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Nick; Yes. The word "template" is used in many ways in both AS and FH7, so its use is definitely a source of confusion. So; let me describe the impression I get about the data entry paradigm after poking around the AS configuration and data entry screens. If I can get that straight in my mind, I thi...

Nick; Thank you. I see what you are doing, but that only seems possible when creating a template directly in AS. The template that I'm trying to set up is one I developed in FH7 for the French Census records. Suspect that I will run into a few of these issues, when using templates developed outside ...

Edit by Nick Walker: I've split this into a separate thread as this isn't Beta Testing related Thanks, Nick. I'm still working out how to configure AS for use with records from France, so it will be a while yet before I'm actually doing real data entry. While it comes set up for the Essentials temp...

Helen; Gary, yes that workflow would be possible. However, are you intending to re-do the fact creation as well? If so, AS would be the way to go [[Nick Walker falls off his chair :D ]] as it's currently the best option for streamlining creation of sources, linking them to media and creating the fac...

Helen; Gary, yes that workflow would be possible. However, are you intending to re-do the fact creation as well? If so, AS would be the way to go [[Nick Walker falls off his chair :D ]] as it's currently the best option for streamlining creation of sources, linking them to media and creating the fac...

My trial import of the RM9 database to FH 7.0.20 indicates that the new version does not seem to have solved the issues noted in the release notes. 1) It is not transferring customized census fact "sentences" and modified roles. I would have expected this to be handled under it now transferring "ALL...

Well... The new version is not converting the formatting flags in my RM9 citation notes to FH7 Rich-Text. I suspect it's not doing it anywhere else, either. Think I'll forget about re-importing. It doesn't appear to add anything that will help me.

Yes. I, too, had an unexpected surprise wrt. to the sample project. Being a newbie, I was using it to check things out. fortunately, I back up everything. I found the release notes less than clear. It seems like the maintenance upgrade was implemented as a complete re-install of the base package, ex...

Mark;

Not being a mind reader, either, I tried that before asking.

It's difficult to check a change, when one doesn't know what was intended by CP and one has several hundred entries in a database. Thought someone else with more experience might have already figured this out.

RootsMagic Import Family Historian now supports converting fact definitions for all facts used in a project (previously it only converted custom and unrecognised fact definitions). This is optional, but enabled by default. Up to now, Family Historian has automatically converted RootsMagic rich text...

Mike;
I've found and voted on the noted wish-list item.
The moderators may like to remove this Wishlist item, to avoid clutter.

Thanks, Mike.
Before posting, I tried looking to make sure I wasn't duplicating an existing wish.
Given the title, I can see why I missed it.

Oddly; one of the higher ranked wishes is for a version of FH7 that would run on the Android OS. As Macs are rapidly moving to the M1 (ARM) processor, the same one that the Android O/S is designed to use, a Mac version could actually end up being a reality. It's really not that much of a leap. I am ...

It would be very useful to be able to resize the format definition fields of the "Source Template Definition Editor" by dragging on the lower boundary of the format field to resize it. The currently visible two lines is not adequate for any but the most basic of templates.

Nick;

For what its worth; I like your idea of mirroring the FH7 settings as you've done for other aspects of AS.

Nick;
I'm just so thankful that you've tried to help and accommodate me.
There is PLENTY to keep me busy, so there's no rush.

Scrivener can import Markdown files, so that would be one way of increasing the number of tools that can be used with FH7 reports. An increasing number of Genealogists are using Scrivener to re-organize their program report sections, insert additional notes and add stories with the result being a fi...

Fired up AS 7.7.4 again and managed to do a basic configuration and enter a birth-record employing my custom État civil template. Seemed to do exactly what I expected without any hiccups. The ability to make fields persist is going to be very helpful and I can now enter diacritics in most screens. :...

Helen; I just downloaded and fired up AS. It threw an exception when I was scrolling through the configuration settings, so I captured the info and sent Nick a bug-report. It could just be that I'm using the 64-bit ARM version of Windows, but I'll wait to see what Nick says. The old 7.7.3 ran just f...

Nick: I tried moving through the option settings of AS 7.7.4 and got the attached error.

That thought has made a wandering zig-zag across my mind :D As you can tell, I'm getting all my ducks in a row and making sure that it ought to work before I commit to using that approach. Now's the right time to ask questions. Getting into the middle of the process and realizing that something is "...

Helen; I guess what I'm trying say is that the naming is more-or-less what I expected from one practicing splitting. The image is not actually related to any one individual no matter what it is named. What really interests me, now, is the workflow possibilities this allows. If I'm redoing my databas...

Thanks, Helen. Despite your previous note about naming the sources and files the same, I was having trouble visualizing what the name might actually be. Seems that you are trying to have a single copy of an image by making the assigned title cover all the contained people, rather than just describin...

Helen; I just want to make sure I understand what you are doing for filenames. Re-organizing a file-system is not something I would consider without hearing from a few people and a bit of analysis. Do you basically have a name of the form, Repository_Collection_Document_Page/Image or similar? How do...

Nick; For what it's worth, I prefer my image titles to match my source titles (mainly because that is the way I've always done it) and I do duplicate the census page if there is a second family on the page. With disk space not being an issue nowadays I don't worry about having a duplicate. I'm not s...