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Bill, see https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 that links to https://www.family-historian.co.uk/downloads/free-30-day-trial for how to get the FH V7 trial licence. Essentially, the article simply needs to refer to https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 for FH V7 licence problems as that ...

He agreed that using a Named List was a tactic he often used, so I suspect the latter.
It would not be needed for the former as Mark explained by using Record Id.

That may be true, but a plugin that modifies a Project has plenty of scope for mishaps of all kinds

Despite that article saying it applies to FH version 7, it does not cover FH V7 at all.

Bill, there is no such thing as the FH V7 Free Trial download.
All FH V7 installs use the same https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 download with an appropriate CP account username, password, and licence.

Mike Loney, nothing quite so sophisticated is needed for Plugins. All that is required is the ability to access the "CHAN" data tag just like every other data tag. i.e. ptrIndi = fhNewItemPtr() ptrIndi:MoveToFirstRecord( "INDI" ) ptrChan = fhGetItemPtr( ptrIndi, "~.CHAN" ) ptrDate = fhGetItemPtr( pt...

I've moved this to the FH General Usage forum as it does not appear to be to do with the Ancestral Sources program. When you talk about reducing Citation/Source Text listings are you referring to the Sources section in Reports? If so then there are Report settings that can turn off almost any of the...

Matthew, the FH Tools > Preferences > File Load/Save File Loading Options you mention only apply to importing into FH from another product such as RM8. So they should have absolutely no impact on exporting via the Export Gedcom File plugin.

I now remember your Weblink and Media desired settings.

Yes, unlike earlier versions, with FH V7 the same https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 installation file is used by everyone.

What you need is your CP installation account username and password.
If you have lost those then contact CP via http://www.calico-pie.com/osticket/open.php

OK, I admit I was being slightly economical with the truth regarding Plugins and AS :o It would be possible for a Plugin to capture all the Updated CHAN date/times by reading through the GEDCOM file. Then after performing the desired changes, those captured values could be written back into the GEDC...

Any change to a record, whether by hand or by a command or via Query Result Set or via a Plugin or via AS, will force FH to change the Updated/CHAN date/time. Nothing can be done to stop that. Plugins cannot prevent it from happening.

Consider putting your recent Individual records in a Named LIst.

The default setting on the Extra Options tab is Fact Address 2 ADDR: Move to Event Value ( FTL FTM ) on the right. That should put the Address in the fact Description so I don't understand why it is not shown there. If that option is set differently then use the Reset these (FTM+) Options button on ...

I thought their purpose was as examples of the kinds of names with initials that he wanted a Query to list and I provided that Query.

Does the Query do what you wanted?

I suspect Andrew just chose those names as random examples and it is coincidental that they both have an initial that does not expand to a forename.

Andrew, try the attached Individual Name Initials Query. That relies on the new FH V7 functions =Section(...) and =TextLen(...) =Section(...) allows sections of Name separated by spaces to be extracted. =TextLen(...) allows those sections to be tested for their length. Currently, it only checks Prim...

The 'missing' folders you found are the original 'CD/DVD' folders that were copied to your actual CD discs. That is why load.exe opens the web pages in your browser. I suspect they were created in FH V6 before you upgraded to FH V7. The old FH V6 settings were in a folder called Settings in the Proj...

OK, I tried a PC Restart to no effect and then re-installed FH V7.0.11 and that cured the problem. I had been customising various Language Translation settings in support of 20732|sentences: my lack of Englisch? so presumably something in there upset the FH handing of Sentence Templates, but it will...

I'm sorry but I do not know the answer to your last question.

Ask CP whether the missing translations for Fact Types, Fact Definition Go To Language Variant... are a fault or intended.

How strange. I have tried several and none work in FH V7.0.11. Jim, is that your FH version?

The 20732|sentences: my lack of Englisch? thread seems to identify a significant fault in CP. In the Property Box Facts tab the Sentence box can be edited to create a Template specific to that Fact. Any such specific fact Template should be used in Narrative Reports but currently they seem to be ign...

Yes, these postings are limited to a maximum of 3 attachments. Language translation is quite complicated and is controlled by several custom settings. There also appear to be some faults that need reporting to CP. The Tools > Fact Types... entry for Language Variant applies to sentences in narrative...

If you invoke AS by using the Ancestral Sources Data Entry plugin it has an option to Close on 'Save Entry to File' which if not ticked will allow multiple entries from AS.

I cannot remember what the AS default is after Save Entry to File.

I have tried to repeat your reported symptoms but cannot get " witnessed the baptism of " translated in any Report using any Language Pack. The prefix of She/Zij or her Name does not matter. I cannot get " was getuige bij de doop van " to appear in any Reports, so I do not understand how you got tha...

Sorry, forgot to check that C:\ProgramData\Calico Pie\Family Historian\Plugin Data\ folder exists :oops: Try the attached Match Name with Components plugin Version 0.7 Date 28 Jun 2022 that fixes the fault. This version also detects lowercase Surname Prefixes such as de' that are separated from Surn...

Dave, the fact is that Date values are potentially a complex data structure and need careful handling. Qualifiers like :YEAR only work for simple Date formats. See the Help for General Topics > Date Formats that illustrates how qualifiers behave. In the case of Before and After , etc, check the Date...