Advice

This page offers advice on using the Plugin under various circumstances.

When upgrading from an old PC to a new PC follow the steps below:

• Install Family Historian Version 5 with the same latest version on both PC.
• Download Backup and Restore Family Historian Settings from the Plugin Store.
• On the old PC use the Plugin Backup tab to Backup all settings to any suitable folder.
• Use Windows Easy Transfer or any other method to transfer the folder to the new PC.
• On the new PC use the Plugin Restore tab to Restore all settings from the folder.

• Diagram Background Picture files, or any Box Icon files NOT stored within the Family Historian Program Data Folder Icons sub-folder may not transfer successfully from PC to PC. This is because the full path for such files is stored in the Family Historian data. If an identical path does not exist on both PC then the Background Picture or Box Icon will vanish from the associated Diagram on the destination PC. The image files and the ImageList.txt file saved in the Plugin Backup folder allow the settings to be reselected one by one.

• Folder and file names must be represented in the ANSI character set. This is unlikely to be a problem, because most programs, including Family Historian, will not handle non-ANSI names correctly. This limitation is in the LUA Filing System library.

• When copying folders the Plugin will fail if the folder contains 'hard links'. This is unlikely to be a major problem, because Family Historian data folders do not contain 'hard links'. This limitation is in the LUA Filing System library.

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