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by redvanman
20 Apr 2022 08:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Relation Pool Number: Caution
Replies: 31
Views: 3872

Re: Relation Pool Number: Caution

Each time an individual or a relationship between two individuals is added or deleted, the pool numbers can potentially change. I would speculate that because it could take FH an appreciable time (in computer terms) to run through all its relationships to update the pool numbers, it does so in the b...
by redvanman
01 Aug 2021 16:54
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Research note confusion
Replies: 8
Views: 3327

Re: Research note confusion

Michael there seems to be no indication of the linked person. In the records window, select the Research Note that you are interested in. View- > Record Links will show all the records that link to the research note, and it is the number of those that appears in the links column. Links the other way...
by redvanman
30 Jul 2021 08:57
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Multiple Citations One Source
Replies: 23
Views: 4920

Re: Multiple Citations One Source

You're not the first to find this aspect of FH7 tricky. Have you looked at Sources and Citations in Version 7 (for New Users) in the Knowledge Base, where you will find comprehensive guidance?

Alyn
by redvanman
29 Jul 2021 08:52
Forum: Wish List Requests On Hold
Topic: On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts
Replies: 12
Views: 6292

Re: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts

Colin I would suggest that this suggestion is maybe split into two parts one to create an SVG as a chart output option. This would certainly be a good start. I would also argue that linking from a box on a chart to the individual text file is important, otherwise all you get is "yet another gra...
by redvanman
29 Jul 2021 08:41
Forum: Wish List Requests On Hold
Topic: On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts
Replies: 12
Views: 6292

Re: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts

Colin One thing to consider though is that some CMS systems, like Wordpress, do not allow SVG images by default due to the inherent security risk that such code causes. It is certainly the case that SVG files can potentially contain unsafe code, and that is why Wordpress has this restriction. But th...
by redvanman
27 Jul 2021 16:18
Forum: Wish List Requests On Hold
Topic: On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts
Replies: 12
Views: 6292

Re: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts

So what happens next? What is the process that gets this suggestion onto the wish list so that people can vote for it?

Alyn
by redvanman
30 Jun 2021 08:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Ancestors diagram with siblings
Replies: 4
Views: 1739

Re: Ancestors diagram with siblings

Ron,
Use an All Relatives diagram, with the Generations Down option set to 1.
You may need to tweak the diagram to hide descendents of siblings etc.
Alyn
by redvanman
12 May 2021 08:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Refresh books causing FH7 to close
Replies: 9
Views: 3362

Re: Refresh books causing FH7 to close

They requested that I send them a copy of my entire tree which I was not happy to do I recently reported a different intermittent problem where FH was shutting down unexpectedly. CP asked me to attempt to reproduce the problem on the sample project, which I was able to do. Could you do the same? Alyn
by redvanman
03 May 2021 11:57
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Activation required unexpectedly
Replies: 6
Views: 2443

Re: Activation required unexpectedly

CP have responded with this:
If you are asked to activate every time you start Family Historian, that certainly would indicate a problem of some kind. But a one-off occurrence of the kind you describe (if it is a one-off) does not mean that there is a problem.

Alyn
by redvanman
02 May 2021 19:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Activation required unexpectedly
Replies: 6
Views: 2443

Re: Activation required unexpectedly

Thanks Mike,
I have made no changes that I know of to my PC. I have raised a ticket as you suggested.
Alyn
by redvanman
02 May 2021 11:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Activation required unexpectedly
Replies: 6
Views: 2443

Activation required unexpectedly

I started up FH this morning, and was surprised by this: Screenshot.jpg I installed FH7 in December, I have not reinstalled. FH started up normally when I signed in. Does anyone know what is going on here, bearing in mind the words on the dialogue "You only have to do this once"? Thanks Alyn
by redvanman
23 Apr 2021 14:36
Forum: Wish List Requests On Hold
Topic: On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts
Replies: 12
Views: 6292

Re: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts

Helen, Yes I did investigate it - it was mentioned here not long ago, so I downloaded it and gave it a go. IMO its capabilities are way below what FH can offer in terms of producing trees (and the text that goes with them), and it was that experience which led me to think about what should be in thi...
by redvanman
23 Apr 2021 11:15
Forum: Wish List Requests On Hold
Topic: On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts
Replies: 12
Views: 6292

