a page number that I was entering as it would then be > reproduced in the filename so that it would be unique. I'm also entering the > page number in the batch number field. I'm a little confused here as it > seems to me that one of the fields is superfluous. > > 2) My mistake here, I did not realise that when you tab out the fields that > the data was then capitalised, so this is ok. > > 3) I have just discovered that I also get an illegal operation if I select > save. > > regards > > eddie > [email protected] > > South coast of Hampshire, England > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Brooke" <[email protected]> > To: "FreeBMD Discuss-List" <[email protected]>; "eddie allen" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: winbmd help > > > > Hi Eddie, > > Many thanks for your comments. To reply to your items:- > > > > 1. This looks like an error and I will look at it. Originally WinBMD > > only accepted a Film Year in that box (to be honest I hadn't come across > > Film References at that time!) but was later changed - it looks as though > > the change wasn't quite right. However - I may be wrong but it looks like > > the value you are inputting is a Page Number - if that is the case then > you > > should really put this in the "Batch Number" field as it will then be > > promulgated to the +PAGE line. That is, if you enter 0401 in the Batch > > field then your first line will read +PAGE,0401 which I think is what you > > want. > > 2. Surnames etc will ONLY be capitalised if they are entered in the > same > > case (ie all lower case or all upper case) if you type any capital letters > > then WinBMD will think you are entering a name in the correct case and > will > > not change it. Please let me know if this isn't happening for you. > > Districts are a funny thing and WinBMD is trying not to impose a > particular > > case on you (ie it is trying to let you "Type what you see") - this may > not > > be the best option though. I do have a Wish List going for the next > version > > which I shall publish on this list and allow people to add to it and > finally > > vote on what's wanted. If you or anyone wants a change in the way > districts > > are handled then please send a suggestion and I will add it to the list. > > 3. Sorry about the Cancel error - I will fix it and publish an upgrade > > shortly. > > Regards > > Ian > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "eddie allen" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 8:20 AM > > Subject: winbmd help > > > > > > > Hi list and particularly Ian Brooke > > > > > > I am just trying out the latest version of winbmd (first time I've tried > > winbmd at all). > > > > > > Three things that I'd like comment / help with. > > > > > > 1) In the header details I selected FILM for the source, for page I then > > entered a 3 digit number, in this case 401 which was accepted, however if > I > > enter a 4 digit number - 0401 then I get an error messge which says number > > must be in the range 1837 to 2001. > > > > > > 2) When entering data, speedbmd automatically capitalised the first > letter > > of surname, forname and district, winbmd does not appear to do this unless > I > > have not set something correctly, if it does not do this then I'm finding > > that it is slowing me done somewhat. > > > > > > In the district case the first letter is automatically capitalised but > in > > cases such as St. Austell the S will be automatic but not the A of > Austell. > > > > > > 3) when the warning came up to remind me to save, I selected cancel > which > > resulted in an illegal operation message. OS is win 98. > > > > > > > > > all help appreciated > > > > > > regards > > > > > > eddie > > > [email protected] > > > > > > South coast of Hampshire, England > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >