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I've been beta testing RM8 for a little and just upgraded to the community preview version. As you say, there's a lot to get used to. I do enjoy the new look and feel. That being said, I don't see myself moving to the new version any time soon. I'll let others shake out the bugs. For my purposes (br...

I decided to start a new thread for discussing FH/RootsMagic/Ancestry. You can find it here: FH -> RootsMagic -> Ancestry (Work-in-Progress) (18572)

I appreciate your input.

This is a continuation of a discussion started in this thread: 18549|Making the Move from Generic to Templated Sources . This is a work-in-process. A lot is based on the work and experiences of Mark Draper. I want to upload my database to Ancestry in order to facilitate research, both through hints ...

Mark, I use a different technique for fh -> rm RM assigns a unique identifier to each individual. For simplicity's sake I won't go into the particulars of how I do it, just know that I transfer the _UID for each individual from RM to FH and it is included in the tags I export. I import the entire ex...

Another question... In the other post, you mention that there is a problem transferring new relationships to RM. I don't think I'm seeing that behavior. I added parents and a sibling (new individuals) to an existing individual. It seems to have transferred to RM with no problems. Can you be more spe...

Mark,

Are you using RootsMagic's facility of assigning a unique identifier to each individual to help automate the merge process?

Mark, Thank you. I decided to implement the export as a plugin and your file was a good starting point. I've never programmed in Python and although I can read and mostly understand your code, I prefer to work in lua, which is slowly becoming more familiar. I've got the plugin working and now I'm pl...

I think I found the answer to my question. It seems that lua expressions do not include the 'or' operator.

I'm parsing a GEDCOM file. I want to find lines beginning with '2 DATE' or '2 PLAC'. The following expression works: sLine:match("^2 DATE") or sLine:match("^2 PLAC) I'd like to combine this into one expression. I tried this: sLine:match("^2 (DATE|PLAC)") but it doesn't work. Can somebody help? I'm r...

Mark, I wouldn't mind getting a copy of your Ancestry export, if you're willing to share.

Thanks,
Shosh

Mike, I tested my idea and it works. Here's the code (very simple, no error checking). It expects a templated source. function main() local tblSource = fhPromptUserForRecordSel('SOUR', 1); local pSource = tblSource[1]; if pSource:IsNull() then return end; local pTitle = fhNewItemPtr(); pTitle:MoveTo...

It surprises me that CaIico Pie didn't include a function for retrieving the various citation formats. I hadn't thought to check. So, now I've started thinking... I think it might be possible to get around this lack by temporarily setting the 'Record Title Format' to the 'Footnote Format' and refres...

Use of Title and Short Title Up to now, we have been storing the fully formatted Footnote in the Title field and a short, descriptive title in the Short Title field, which is formatted such that it groups similar sources together in the Sources List. For example: Title: "England & Wales Births 1837...

Regarding plugins... The main problem for plugin sharing is the case where I am working on an existing plugin. In some cases (say, I'm fixing a bug), I can take the plugin "out of use" for him (which is your suggestion), but in others, there's no reason why he can't continue to use the plugin. This ...

Mark, I got my custom queries set up today using symbolic links. My husband are now sharing the same queries on our desktop systems. Seems to be working so far. I haven't yet upgraded our laptops to v7, but will set things up there as well once I'm certain that there's no reason to keep v6 around an...

Mervyn, that looks interesting.

However, since I'm only setting up one directory at the moment, I think I'll stick with the tried and true manual method. I'm a little afraid of using and unknown person's code and taking a security risk.

Mike, I think I finally understand how to use links. If I understand correctly, I can copy the contents of the program data folder to, say, dropbox. Then delete the original program data folder and create a symbolic link to the dropbox folder. I could choose to do that for individual folders (say qu...

Thank you Mark.

My husband and I are both using FH and (mostly) working on the same project. Note: we never open the main project file at the same time. I generally work on a copy of the project. I would like to automate sharing queries, using an external program which automates backups/mirroring on our computers. ...

Mike, I agree that this is stuff that could and should in the kb (and not buried in a thread on the forum). I would be happy to take the lead on this with, obviously, the assistance and input of others. After the new year sounds like a good time to start. It'll give people time to contribute their i...

Thank you Mike.

My database also sits on the cloud (dropbox). I use Syncback for daily backups, so that's all automated. I don't backup the registry values. Is it documented anywhere what I lose by not having this? Is there any advantage to backup the database using the FH facility? While I'm very proficient techni...

Mark, Yes. This is exactly what I'm after. As you say, classic database maintenence is not required, although, it probably wouldn't hurt to run Validate on a regular basis. Backing things up is another obvious item on the list. This includes running backup (does it always need to be full ?) as well ...

My husband and I are trying to setup a list of regular maintenance activities which should be carried out on a daily/weekly/monthly? basis to keep our database healthy.

I'm interested in hearing what other people do.

Thanks,
Shosh

OK, found it... under Preferences -> Workspaces -> Re-use of Open Windows Permitted

Why did FH7 have to change a basic default like that?