Sorry Dennis, I noticed the error after I'd posted but didn't think it necessary to clutter up the list with a correction; but I should have made it clear that my TMG data is in fact under C:\TMG\, not just C:\ itself. John On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 05:22:33PM -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > At 05:10 PM 7/24/2019 -0300, John Cordes wrote: > > > My 3 main TMG data folders are in C:\ as follows: > > > > SharedProgramData > > UserData > > UserProgramData > > > > So... "C:\UserProgramData" then? > > > I just opened my TMG for the first time in 'quite a while' (over > >a week). Using the program Search Everything shows that the > >app.ini file with the current time stamp is located in > > > > C:\TMG\UserProgramData\ > > That doesn't agree with what you stated previously -- where "UserProgramData" was stated to be in "C:\" > > I also have to wonder how TMG is FINDING that app.ini file. The normal location used by TMG for the app.ini file should be in the USER-SPECIFIC application-data directory (which is a hidden directory by default, tied to the environment variable %appdata% -- though one of the first things I do with my accounts is to either change it to non-hidden or set Windows to show all hidden files/directories). TMG needs a fixed/known location for the app.ini in order to then find recently used projects (projects can be anywhere that is read/write by the user). > > C:\Users\Wulfraed>dir "%appdata%\The Master Genealogist v9\*.ini" > Volume in drive C is OS > Volume Serial Number is 4ACC-3CB4 > > Directory of C:\Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v9 > > 07/20/2019 08:30 PM 19,213 app.ini > 09/24/2014 07:02 PM 2,452 PLACEINFO.INI > 09/24/2014 07:00 PM 3,849 placemap.ini > 12/21/2016 02:23 PM 161 update.ini > 4 File(s) 25,675 bytes > 0 Dir(s) 1,362,311,077,888 bytes free > > C:\Users\Wulfraed> > > Well... maybe I'm not quite "standard" -- my shortcut for TMG has a %appdata% defined in the "start in" property. I don't recall if I changed that or if that is the norm for TMG. Otherwise I'd expect Win10 to have created stuff in %localappdata%\virtualstore (which is where Win10 makes copies files that applications try to modify when the original is in one of the protected system directories)... Though making a shortcut without the "start in" still found my normal app.ini > > -=-=-=- > Windows PowerShell > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\ -Recurse -Name -Filter "app.ini" > Program Files (x86)\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini > PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\ -Recurse -Name -Filter "app.ini" > Program Files (x86)\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini > Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v8\app.ini > Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini > PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> > -=-=-=- > > First search is the result when %appdata% was still flagged as hidden (file manager shows it as I had "show hidden" set, but command lines still honor the hidden status). Second search is after I set everything to non-hidden. > > In TMG, what do you have under the first three items of > > Help/Access Folders > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

At 05:10 PM 7/24/2019 -0300, John Cordes wrote: > My 3 main TMG data folders are in C:\ as follows: > > SharedProgramData > UserData > UserProgramData > So... "C:\UserProgramData" then? > I just opened my TMG for the first time in 'quite a while' (over >a week). Using the program Search Everything shows that the >app.ini file with the current time stamp is located in > > C:\TMG\UserProgramData\ That doesn't agree with what you stated previously -- where "UserProgramData" was stated to be in "C:\" I also have to wonder how TMG is FINDING that app.ini file. The normal location used by TMG for the app.ini file should be in the USER-SPECIFIC application-data directory (which is a hidden directory by default, tied to the environment variable %appdata% -- though one of the first things I do with my accounts is to either change it to non-hidden or set Windows to show all hidden files/directories). TMG needs a fixed/known location for the app.ini in order to then find recently used projects (projects can be anywhere that is read/write by the user). C:\Users\Wulfraed>dir "%appdata%\The Master Genealogist v9\*.ini" Volume in drive C is OS Volume Serial Number is 4ACC-3CB4 Directory of C:\Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v9 07/20/2019 08:30 PM 19,213 app.ini 09/24/2014 07:02 PM 2,452 PLACEINFO.INI 09/24/2014 07:00 PM 3,849 placemap.ini 12/21/2016 02:23 PM 161 update.ini 4 File(s) 25,675 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,362,311,077,888 bytes free C:\Users\Wulfraed> Well... maybe I'm not quite "standard" -- my shortcut for TMG has a %appdata% defined in the "start in" property. I don't recall if I changed that or if that is the norm for TMG. Otherwise I'd expect Win10 to have created stuff in %localappdata%\virtualstore (which is where Win10 makes copies files that applications try to modify when the original is in one of the protected system directories)... Though making a shortcut without the "start in" still found my normal app.ini -=-=-=- Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\ -Recurse -Name -Filter "app.ini" Program Files (x86)\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\ -Recurse -Name -Filter "app.ini" Program Files (x86)\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v8\app.ini Users\Wulfraed\AppData\Roaming\The Master Genealogist v9\app.ini PS C:\Users\Wulfraed> -=-=-=- First search is the result when %appdata% was still flagged as hidden (file manager shows it as I had "show hidden" set, but command lines still honor the hidden status). Second search is after I set everything to non-hidden. In TMG, what do you have under the first three items of Help/Access Folders