On Hold until 22 Dec 2024: Scaleable Vector Graphic (SVG) output for charts

This is a proposal for a wish list item for saving or exporting a FH chart in SVG (Scaleable Vector Graphics) format. The idea came to mind when I started to migrate from a print-based presentation of my family history to a web-based version. I found that the complex, multi-page charts that I had pr...
by redvanman
24 Mar 2021 09:54
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New individual as witness
Replies: 8
Views: 2961

Re: New individual as witness

it's a nuisance to have to interrupt the creation of a marriage event to create these people, then go back to the marriage to add them as witnesses. On reflection, FH would have to open a new property box for the new witness while keeping track of the original marriage event. In turn, that property...
by redvanman
24 Mar 2021 09:41
Forum: Importing
Topic: Family Historian 7, Ancestral Sources 7 & Gedsite do not play well together
Replies: 4
Views: 2465

Re: Family Historian 7, Ancestral Sources 7 & Gedsite do not play well together

According to www.gedsite.com GedSite 4.00 is now available; it includes enhancements that support FH7.

Alyn
by redvanman
23 Mar 2021 15:17
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New individual as witness
Replies: 8
Views: 2961

Re: New individual as witness

Alyn, I have merged this with your identical posting in February.
Mike, it's comforting to know that there are others who can remind me of things that I've forgotten. :D
Alyn
by redvanman
23 Mar 2021 14:44
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New individual as witness
Replies: 8
Views: 2961

New individual as witness - FH7

When I attempt to add a witness to a marriage event, FH insists that I select an existing individual: Untitled.jpg In my experience, witnesses who pop up on marriage records are likely as not new individuals - so I find it's a nuisance to have to interrupt the creation of a marriage event to create ...
by redvanman
15 Feb 2021 12:16
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Displaying Page URL (not Site URL) in source citations
Replies: 15
Views: 3714

Re: Displaying Page URL (not Site URL) in source citations

Simon I didn't bother with the 'Date' field as the FreeBMD records only seem to be based around an approximate 3 month period so I just enter 'circa' if I'm using the info for someone's birth date. This is because the Registration Indexes only state in which quarter an event was registered. FH's dat...
by redvanman
15 Feb 2021 09:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

Re: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue

Adrian,
Thank you for your lucid explanation. It now makes sense to me.
Alyn
by redvanman
14 Feb 2021 16:10
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Nested function sentence template
Replies: 2
Views: 1153

Re: Nested function sentence template

Robert,
Try this:
{=TextIf (ContainsText(%FACT.PLAC%, "Bronx", STD), "the Bronx", %FACT.PLAC%)}

In your example, you were comparing %FACT.PLAC% with the result of =ContainsText() which is a boolean.

Alyn
by redvanman
12 Feb 2021 11:56
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New individual as witness
Replies: 8
Views: 2961

New individual as witness

I have just located a marriage record, and recorded the details in FH. When I attempt to add the witnesses ( not name-only witnesses, because I suspect in this case that they are relatives of the bride and groom), the select individual record opens, but there is no prior option to enter a new indivi...
by redvanman
10 Feb 2021 14:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

Re: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue

Mervyn,
Thank you for replying. I refer to the help regularly, and the page you mentioned is a regular port of call for me. Sadly, it does not answer my question.
Alyn
by redvanman
09 Feb 2021 17:15
Forum: General Usage
Topic: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

Re: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue

Thanks Helen, I had actually read the help information you quoted, but I am still struggling with the word or phrase entered as "Past Tense" will be placed before a short description of the event or attribute. Where does this short description appear? Is it in a sentence in a narrative rep...
by redvanman
09 Feb 2021 11:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

Re: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue

Witness Roles Dialog shows it in use.
So it does - but that doesn't really explain what it's for.
Alyn
by redvanman
09 Feb 2021 11:13
Forum: General Usage
Topic: "Past tense" field in New Role dialogue
Replies: 8
Views: 3488

"Past tense" field in New Role dialogue

Can anyone explain what this field is for? Untitled.png I can't create a new role without specifying some value for it, but I don't see it anywhere after that. The dialogue says that it appears in the fact tab of the property box, but I don't see it there, but even if it did, what purpose does it se...