I added several custom events to one of my Individual forms. When they were out of the sequence I wanted, and before I had added any information to them, I could use the Cancel feature to get rid of the event, and then reenter it again,-- since the event being added is always added to the end of the list. But I was wondering how to either rearrange the sequence of the custom events or if you needed another event of the same kind ( such as another Residence event) how can that be done when you already have data on the form. I find that all the custom events I add are put at the end of the list. A second related question--if I create a custom template, is there a way to transfer the data I already have on an Individual form to my custom template, or do I have to reenter all those data again? Thanks for your help, Helen

Hello Helen, I don't think you can rearrange the order of how custom events are displayed in the Individual form, but why do you care? The Individual form is nothing more than the data entry screen. You can control how they are printed in a custom report, and that is where it seems to me you should care. When you create a custom template, you are not creating a different form in the database. Think of the templates, including the default template, as a window into the data in your database. If you create a custom template, you are creating a window into your data with the items you have not included being masked from your view. So the straight forward answer, is No. You do not have to reenter all the data. If you create a custom template that contains only the RIN, sex and name, when you use that template, every time you click on an individual, you will only see the RIN, sex and name. If you try to add a new individual from your custom template, you will only be able to add the name and sex and all the other field will be left blank... because you have masked your view of them. In any case, I think the best paradigm to think of for templates is a window into your database. Richard Rands At 04:13 PM 5/26/2005, Helen W Hamilton wrote: >I added several custom events to one of my Individual forms. When they >were out of the sequence I wanted, and before I had added any information >to them, I could use the Cancel feature to get rid of the event, and then >reenter it again,-- since the event being added is always added to the end >of the list. But I was wondering how to either rearrange the sequence of >the custom events or if you needed another event of the same kind ( such >as another Residence event) how can that be done when you already have >data on the form. I find that all the custom events I add are put at the >end of the list. > >A second related question--if I create a custom template, is there a way >to transfer the data I already have on an Individual form to my custom >template, or do I have to reenter all those data again? > >Thanks for your help, >Helen > > >==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: >Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/