I haven't seen a follow-up to John Cardinal's post. Just to confirm John's suggestion... My 3 main TMG data folders are in C:\ as follows: SharedProgramData UserData UserProgramData I just opened my TMG for the first time in 'quite a while' (over a week). Using the program Search Everything shows that the app.ini file with the current time stamp is located in C:\TMG\UserProgramData\ My main TMG project, which was just opened, is listed in app.ini in the [Database] section, as the LastUsed file. John Cordes On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:50:09AM +0000, John Cardinal wrote: > Bob, > > If I recall correctly, TMG writes the “last project opened” path to the > app.ini file. I forget where that file is located, and I am away from my PC > right now so I can’t check. If I were you, I’d confirm that the app.ini > file is located somewhere it can be updated by TMG. You might also try to > determine if there are multiple versions of the app.ini file because TMG is > confused about where the file should be located. TMG might be updating > app.ini #1, but then reading app.ini #2 when you restart. > > Lastly, this might be a good question to ask on the Wholly Genes forum. > Some users who are there, but not here, are familiar with some of these > sorts of details. > > John

At 09:37 PM 7/23/2019 +0000, [email protected] wrote: >Nope, closing the project doesn't work. I have to do a Select again. That >works to get the project open, but not the way it is supposed to do. > That behavior would make me start looking for files that have been placed in read-only locations (or set to read-only), as it implies the history of what have been last used is unable to be written.

Bob, If I recall correctly, TMG writes the “last project opened” path to the app.ini file. I forget where that file is located, and I am away from my PC right now so I can’t check. If I were you, I’d confirm that the app.ini file is located somewhere it can be updated by TMG. You might also try to determine if there are multiple versions of the app.ini file because TMG is confused about where the file should be located. TMG might be updating app.ini #1, but then reading app.ini #2 when you restart. Lastly, this might be a good question to ask on the Wholly Genes forum. Some users who are there, but not here, are familiar with some of these sorts of details. John

John, Program files were not moved. However, I moved C:\Users\Robert\Documents\The Master Genealogist v9 and the underlying folders and contents of Backups, Configuration_files, Projects, etc. to C:\The Master Genealogist v9. I used it that way for about a year, but found it confusing and sometimes updated the wrong project files. I can’t even remember why I moved to C:\ to begin with. Now TMG is back in C:\Users\Robert\Documents\. Perhaps I failed to change a configuration file setting specifying “Last.” Regards, Bob Fleck

Bob, You wrote that you were moving TMG around. Have you moved the TMG program, or one or more projects, or? John

Nope, closing the project doesn't work. I have to do a Select again. That works to get the project open, but not the way it is supposed to do. Regards, Bob Fleck

At 7/23/2019 16:14, [email protected] wrote >I’ve been moving TMG around and can no longer >get to my project via Last. However Select… lets >me get to my prroject fine. Any suggestions as to why Last is grayed out? If you have moved things, "Last" no longer points to what you last had open and there fore there is no "Last". You need to open a project via [Select...] and close it normally. TMG will then recognize that project as "Last". Lee

I’ve been moving TMG around and can no longer get to my project via Last. However Select… lets me get to my project fine. Any suggestions as to why Last is grayed out? Regards, Bob Fleck

Alexander Payne asked: > Is it possible to find your end of line ancestors... As Richard suggested this is usually a matter of setting a Flag using the List of People report to identify people with no parents. However, in case you have added some totally unconnected people, a more complete Filter for the Flag for these people is to look for number of parent relationships is zero, AND number of children relationships is not zero. Note that this will find ALL end of line ancestors. If you want to restrict to just YOUR ancestors, add the filter condition Is an Ancestor // of ID # // (your ID number) Then as Richard suggested run a Journal Report filtered for people with the Flag now set appropriately. Hope this gives you ideas, Michael

