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The plugins that Helen refers to were written before FH V7 and they use an earlier 'template' concept. It would be confusing to continue to use the word 'template' in the context of Source records in FH V7 where the Source Templates are a rather different animal. It would be confusing to completely...

Helen; Thank you for the suggestion. I'm using v7 of FH, so I'll have to wait until you do the upgrade to fully assess the situation and see how to proceed. I had a quick look at the features of the plugin, as well as the code. The code somehow looks familiar to me. I've programmed in many language...

There's a plugin which may be of interest: Add Source from Template (V6 and below).

I'm currenly working on a V7 version which will be called Add Generic Source from Template.

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If you know a rough region where he was born in England and Wales, https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd might help -- it leads to 'online transcribed indexes to the original records held by the local register offices' and (as Mark said) records could go missing between the local register office and th...

More seriously, shouldn't a plugin test for 'foreseeable' errors before it starts committing changes? Get all its ducks in a line first, so to speak -- and (as Jane suggests) report expected errors meaningfully :) There'll always be the risk of unforeseeable errors but in practice, isn't that what t...

The article Lorna pointed you to has information about moving your program settings which includes queries etc.

tatewise wrote: ↑03 Feb 2017 16:48 Try the Attachment updated Add Repository to Source Plugin that prompts for Sources and a Repository and gives a Result Set of changed Sources.

From a previous post -- Mike Tate can provide the plugin if required (as mentioned at the bottom of that post).

P.S. I think this discussion illustrates why the Essentials templates are NOT pure Strathclyde, but templates that can be understood by beginners without venturing into the niceties (if that's the word) of template construction.

fhtess65 wrote: ↑27 Apr 2024 15:33 I didn't realize I could publish templates to the KB - I will look into that.

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David, try: {Type} (CR). {Region}. {Location}. <caps>{Principal:SURNAME}</caps><, {Principal:GIVEN}> <and <caps>{Principal_2:SURNAME}</caps><, {Principal_2:GIVEN}>>. {Date}. {Reference}. <Collection: {Collection}>. {URL}. which is as close as I can come. If you don't want the Surname in CAPITALS you...

Thank you for your reply. I feel as if I have ruffled a few feathers. I haven't any feathers to ruffle :) Yes, the Advanced Templates are a step too far for many people. If you want more detail than the Essentials collection provides out-of-the-box, then cloning the templates and modifying them for...

I have moved this to the Sources, Citations and Repositories sub-forum where it belongs best. I would not expect CP to update the templates, as that would affect users already using them happily. The exact description of the Essentials collection is: an Essentials collection, designed by Calico Pie ...

It Thank you for your advice. Do you think that the 2021 plugin mentioned in the responses, and shown below, will work with fh version 7? I had a quick look in the Plugin store and couldn't see it. ATTACHMENTS Convert generic sources to template.fh_lua (15.27 KiB) Downloaded 76 times Thanks Rhoda It...

tatewise wrote: ↑21 Apr 2024 21:33 Yes, I think that is the only manual method available and must be applied one Citation at a time.

To make a large number of changes in bulk will require a custom plugin to be written.

Something like viewtopic.php?p=112135#p112135

Change citation template for an existing source (20337) may help, or Mike may have a better idea.

tatewise wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024 15:51 They had to be Templated Sources because Citation Detail and Reference are not Generic fields.
BTW: Once you create a Query it is immediately saved. You would have to specifically delete it.
You can use any existing Query to interrogate the Fields DRA without affecting the Query.

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StephensKS wrote: ↑18 Apr 2024 15:07 ColeValleyGirl I'm not sure what you mean.

Apologies -- I didn't realise ypu were referring to Templated Sources.

The best place to look is the Query Window, creating a new query (which you don't need to save )

I was wondering about video driver updates. It's worth checking you've got the most up-to-date versions of the specific drivers for your device (not the generic Microsoft ones).

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The information had to be somewhere, I just could not find it. Says everyone who has ever used IUP... I am increasingly resorting to ChatGPT: In Lua, using the IUP library, you can get the size of the display in pixels by utilizing the iup.GetScreenSize() function. Here's how you can do it: lua req...

I usually set the size of a Dialog to HALF x HALF, knowing that will fit on the screen, and have scrollbars where needed, plus the ability to resize the dialog. However, if you look in the IUP documentation and Attributes > Global > Screen information, you'll find (if you haven't already found it) F...