Family Historian User Group

Mark, It's OK to have multiple versions of FH installed in WINE, as long as you create them in separate PREFIXES (Bottles), but you do need to point them at different data folders because of the 'database' incompatibilities, e.g. I currently have a "Family Historian 6" Folder in Documents,...

Mark, No need to apologise for trying to break new ground. The initial plugin produced an immediate application crash ( not a system crash) with FH7 but fine with FH6, so it's presumably down to application change(s) between '6' and '7'. No problem experienced with the 'simple' version: Screenshot 2...

Mark, Have just tested the Wine Detector on my Crossover for Mac installations of FH6 and 7. In FH6, it works as indicated in your screenshots, but (for me) FH7 'crashed' when the plugin was run, i.e. FH7 simply shut down, but no error message was generated. No harm done to the FH7 installation, so ...

Mark, Good luck with your efforts. Happy to test whatever you come up with. Just for info. I connected a working Crossover FH7 Wine.app to a Windows 10 Virtual Machine as a shared folder and was able to access the Root folder (image below) the files shown are those that are exclusive to Wine install...

Further info. Having checked further, there are several files created that only exist in a Wine.app and which clearly identify that an installed Windows application is running (or attempting to run) in a Wine environment. These files are only created during/after installation of the Windows software...

Don't know if this offers any detection options but at the top level of each Wine Application Prefix (the application's root folder). there is a number of a text files including one named "system.reg". The first line of text in that file currently states: "WINE REGISTRY Version 2"...

FWIW it is possible to import/export Registry Files in WineApps (including Crossover etc.), but this should be carried out using the Wine implementation of 'regedit'. WineHQ Guidance warns strongly against attempting to edit the Wine implementation of the Registry by any other method. That said, fro...

Ruth,

The problem might, at least in part, be associated with the use of Tables by the Plugin. Whatever method has been implemented by the Calico Pie developers in FH7 to produce text output in Tables just doesn't work in Wine (Crossover etc.).

Mervyn

FWIW the best option for users of Wine/Crossover etc. is to regularly backup (i.e. Export) the application's Wine Prefix, which includes all settings stored in Appdata, Registry files etc. That option provides a 'protected snapshot' which can be reimported to restore an 'as was' version of the origi...

Mark,

One quick question (prior to playing):

If the aim of the plugin/script is to employ existing Windows capabilities, why add a 7zip option (requiring additional software) rather than simply using Windows inbuilt ability to compact/extract data to/from zip files?

Mervyn

@Chrisv, Another 'blocking' possibility is some third party, so-called, security product such as a continually active anti-virus/malware scanner, which can randomly block access to perfectly safe files for no clear reason, other than failing to recognise the source/purpose of the file or believing t...

As this is apparently happening with multiple programs, not just FH, one quick check that might be worthwhile is to verify that the default Windows setting for opening .chm files is still correctly registered. See below
Mervyn

AFAIK the only way to prevent .odt files from automatically launching LibreOffice (or whatever application is currently the default), would be to change the 'Default Apps' settings in Windows to set MS Word as the default app for .odt , but that preference would then, of course, be universally appli...

Mike,

Windows 11 is only available as 64-bit release. There is no 32-bit version. ARM-based Mac's and/or MacOS won't directly run any 32-bit operating systems, software or processes. That capability was completely eliminated a couple of OS versions ago.

Mervyn

Alex, If you are running Windows 11 on Parallels on an M1 Mac, then my 'guess' would be the you are also running an ARM version of Windows 11 Pro; and not an x86 (64-bit) version. Is that correct? If it is, then your issue will probably be about the ability of the ARM Version of Windows 11 to fully ...

Jackie, If you are considering trying a 'Virtual' installation of a Linux operating system then the memory available can affect performance, but so can the CPU which also has to be shared between the 'Host' Operating System (Windows 10) and any Guest operating system such as a Linux distribution. pa...

Tom,

If you are really missing the Drag & Drop to Task Bar features then have a look at https://github.com/HerMajestyDrMona/Win ... TaskbarFix , pending any changes the Microsoft may make in a future Windows 11 Feature Upgrade.

Mervyn

Mike, Happy to contribute anything I can provide for the Knowledge Base, but am not (currently) familiar with editing methods. I will also add what I can to the recent Crossover problem reports and my own earlier feedback submitted to the Codeweavers development team this weekend. I have recently di...

Some additional bits of info.: For Mac M1 (and beyond) series computers the only virtualisation option currently working is Parallels which is a commercial (paid) product and requires an M1 (ARM) compatible versions of Windows/Linux as x86 based operating systems do not work on M1 processors which d...

Adrian, You could well be right but, as already mentioned, single words in isolation from wider examples of the hand can be problematic and the 'l' in the first word didn't appear like any naturally flowing flourish to me. However, that he worked in a Corn Merchant's (whether the same or different e...

One possible alternative given the construction of the first word: Flourman Corn Merchant, i.e. someone who sold flour for a Corn Merchant.

Mervyn

A village known as 'Ebenezer' was located the Parish of Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire; and is now known as Deiniolen. Seems possible that the "original name" may have been locally adopted because of the Ebenezer Chapel located there. See discussion thread at https://www.british-genealogy...

The instructions for the 1921 state that an application had to be made for separate returns if some members of 'a household' were unwilling to provide the personal information required to the 'Head' of the household responsible for completing the return. (See extract below.) For any masochists out t...

Colin, I've just tested the FH7.0.9 Reports feature using a native Wine installation on Linux (Debian/MX Linux) and reports still appear to be working as normal, so the problem might have been introduced with the latest Crossover update and may need reporting to Codeweavers rather than Calico Pie. M...

Bill, The GEDCOM 5.5.1 (and earlier) TAG definition is: "ALIA {ALIAS}:= An indicator to link different record descriptions of a person who may be the same person." But, I do agree that it can appear confusing to someone who is more familiar with the the non-genealogy usage of 'alias' as me...