I keep my end-of-line ancestors marked with a custom flag at all times since these can change with additional research. I imagine you could then produce a report based on that flag. I haven't done that. Since I use SS also, my EOL flag has a special icon that displays on my site. So that's another way I use that flag. Constance On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:31 AM Alexander Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > Direct ancestors end of line (that listed on a pedigree report) > > Alexander > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Damon <[email protected]> > Sent: July 22, 2019 10:50 > To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> > Subject: [TMG] Re: End of Line Ancestors > > Depends a bit on your definition of ‘End of Line’, One simple definition > is people with no parents, which is simple to define a List of Persons > report to find, and that can set a flag, and you can then use that flag as > a filter for the Journal Report to provide the starting people. > > > > On Jul 22, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Alexander Payne <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Is it possible to find your end of line ancestors and then instruct the > program to print to *.rtf a Journal Report for all. > > > > Alexander Payne > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email preferences: > > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.l > > y%2Frootswebpref&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236508640&amp; > > sdata=pCPf7ar2LtLLiYNkIg05nIjeQey7VrbWBF5tkwcKAMo%3D&amp;reserved=0 > > Unsubscribe > > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist > > s.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Ftmg%40rootsweb.com&amp;data=02%7C > > 01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaa > > aaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236508640&amp;sdata=aKd%2Bn%2FzPnRDES%2B1GVbN > > 9AYX4XfAYozjJytJXyUEDjF0%3D&amp;reserved=0 > > Privacy Statement: > > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancs > > try.me%2F2JWBOdY&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp; > > sdata=hgwaK7ItCXYSdlPDtHKY8fBlpwAplOwQeDXsK%2FXltq0%3D&amp;reserved=0 > > Terms and Conditions: > > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancs > > try.me%2F2HDBym9&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp; > > sdata=HgNYBXJGoY9H8zRMKILh%2BcaGPyUJkEe6yT6%2FDPIxAlI%3D&amp;reserved= > > 0 Rootsweb Blog: > > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Froots > > web.blog&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df > > 9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=I4 > > gJLOrJAHQ0mKAy%2BnxMEOwHR5nKe5uk2XQggdGvgCI%3D&amp;reserved=0 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > > RootsWeb community > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Frootswebpref&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=hgVSo0eNLCrhZm1HEv4s7aQtUN0F4P90uWixuyI4Oxs%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Unsubscribe > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Ftmg%40rootsweb.com&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=I4H1U9qjYBSuMYExndA9HYzYMB%2Br8xmEFL5%2BHVcqElE%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Privacy Statement: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2JWBOdY&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=hgwaK7ItCXYSdlPDtHKY8fBlpwAplOwQeDXsK%2FXltq0%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Terms and Conditions: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2HDBym9&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=HgNYBXJGoY9H8zRMKILh%2BcaGPyUJkEe6yT6%2FDPIxAlI%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Rootsweb Blog: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.blog&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236528657&amp;sdata=MzF6%2F6GMbt7Dhuiv2%2B6PuydYHoHBZgNLCRUf5NENt00%3D&amp;reserved=0 > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Direct ancestors end of line (that listed on a pedigree report) Alexander -----Original Message----- From: Richard Damon <[email protected]> Sent: July 22, 2019 10:50 To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Re: End of Line Ancestors Depends a bit on your definition of ‘End of Line’, One simple definition is people with no parents, which is simple to define a List of Persons report to find, and that can set a flag, and you can then use that flag as a filter for the Journal Report to provide the starting people. > On Jul 22, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Alexander Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it possible to find your end of line ancestors and then instruct the program to print to *.rtf a Journal Report for all. > > Alexander Payne > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.l > y%2Frootswebpref&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236508640&amp; > sdata=pCPf7ar2LtLLiYNkIg05nIjeQey7VrbWBF5tkwcKAMo%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Unsubscribe > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist > s.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Ftmg%40rootsweb.com&amp;data=02%7C > 01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaa > aaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236508640&amp;sdata=aKd%2Bn%2FzPnRDES%2B1GVbN > 9AYX4XfAYozjJytJXyUEDjF0%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Privacy Statement: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancs > try.me%2F2JWBOdY&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp; > sdata=hgwaK7ItCXYSdlPDtHKY8fBlpwAplOwQeDXsK%2FXltq0%3D&amp;reserved=0 > Terms and Conditions: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancs > try.me%2F2HDBym9&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759e > e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp; > sdata=HgNYBXJGoY9H8zRMKILh%2BcaGPyUJkEe6yT6%2FDPIxAlI%3D&amp;reserved= > 0 Rootsweb Blog: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Froots > web.blog&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df > 9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=I4 > gJLOrJAHQ0mKAy%2BnxMEOwHR5nKe5uk2XQggdGvgCI%3D&amp;reserved=0 > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal > RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ Email preferences: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Frootswebpref&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=hgVSo0eNLCrhZm1HEv4s7aQtUN0F4P90uWixuyI4Oxs%3D&amp;reserved=0 Unsubscribe https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Ftmg%40rootsweb.com&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=I4H1U9qjYBSuMYExndA9HYzYMB%2Br8xmEFL5%2BHVcqElE%3D&amp;reserved=0 Privacy Statement: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2JWBOdY&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=hgwaK7ItCXYSdlPDtHKY8fBlpwAplOwQeDXsK%2FXltq0%3D&amp;reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2HDBym9&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236518646&amp;sdata=HgNYBXJGoY9H8zRMKILh%2BcaGPyUJkEe6yT6%2FDPIxAlI%3D&amp;reserved=0 Rootsweb Blog: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.blog&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9df7cff7e5b742a2c11208d70ea759ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636993984236528657&amp;sdata=MzF6%2F6GMbt7Dhuiv2%2B6PuydYHoHBZgNLCRUf5NENt00%3D&amp;reserved=0 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Depends a bit on your definition of ‘End of Line’, One simple definition is people with no parents, which is simple to define a List of Persons report to find, and that can set a flag, and you can then use that flag as a filter for the Journal Report to provide the starting people. > On Jul 22, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Alexander Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it possible to find your end of line ancestors and then instruct the program to print to *.rtf a Journal Report for all. > > Alexander Payne > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Is it possible to find your end of line ancestors and then instruct the program to print to *.rtf a Journal Report for all. Alexander Payne

