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by SimonOrde
27 Sep 2022 14:08
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagram Text Box, Age When Married
Replies: 14
Views: 1711

Re: Diagram Text Box, Age When Married

>> In the Box Type column, if an option is ticked the settings to the right are applied, otherwise no Marriage text is shown << You mean "are applicable" right? These settings are conditions . If those conditions are met, the text is shown for that box type. If they are not met, the text i...
by SimonOrde
27 Sep 2022 10:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Diagram Text Box, Age When Married
Replies: 14
Views: 1711

Re: Diagram Text Box, Age When Married

Mike - Bob reported a bug on your recommendation. We're not seeing a bug. You said: >> ... on the standard Descendant & Spouse boxes, which are not Remarriage Boxes I may have misunderstood, but it sounds as if you are saying that the 'Display option for Remarriage Boxes' setting is only applica...
by SimonOrde
23 Aug 2022 15:00
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Hide Startup Banner
Replies: 17
Views: 4169

Re: Hide Startup Banner

If you want to see how long the splash screen displays for when the application isn't actually doing anything, try clearing your default startup project, and restarting FH. When I do that, the splash screen is displayed for about a second.
by SimonOrde
23 Aug 2022 14:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Hide Startup Banner
Replies: 17
Views: 4169

Re: Hide Startup Banner

... or at least, as soon as it's finished loading your default project.
by SimonOrde
23 Aug 2022 14:46
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Hide Startup Banner
Replies: 17
Views: 4169

Re: Hide Startup Banner

If you click on the splash screen, or press any key on your keyboard, that will make it close immediately.
by SimonOrde
11 Apr 2022 14:26
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Checking string is ASCII
Replies: 30
Views: 3962

Re: Checking string is ASCII

I don't usually get involved in these discussions, but I wanted to respond to a couple of things Mark said as I thought they might cause confusion. First Mark said: "The MS structure does not support "ANSI" encoding, consistent with their move away from this format". If by the &q...
by SimonOrde
15 Feb 2022 17:35
Forum: General Usage
Topic: “{others}” sentence role code in FH 7.0.9.0
Replies: 5
Views: 1118

Re: “{others}” sentence role code in FH 7.0.9.0

@MichaelM: {others} is a new code added in 7.0.9.0 to help with the TMG direct import. It refers to all witnesses other than the current one, irrespective of role.

>> But there's no reference in the help file to any “{others}” code.

We'll add it in 7.0.10.0.
by SimonOrde
22 Jun 2021 11:35
Forum: General Usage
Topic: v7.0.7 and Notice Board
Replies: 5
Views: 2422

Re: v7.0.7 and Notice Board

>> ... set the Default Property Box Action when Workspace is Opened to None or Close it. The default and recommended setting for the Web Search Window, for "Default Property Box Action", is "Open It". The reason for this is that a common use of the Web Search window is with hints...
by SimonOrde
08 Dec 2020 11:59
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: *** Family Historian 7 has been released! ***
Replies: 0
Views: 6440

*** Family Historian 7 has been released! ***

I am delighted to announce that Family Historian 7 has been released! The new version has a wealth of new features and improvements - please see www.family-historian.co.uk/whats-new-in-7 for details. Thank you very much to everyone who took part in beta-testing version 7. We are hugely grateful for ...
by SimonOrde
25 Oct 2019 18:50
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: A photo from RootsTech
Replies: 16
Views: 12244

Re: A photo from RootsTech

Apologies everyone that we haven't posted more details before now. But we will be posting more updates primarily via Bulletins shortly. I can confirm that Version 7 is on its way. I can't tell you when yet. But given that we haven't even started beta-testing yet, it definitely won't be before Christ...
by SimonOrde
03 Mar 2017 11:21
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Is it possible to "nest" functions
Replies: 11
Views: 8897

Re: Is it possible to "nest" functions

Hi Bill the short answer is Yes - functions can be nested within one another. There is no limit to the number of levels that you can nest them either. When you call one function as a 'parameter' to another function, you must make sure that the type of value returned by the first function matches the...
by SimonOrde
19 Oct 2016 11:35
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Assigning a fact to multiple individuals
Replies: 86
Views: 28639

Re: Assigning a fact to multiple individuals

Why not use the Witness feature for this? I would suggest creating a new fact type (e.g. an Individual event called "Travel" say) and give it a sentence template like this: {date} {individual} travelled {place} <with {other=Fellow Traveller}> Then, in the Fact Definition window, click on t...
by SimonOrde
19 May 2016 08:30
Forum: Importing
Topic: Import TMG V7 to FH V6 project failure
Replies: 22
Views: 16772

