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by DavidNewton
19 Jan 2024 18:43
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Census indexing by year
Replies: 3
Views: 581

Re: Census indexing by year

Thank you for the clarification jelv. As you surmised I did not get what Jane was saying.

David
by DavidNewton
19 Jan 2024 13:12
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Census indexing by year
Replies: 3
Views: 581

Census indexing by year

I suspect this is a question that has been answered but I couldn't find an answer. I was looking for the existence of a census event of a particular year but the year is the value of a variable and that apparently does not work. An example: pi=fhNewItemPtr() picen=fhNewItemPtr() pi:MoveToRecordById(...
by DavidNewton
27 Feb 2023 09:51
Forum: Research
Topic: UK Marriages post 2000
Replies: 13
Views: 2320

Re: UK Marriages post 2000

Since you know the people perhaps you could try to find them using an electoral roll search and get back in touch.
David
by DavidNewton
24 Feb 2023 16:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Adding media changes in v7.0.17
Replies: 5
Views: 704

Re: Adding media changes in v7.0.17

Thank you Lorna, that is exactly what I do and I am not claiming it is the best approach but it would be very time consuming for me to unravel it if I had to. If the filename, or media title, has to be the same before FH 7 regards it as a duplicate then my method will not be affected.
by DavidNewton
24 Feb 2023 12:37
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Adding media changes in v7.0.17
Replies: 5
Views: 704

Adding media changes in v7.0.17

From the changes list If you add a picture or other media item into a project, Family Historian will now check for duplicates, skip unnecessary file copies, and avoid creating a new Media record if there is already a Media record for the item in question. I habitually make multiple copies of census ...
by DavidNewton
04 Dec 2022 15:41
Forum: Research
Topic: 1921 census
Replies: 16
Views: 3668

Re: 1921 census

I hope that if you do find obvious transcription errors that you will report them to FindMyPast. I have reported a number of transcription errors and it only takes a minute or so to fill in the online form and they will respond. First an automatic acknowledgement and then after a time an email stati...
by DavidNewton
25 May 2022 14:45
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Second screen display problem
Replies: 6
Views: 1400

Re: Second screen display problem

It may not be helpful, given your comment about drivers, but I had much the same problem some years ago using monitors of different resolutions, https://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=14147, and that problem followed an automatic display driver update by Windows 10. The solution was ...
by DavidNewton
31 May 2020 11:06
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Use of C and E drives on pc
Replies: 71
Views: 31880

Re: Use of C and E drives on pc

To move the OneDrive folder is a multi-step process and is well described here

https://www.laptopmag.com/uk/articles/m ... ive-folder

David
by DavidNewton
26 May 2020 08:27
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Google Drive for FH Backups and Projects
Replies: 60
Views: 24170

Re: Google Drive for FH Backups and Projects

Just a thought. Is it possible that the Trash folder on Google Drive contains the extra 7+Gb? If you go to the Google Drive online and select Trash, then use the dropdown beside the Trash title to empty the trash. It will not show immediately what space has been released and for that you need to ref...
by DavidNewton
13 Apr 2020 22:29
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Photo Editing Software
Replies: 10
Views: 9765

Re: Photo Editing Software

Given that the aim is very specific, the restoration of old black and white photographs, it is probably worth looking for specialised software. The following link https://windowsreport.com/old-photo-res ... -software/ might be worth a look.

David
by DavidNewton
13 Apr 2020 13:32
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Shortcut key exists?
Replies: 6
Views: 4270

Re: Shortcut key exists?

You can use the standard Windows method since the menus have underlined characters, So if you have an individual selected in the record window then Alt+VF will open the view menu and select Display in Focus Windows David Added in edit. I came across a small anomaly. when trying this out. If you use ...
by DavidNewton
20 Jan 2020 10:02
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Hidden attribute causing a save problem?
Replies: 3
Views: 3751

Re: Hidden attribute causing a save problem?

Calico Pie responded
Thank for reporting this. We have passed this to the developers for further investigation.
So I guess that is all for now.
David
by DavidNewton
16 Jan 2020 16:29
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Hidden attribute causing a save problem?
Replies: 3
Views: 3751

Re: Hidden attribute causing a save problem?

Thanks Mike. I have raised a ticket with Calico Pie support. I will post back on this thread when I get a response.
David
by DavidNewton
16 Jan 2020 13:57
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Hidden attribute causing a save problem?
Replies: 3
Views: 3751

Hidden attribute causing a save problem?

