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so the Plugin could be updated to use those and that may avoid the timing issues

I'm sure there are more pressing needs than looking at this.

Thanks for all you do.

Initially, the Plugin uses your chosen backup folder F:\FH Backup\System and checks it for write access. But if that is not successful it substitutes your Tools > Preferences > Backup folder F:\FH Backup\Projects. That is very helpful to know. I can't think of anything that might affect it (is was ...

Is this the first time you have backed up your settings since updating from FH 6 to FH 7? Afraid not, it looks like I still have 8 copies of Settings backed up since V7 was launched. I've never used Mediafire, so I hope this link works. Thanks. https://www.mediafire.com/file/wpl4i3txsuuc4ur/FH_Back...

I'm using v3.0, and tonight having made some changes to my FH settings I ran the plug-in, and I noticed that the Backup Folder had changed from what I had set it to. My initial backup using the Plugin is to an External disk (not the disk I reported a crash problem to CP earlier this week). Backup &a...

No, because for some inexplicable reason FH only allows one Data Reference per Part. The Functions and Expressions you would need are disallowed. Thanks for that information. I had a sneaking feeling that might be the case. You could dedicate the UK Census tab to just UK Census events and create an...

I've lots of Ancestors who have a mix of North American & UK census records. I've been using the Census UK Property Tab from the KB as a basis, and cutting down the number of lines per Census to give me space on the screen. Currently, each census entry contains one of the following entries (for 1921...

Response from CP is It sounds as if you might have had a disk error or two and the file has become damaged. They advise disk checking. I had already run three tests, I've now run a fourth different test and each one reports the disk to be in good (perfect according to one software) condition. I've h...

Thanks Nick, I had forgotten that. I have 9 from yesterday - 4 of them after my last FH back-up, and 1 appears to be from just before/after I had problems. I never can get my head around MS file dates/times. This one says it is created at 20:08 yesterday, but modified yesterday at 15:53! ie 5 hours ...

My 3pm restore seems to have restored perfectly. I've opened and shut the file several times. I will try and re-create the steps I took yesterday, but it will be almost impossible to do so. I had a really busy day yesterday and probably used AS to create many new records mainly from census, and marr...

Well its certainly not a happy project when I opened it this evening. I can't remember how many individual records I had (I'm guessing it was approx 2,500), but tonight I have 20. I have zero family records, zero sources and 27 media records - presumably from the quantity and time stamp - the 27 ref...

Thanks for the help. I'm out all day so will try to answer the points tonite.

Last night at 8 pm when I exited FH, a message I'd never seen before gave me the following text file Lines marked "EXCLUDED:" indicate data which has not been loaded, and explain why it wasn't loaded. Indented lines marked "EXCLUDED BRANCH LINE:" indicate data lines which are not necessarily invalid...

A problem I suffer with frequently!

But you said in your earlier post that you were still on V6. Has it been updated?

I haven't checked if there is a difference with AS or non-AS on V7. I'll try later

If I try to enter an Electoral Register entry by selecting an individual, for 1939 when I already have a 1939 Register entry for that person, AS tells me that I already have an entry for that person. I checked that a similar message is given if the 1911 census is in existence and a 1911 Electoral Re...

Remember that CP did say they had referred this issue to their developers when I first reported the issue, and sent them a sample file. To be fair to CP, that does not mean that there is a bug/error/whatever.

On checking, this problem is still not working for me.

I'm using version 7.0.3, which is the latest available from the Download store. Are you by any chance running 7.0.4?

Thanks for the update.

Thanks for the clarification on "unticking" parents. I had not spotted that. You can probably test =EQUAL[{KEYFATHER}%\<No Name\>] if you needed to. Also think I don't need this at the moment, the first solution now confirmed by Nick, works for me. I read the new code Nick suggested with interest, a...

Thanks both of you. I'm just going out but will look at this tonight.

Thanks for that. I had stared at the syntax for hours thinking I had something wrong. I knew {KEYFATHER} was still active as the MS was displaying, but did not think of unticking the Tickbox for Father. Doing so does solve the wording for mother, but has the additional effect of removing both the No...

Can someone please tell me what I've done wrong here. Looking at an Autotext entry in AS 7.2.7 =IF[{KEYFATHER}%=LINKIND[{KEYFATHER.ID}%{KEYFATHER.FULL}] {KEYFATHER.DECEASED} =IF[{KEYFATHER.OCCUPATION}%{KEYFATHER.OCCUPATION}%\<No Occupation\>]%] =IF[{KEYFATHER}%=LINKIND[{KEYMOTHER.ID}%{KEYMOTHER.GN} ...

P.S. We must be going lockdown crazy to be discussing this!

I did say it was a pointless question - but - Quite Interesting as Stephn Fry might say!

Todays absolutely pointless question. For no obvious reason, this morning I was wondering what the origins of the CP name were.

I can't see anything in the Forum, KB or their own website. Does anyone know the story?

Thanks (again) Nick, Much appreciated, and seems to work perfectly now as you said. Can I just clarify a minor issue when doing updates. Do I need to restore Options, and are all Autotext etc left untouched. I always tend to make copies, to be on the safe side. I'm sure this may be covered somewhere...