Family Historian User Group

tatewise wrote: ↑

10 Feb 2023 10:43

Regarding the KB article, please post the problem in our Maintaining the KnowledgeBase forum and mention FH V7 compatibility.

Done!

And thanks for the other pointers all - looks like custom facts are the key.

URL: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/changing-relations/ If you follow the procedure from "Step 2 ~ Changing the Link" for the "typical problem" described there: Two issues: #1) At the top of page, it says "FH versions: V4, V5, and V6" - but in fact it works for FH7 too. #2) There is an error in t...

I did just figure out how to enable the hidden extended fact set:
I could use from that set the Medical Condition fact to record hermaphrodite status, which would take care of #2.

I was going to ask how to move a wife and children to current husband's brother, but then I found this kb article . Even though it is not for FH7 it did work, but I notice the last image is wrong: it is a duplicate of the image at the start of step 2. How do I report that for correction and/or is th...

It would be a good thing if FH imported at least Title/Caption and Keywords Agree about the keywords, a real shame they do not currently do that. But be careful with the wording on the other: it is Title (64 character limit) vs Caption/Description (2000 character limit): the description IS imported...

I'm thinking of switching to Family Historian from RootsMagic (using RM7 and tried RM8). This is largely because I personally find RM8 is just not as easy to use and navigate as FH7. I have been testing FH7 using the free trial and found general use is much easier for me than RM8. Mainly I am lookin...

Based upon consideration of this thread I’ve also disabled the FH metadata import. What is the disadvantage of doing so? I myself wouldn't disable the import (i.e. I would leave checked the option for "Copy ImageTag Values to the Media Record"). Some may have a valid reason not to enable this. But ...

LeslieP wrote: FH Title field is filled from EXIF "Image Description" which most image processing programs will sync to the IPTC Caption, XMP DC:description field. For my purpose, this isn't acceptable. Description/Caption is a much larger field with much more extensive content, it really should go ...

Thanks Mike - yes, brain cramp: wrote ampersand but meant "at" sign.
Yes, I realized afterwards how GEDCOM uses that with a number as an identifier, so requiring an escape sequence for that makes sense!

yogadad - I will credit support for being quick to respond! Below is their response and my followup (so they may respond again). At least I now know how it works (and how the help file is wrong and should be corrected). I can work around this issue by writing a script as noted, which I will probably...

Thanks Mark - bug report submitted: ticket #661983. I included my test image.
-strathglass

I will have to contact the developer and see how I can report a bug : based on the screenshot from Lorna I should be seeing the keywords from the photo in FH7 when I have enabled the media option for "Copy Image Tag Values to the Media Record" (which is enabled by default). But after import I only s...

What does FH7 use for date value when a photo is imported? I assume it is using one of the EXIF values (like Date Time Original)...can this be confirmed? Also, is there a reason IPTC keywords are not imported? Lacking that functionality, are there any available tools to pull in IPTC keywords into th...

Mike / Lorna - Thanks for the very helpful replies: brilliant - both issues are resolved better than I expected!
I am finding the usability of FH7 to be very good!

I have a few days left on my evaluation version. A couple media-related questions: #1 Frame Link vs media link: My imported data has many people already linked to media. It does not have the frame links FH7 allows you to add: those identify a particular face in a media image to the person via a rect...

Thanks Mark. Maybe one day it will get updated.
In the meantime it is manageable but a bit annoying because I do have to do some workarounds.

Thanks for that detail Mike, appreciated!

Or more specifically, why the limit on overall file path length? Does FH7 not support long paths? I already have "Enable Win32 long paths" turned on for my Win 10 Pro PC. And yet FH7 presents a broken link for a bunch of media with long filenames (including path). I tried to fix one of these broken ...

Thanks Mike, that worked!

But what is the difference between locating media inside the project folder (under Media folder), vs. some other folder outside the project folder?

Is there any functional impact?

BillH - Good to know, thanks.

Inline image insertion seems not to work for me.
Trying again to add image as an attachment.

Hi all: New user here trying out the evaluation version of the latest FH7 release. I have imported an RM7 database as a new FH7 project: I selected the option to NOT copy in the media into the FH7 project because I do not want the flat structure that results...want to maintain my current hierarchica...