This more of a 'why' question, than a 'solve it' question. Recently I was trying to tidy up my home made plugins. I opened one for editing made the changes and then got this message "A problem occurred. Task may not have completed correctly". However, FH was happy to save the plugin with a...
by DavidNewton
15 Jan 2020 19:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Disc drive for installation
Replies: 14
Views: 8449

Re: Disc drive for installation

A bit off topic, but an alternative solution to a wider problem. If you have a load of installation CDs, as I did, and a new laptop with no CD drive can I suggest the purchase of an external USB connected DVD/CD drive. I paid £15.99 for mine and problem solved.

David
by DavidNewton
05 Jan 2020 13:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Some days you just can't make a farthing, disk crash
Replies: 5
Views: 4841

Re: Some days you just can't make a farthing, disk crash

An observation (not a recomendation as I haven't used it) but Windows 10 has a built-in facility to create a system image. Full instructions here:

https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-to/ ... 0-0162966/

David
by DavidNewton
05 Jan 2020 11:53
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Grandchild, parent unknown
Replies: 11
Views: 7151

Re: Grandchild, parent unknown

A quick rummage around Family Search leads me to think we are talking of Selina Neville, If not then the rest of this post is irrelevant. Looking through one or two free sites gives: William Nevill married Mary Salt 11 Feb 1846 (Warwickshire Parish Records from Family Search) Selina Neville birth re...
by DavidNewton
15 Jun 2019 09:29
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Change Focus window to that shown in property box
Replies: 23
Views: 14089

Re: Change Focus window to that shown in property box

I stand corrected. I read highlighted to mean the background colour change (i.e. selection) and frankly I had not noticed the box boundary being highlighted.

David
by DavidNewton
15 Jun 2019 08:37
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Change Focus window to that shown in property box
Replies: 23
Views: 14089

Re: Change Focus window to that shown in property box

The problem is compounded by the fact that the individual is highlighted in the focus window, leaving one to mistakenly think that the individual is also the focus of the property box. This is evidenced by the number of people commenting that they have mistakenly added facts to the wrong person! So...
by DavidNewton
14 Jun 2019 17:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Change Focus window to that shown in property box
Replies: 23
Views: 14089

Re: Change Focus window to that shown in property box

Mike I am sure that is correct, FH could sync, bringing the property box individual into focus, but this would remove the distinction in the focus window between selecting an individual and bringing that individual into focus. I frequently select one of the children in a family for a quick look at t...
by DavidNewton
14 Jun 2019 08:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Change Focus window to that shown in property box
Replies: 23
Views: 14089

Re: Change Focus window to that shown in property box

Tatewise's comment The Go Back and Go Forward and cog Recent list can involve ANY type of record, not just Individual records, so in the general case such records cannot be shown in the Focus Window. to my mind indicates why linking the property box to the focus window is not possible. I take the po...
by DavidNewton
06 Jun 2019 09:52
Forum: Importing
Topic: Sources After GEDCOM download to FH from Legacy
Replies: 7
Views: 6708

Re: Sources After GEDCOM download to FH from Legacy

As an experiment using FH6.2 and Legacy 8 I exported an FH file to Legacy and then imported it back to FH. The type data is there as a UDF in the All tab of the Source Record. Looking at the GEDCOM files in notepad the differences are exemplified below FH-Legacy-FH Import @S1156@ SOUR 1 TITL GRO Dea...
by DavidNewton
28 May 2019 16:05
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: and I own this computer.
Replies: 6
Views: 5195

Re: and I own this computer.

Ron This is the plugin I use to update the families child count.It does not take account of the relationship status of the children. I don't calculate for individuals but a simple replacement of 'FAM' by 'INDI' should do the job. Then you can read the count from the NCHI tag pf=fhNewItemPtr() pfc=fh...
by DavidNewton
26 May 2019 09:05
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: and I own this computer.
Replies: 6
Views: 5195

Re: and I own this computer.

Just in regard to the child count doesn't the built-in function do the job, or does that slow everything down?

Code: Select all

fhCallBuiltInFunction('ChildCount',ptr)
David
by DavidNewton
26 May 2019 08:52
Forum: Research
Topic: The Theory of Eight
Replies: 22
Views: 14417

Re: The Theory of Eight

@gwyilum'smum My Wildgoose family came initially from Matlock area and later on from Sheffield, I have none from Burton upon Trent but geographically all of theses areas are close together so there may be a join at some time. As an aside have you looked at the Wildgoose one-name site Gaggle of Geese...