Family Historian User Group

I had a similar problem today - loosing the complete contents of my FH7 database - but have recovered . I am using a standard Windows 11 environment with OneDrive and the latest version of FH7 on a database that I work on on most days. My laptop froze during the real time Updating OneDrive which I s...

Thanks Lorna and Mike. FH is "the greatest".

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Robert

Can anyone please tell me where to find Fact label naming conventions / rules? I haven't had any luck yet. The few Custom facts that I have created all end up with descriptions in the Property Box of "<label> in <place>". What I am trying to achieve is descriptions of "<label> to <place>" or "<label...

Thanks Mike, for the feedback and the encouragement.

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Robert

I imported direct from RootsMagic 7 to FH7 about a year ago so have a Fact Set called RootsMagic Import (Project) with a Set Ranking of 2 after Extended Set (Project) with Set Ranking of 1. Based on advice seen elsewhere from Mike Tate, and understood, I have changed the fact tag of all my census re...

Same problem over last couple of days . Did the "Jane delete folder" fix and all is well in the world again. Thanks Jane.

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Robert

No issue here, but a thanks to Simon and his crew and those of you on FHUG. I love FH7. In particular the data management and the Records Window. I consider myself a regular dabbler rather than a dedicated family researcher, i.e. I spend intense sessions of an hour or so, here or there, or a couple ...

I am a lot happier with my understanding now. My Options appear to be: 1) Write and run one or more Plugins to change imported RM Text data associated with all imported templates to be linked items, where appropriate in FH, plus change the imported template definitions to reflect the new dataset and...

Thanks again Mike. The Data Reference shortcut %SOUR.~TX-REPOSITORY% works as expected in a Query. My objective is to link Source records to the relevant Repository record. The method, based on your earlier suggestion to write and run a one-time Plugin, is to use the TX-Repository field to identify ...

Mike,

I should have expanded the Repository field on my screen shot so here it is:

Thanks Mike. We aren't too old to know that the sun does come up in the morning. Your query looks the same as mine, but mine is attached. I have also attached a sample of a source from the FH Project file to assist plus part of a screen shot from the Source Records window showing the template defini...

Thanks Mike, However I must be still missing something. A simple query of: %SOUR% %SOUR._SRCT>NAME% %SOUR.~RP-REPOSITORY>NAME% or %SOUR.~RP-REPOSITORY[1]>NAME% returns Columns 1 and 2 populated but nothing in Column 3 so I have not gone on past this to the script to amend the entire file.. I apologi...

While debugging I have found that the Repository text data can exist in %SOUR._FIELD[1]% or %SOUR._FIELD[2]% or %SOUR._FIELD[n]% depending on the imported RootsMagic source template rather than in "%SOUR.REPO[1]>NAME%" for standard FM Source data. To determine which %SOUR._SRCT>FDEF[1].NAME% would b...

Thanks Helen. Staring me in the face as I thought. Syntax free and with your advice re the missing 'then', I have started debugging as there was no surprise when it didn't do what I wanted straight off. Being relatively new to FH, this exploration into Lua is to fix imported data errors of my making...

I have jumped into the Plugin world and have my first Lua script to resolve my data as discussed above. I am happy to debug the script when I get it working BUT I just can't get past a Syntax error - "36: syntax error near 'strSourRepoName". I am sure that it is staring me in the face but I don't se...

Thanks Mark. Actually, I agree with you.

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Robert

Mark, RootsMagic does contain both Repository fields in Source definitions plus Repository records that are linked to the Source definition but not to the Repository field itself so you can have the Repository field showing "ABC" but the linked Repository showing "TNA, London etc". Mike's suggestion...

Thanks Jane.

My database was successfully imported from RootsMagic into FH7, then 7.0.8.2. Since then I have been cleaning-up / standardising my Sources and citations including the content of Repository fields in individual Sources. Because the Source templates that had been used were those from RootsMagic, upda...

Firstly, I have to say how fantastic it is to be on FH7 and able to easily and quickly clean-up / standardise my data by working in the Records Window with a floating Property Box. When I Create a New Source from Template, the templates offered are initially the RootsMagic Import set. I can click Fi...

Hi Mike and BillH. Thanks for the Welcome. I am happy to be "here". Yes, BillH identified the method by which I had identified the imported customized fact sentences, albeit I hadn't correctly stated it in my post. The Reset Sentence worked as expected and they have all been standardized as I wanted...

My first post - A newbie question from a refugee from RootsMagic. I have imported my RM7 database into FH7 using the direct import in version 7.0.8.2, have begun some tidying up and have identified several customized fact sentences (Tools/Working with Data/Fact-Witness Sentences). I have tried to "r...