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Thanks Colin. Generally I refer to 'Images' rather than 'Media' in AS because Media implies that it could be video or sound and I don't think they really apply (or it would be extremely unusual!) to the source types that AS supports. But I agree it would probably be clearer to rename to Image Record...

Hi Nick, I had an unhandled exception issue entering a Baptism. Image and text below refer. I tried again and it worked OK. I think the issue was that I tried to paste an image, setting the name by typing it in - but a file with that name already existed in the destination folder. (Users EH!!!). I ...

Like Teresa, I now sometimes see a blank where the tree should appear. It happens after using the tree when recording data from one census and then switching to a different census year but selecting the same person as the tree root. If a different person is selected the tree displays correctly. Tha...

fhtess65 wrote: ↑

26 Feb 2023 22:02

I agree - it's fantastic! One question, though - is there a way to include the spouse in the tree so they don't have to be selected separately? Not a huge deal - just curious

No, unfortunately the tree control I'm using doesn't allow for separate selectable items in a single node of the tree.

When I enter a birth and reach the end, the pop-up appears for confirmation purposes but shows very little of the tabs at the bottom, just the top lines. Can this be fixed?Screenshot 2023-02-26 114952.png You asked this identical question earlier in February and I asked you to see if the latest tes...

I've updated the first post in this thread to reflect the new v7.6.12 beta. When I started this testing thread in early January I'd planned on just a few small changes to go into a minor update, but the scope of this has expanded a lot since then! I've added probably the most significant new feature...

Not sure if this is related to the file name case sensitivity issue, but AS Logs don't appear to be working correctly for me. Logs are being put into the correct folder as stated in Tools>Options>General Settings BUT Yes it would appear to be related to this. I've sent you an email to ask some furt...

Apologies if this is a daft question but I've just noticed that when I enter a marriage event in AS and enter Marital status that although its shown in the Auto Text, its not shown in FH. [Or perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place] Also their residence isn't transferred I've tried to attach a photo...

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Thanks Brent, I had missed that option and may be a good workaround. I am just trying to get it straight in my mind as to whether there is an additional advantage in having the person recorded as a Name Only (_SHAN) Witness which I believe is the case with name only witnesses in marriages. Brian Wi...

I've now released a new beta test version 7.6.11 and updated the first post in this thread to reflect this. New Features in v7.6.11 (Beta Test) Since 2018, Windows has included a setting (off by default) to allow file names to be treated as case sensitive. AS will now take this possiblity into accou...

Thanks John. The next test version of AS will include the By Publication and By Declaration options. This will also be an option to only show the repositories bookmarked in Family Historian in the list of repositories in Ancestral Sources.

Best wishes

Nick

Thanks Teresa.

I wasn't able to entirely reproduce this issue but I'm hoping it may be improved in the next beta test version.

Cheers

Nick

Thanks John and Chris. The next beta test version of AS will incorporate a new SN_ORIGINAL keyword that guarantees to return the original surname of the deceased individual rather than the last married name (if that option is set). It will also include modified versions of the post 1969 death certif...

Thanks for your response Nick. I had the "Offer to create birth facts..." box ticked but the "...even if existing birth includes place and date" box was not ticked. Would this be the cause of what I was seeing? No, I have just tested it without that ticked and it still seems to work as expected. I ...

I have been using AS 7.6.8 to enter information from the 1939 Register. Having entered the information into AS, when I save the information I get the screen asking if I wanted to update birth information previously entered (outside AS). I have selected (variously) no change, update birth place only...

That looks like a method 2 (lumper) source where you have information stored in the citation and just one source for ancestry. The default for AS and the only method which works for the conversion is method 1 (splitter) where you would have hundreds or thousands of sources, one for each household, r...

Could you please add to the marriage type 'By Publication' ? Is there any possibility of having shortcuts for repositories too? :?: :?: I can add By Publication, but you can just type it in so it will only save you a few seconds. I don't know what you mean by "Is there any possibility of having sho...

Perhaps I need to make it clearer, although I do say this within the first couple of minutes of the video, that the conversion facility is for people who have used AS to create census sources in the past without using rich-text and/or templated sources who want to migrate to using one or both of tho...

Kev and I have now discovered the problem. A windows update in 2018 introduced a setting to allow a drive or folder to be marked as 'case sensitive' so e.g. a file called Project1 is not the same as a file called project1, This is a facility introduced for users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (W...

If you're trying to convert plain text census sources into rich text census sources then you need to have be using AS in rich-text mode. Go to Tools->Options and choose "General Settings - Source Text" at the top and make sure that use rich source text and notes is ticked. If you are trying to conve...

When AS opens a GEDCOM file, for it to be treated as a project the following things need to be true 1) The file name extension is .ged 2) The GEDCOM file has to be in a folder with the same name as the file but with .fh_data on the end. So if your file is Full 20_6_20.ged then this needs to be in a ...

tatewise wrote: ↑

09 Feb 2023 12:17

John, follow the viewtopic link that Nick provided and you will find the AS download in that thread.

To be specific, the links are at the bottom of the first post in the thread.

Please try the test version of AS as discussed here: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=21431. I've not had any reports of problems with that version so it should be safe for you to use. One of the fixes is for this issue.

lastejas wrote: ↑

07 Feb 2023 12:12

Peter

Re Short title, have you looed at the changes introduces in version 7.6.7 (Beta)?

Short titles will no longer be recorded if templated sources are used.

This change was prompted by this discussion. Templated sources don't use the short title.