Re: Import TMG V7 to FH V6 project failure

>> which I have seen make import attempts not work for prior versions We are not aware of any version of TMG that won't import into FH6.2. Our direct import has been in place for a long time (we didn't just add it when TMG was discontinued) and is pretty thoroughly tested back to version 4 of TMG. I...
by SimonOrde
17 May 2016 17:35
Forum: Importing
Topic: Import TMG V7 to FH V6 project failure
Replies: 22
Views: 16772

Re: Import TMG V7 to FH V6 project failure

artejay: the Family Historian direct TMG import should import all versions of TMG. If you have a version which doesn't import with FH6.2, we'd like to check it out so we can find out what the problem is. I appreciate that you've already found a workaround, so may not be interested - but if you were ...
by SimonOrde
25 Feb 2016 15:08
Forum: General Usage
Topic: FH 6.1 Released
Replies: 11
Views: 8908

Re: FH 6.1 Released

We counted four issues that were raised in the 6.1.4 pre-release thread: (1) We do not believe the problem that John Morrison reports is a bug in FH. We think it is caused by a conflict with a background application of some kind. The good news is that only one person has reported the problem (John) ...
by SimonOrde
20 Feb 2016 13:56
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.4
Replies: 25
Views: 18398

New Pre-release: 6.1.4

We have now updated the pre-release version of 6.1. The new version (another pre-release) is 6.1.4. It includes the ability to configure automatic snapshots, and fixes a couple of small problems with the previous release. For full details see the section New & Enhanced Features in 6.1.4 in http:...
by SimonOrde
17 Feb 2016 12:07
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Test for plural witness
Replies: 25
Views: 17110

Re: Test for plural witness

Have you looked at the Help page on Template Codes? It addresses this topic. To find the page, open the Help and then type "Template Codes" in the Index. You can also get there by clicking the Help button when editing fact definitions or roles. If you scroll down to the 'Role Codes' sectio...
by SimonOrde
15 Feb 2016 12:52
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.3
Replies: 45
Views: 25270

Re: New Pre-release: 6.1.3

I can confirm that there is a bug with the menu button on the toolbar of the Source pane. It checks citation and fact media instead of citation and Source record media as it should. This affects both the greying of the menu, and the list of media in the submenu "Open Media in Editor/Player"...
by SimonOrde
12 Feb 2016 23:18
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.3
Replies: 45
Views: 25270

New Pre-release: 6.1.3

We have now updated the pre-release version of 6.1. The new version (another pre-release) is 6.1.3. It includes some new functionality (such as a new ability to automatically take snapshots of a project's GEDCOM file), provides more improvements for importing from Ancestry, and fixes some problems t...
by SimonOrde
29 Jan 2016 19:51
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.2 - Show Media
Replies: 63
Views: 32867

New Pre-release: 6.1.2 - Show Media

We have now updated the pre-release version of 6.1 again. The new version (still a pre-release) is 6.1.2. It includes quite a number of important new features - such as improved handling of media for source citations. For full details see the section New & Enhanced Features in 6.1.2 in http://ww...
by SimonOrde
29 Jan 2016 19:51
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.2
Replies: 25
Views: 14042

New Pre-release: 6.1.2

We have now updated the pre-release version of 6.1 again. The new version (still a pre-release) is 6.1.2. It includes quite a number of important new features - such as improved handling of media for source citations. For full details see the section New & Enhanced Features in 6.1.2 in http://ww...
by SimonOrde
13 Jan 2016 17:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Pre-release of version 6.1
Replies: 65
Views: 35705

Re: Pre-release of version 6.1

We have now brought out an update to 6.1, which is 6.1.1. Please post any comments about that version to the new thread "New Pre-release: 6.1.1" at http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic. ... 233#p65532.
by SimonOrde
13 Jan 2016 17:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Pre-release: 6.1.1
Replies: 35
Views: 21754

New Pre-release: 6.1.1

We have now updated the pre-release version of 6.1. The new version (still a pre-release at this point) is 6.1.1. It includes some new functionality (such as new date format options, and the ability to only show slashes round surnames in the Property Box 'when necessary') and fixes some problems tha...
by SimonOrde
23 Dec 2015 12:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Version 6.1 Relationship Citations
Replies: 15
Views: 12169

Re: Version 6.1 Relationship Citations

Barbara, you probably already know this, but just in case you aren't clear (or someone else reading this thread isn't clear), to add a source citation for a (birth) father (Y) of person X you do this: (1) Add the Birth event in the Facts tab of the Property Box for person X, if you haven't already (...
by SimonOrde
21 Dec 2015 19:50
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Pre-release of version 6.1
Replies: 65
Views: 35705

Pre-release of version 6.1

We will shortly be officially releasing a free upgrade to 6.1. However you don't have to wait for the offical release. You can download it now (we're calling it a 'pre-release'). Go to http://www.family-historian.co.uk/downloads/latest-free-upgrade and click on the link "Upgrade to 6.1" at...