Bob, TMG does not support a variable that uses a TMG ID number to reference a person. If you add a witness to the event, you can reference that person via a role variable or other similar variables. As Michael mentioned, Second Site supports a person link variable where it will insert a person's name in place of the variable when processing a memo. I do not recommend using it except for rare circumstances. It's almost always better to add the person as a witness as described above. There are several disadvantages to using the SS person link code, all related to TMG not knowing that the person is referenced by the memo. For example, if you renumber a person, the person link codes will not be updated. John

Make the person a witness to the events you want to use their name with some unique role, and refer to them via that role, that way the name will come from the persons record and changes automatically when it is changed. > On Jul 21, 2019, at 7:22 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks, Michael, > > I use Second Site, and yes it must have been there that I saw the reference you showed. My need for using an ID instead of the name: I had not settled on the spelling to be used for a person's name. It is easy to change name spellings in TMG, but not so much fun doing it in several long memos. Thank you to all who responded and set me straight. > > Regards, > > Bob Fleck > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Thanks, Michael, I use Second Site, and yes it must have been there that I saw the reference you showed. My need for using an ID instead of the name: I had not settled on the spelling to be used for a person's name. It is easy to change name spellings in TMG, but not so much fun doing it in several long memos. Thank you to all who responded and set me straight. Regards, Bob Fleck

Bob Fleck asked: > I thought I remember being able to use the ID Number in a Memo Field. Sorry, Bob, Nope, the full list of TMG variables for people is given in my book: https://www.mjh-nm.net/TAGSENTS.HTML#PeopleVariables In all these cases for TMG to link to the person that person must be directly linked to the tag, either as a Principal or a Witness. Perhaps you are thinking of Second Site? John created Second Site only codes to link to a person and display the person's name as the link. See the PageLink and PageHRef codes in Second Site Help: https://www.secondsite7.com/sscodes.htm Since these are Second Site only codes you need to wrap them in HID and SS codes so only Second Site sees them. But that does not help to output the person's name in TMG. Hope this helps, Michael

Bob, You can also enter a name variable, like [S], in the memo. Terry On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 3:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought I remember being able to use the ID Number in a Memo Field. > > Given: a person’s name is James Jones and his ID number is 1218. Instead > of entering “James Jones was standing alone.” I could enter “1218 was > standing along.” What I can’t find is the syntax for using the ID Number in > a Memo Field. Can anyone help? > > Regards, > Bob Fleck > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >