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Mark, in my backup plugin I have to keep track of Registry Keys to use RegRead/Write in emulators. HKCU\Software\Calico Pie\Family Historian\2.0\Preferences\Emulator-Compat-Mode was the only key in FH V6. HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Calico Pie\Family Historian\2.0\Preferences\Emulator-Compat-Mode was ...

@rt: I am the author of the longstanding Plugin Store version. I'm struggling to understand where you see orange text. The plugin dialogue is predominantly green as shown here: https://pluginstore.family-historian.co.uk/page/plugin/backup-and-restore-family-historian-settings Perhaps you could post ...

The attached Where Used Record Links plugin Version 2.0.2 Date 29 Apr 2022 fixes the count issues.

Helen, the plugin checks the =LinksTo(...) function count versus the links the plugin has found. That =LinksTo(...) count is the same as the number shown in the Links/Citations column of the Records Window. About a year ago I reported a problem with the =LinksTo(...) function in ticket #999527: In F...

Mark, that rings a bell regarding PlayOnLinux(Mac) using the same ProgramData path as Windows. :roll: I will update Family Historian Program Data Folder to reflect that. Like you, I struggled to find some distinguishing feature, especially as you say Wine is trying to emulate Windows, and like you, ...

See FHUG Knowledge Base Family Historian Plugins and follow the link to the Help file (v7): Plugins Dialog where details are explained. See also the Topic: Plugins.

My knowledge is not that mysterious. I just use a logical detective approach.
I initially assume that global settings like that will be in Tools > Preferences somewhere.
Since it affects opening Diagrams, I investigated the Diagrams tab, and there it was...

Curtis made a clear distinction between citations and source records. So I assumed that last paragraph specifically referred to citations with images, and such images can be managed for each specific citation. Regarding Reports it depends on what Curtis needs, which reinforces the recommendation to ...

Use Tools > Preferences > Diagrams and tick Enable One-Click Diagram Display from Toolbar ~ simples!

Certainly, viewing Media images is one click of the Show Media button in the Facts tab, regardless of whether the Media is attached directly to a Fact, or to its Citation, or to the Source record for the Citation. In Reports, the Report > Options > Pictures tab, Picture Type: Other governs the displ...

John, that is the _Witnesses definition, which is OK, but we need to see the Auto-Text Template that does not work.

John, please post a text copy of the Auto-Text Template that does not work for you. (As you did Monday.) Does it use ASSOCLIST[_Witnesses] ? You say "The only one that shows witnesses is the R Generic Marriage Data only". So have you tried all the others? It is a good idea, if every time you have a ...

You may be correct Paul. What are your input values to the calculation and where is the resulting age to be displayed? Presumably, you know that any Fact Age can be entered in Years & Months directly. So it can be entered directly from the 1921 Census details. Thereafter, the 1921 Census Age can sim...

Ideally, the non-plugin scripts created by the new Backup and Restore FH Settings plugin (or other methods) should utilise identical folder, file & data structures so they are compatible with both Windows and the Linux/Mac emulators. That should be perfectly feasible as the data is identical in all ...

Yes, copying that folder will cope with most customisations, but possibly not all of them. The details of that hidden folder are in the FHUG KB Family Historian Program Data Folder . The plugin mentioned by Helen at point (1) creates batch scripts that backup/restore that folder and other customisat...

I would be more than happy if there were another solution and thus be able to retire my plugin. Part of my problem is that I don't have the capability to run Unix or Mac systems and rely on feedback from others. FYI: As Mervyn suspected, my plugin does not use standard Windows .bat scripts in Wine b...

Mark, the emulators are essentially the same for Linux and Mac, all being based on WineHQ. ( See the KB Running Family Historian on Wine/Crossover/PlayOnLinux/Mac ) Yes, I guess a Windows Registry backup could be used to restore on Linux or Mac, but the reverse would be a challenge. Also, most Linux...

Curtis, this is not the best thread to discuss that in detail. To answer your question you must use both backups.
See the FHUG Knowledge Base Backup and Recovery advice for details.

As I mentioned elsewhere, the problem with emulators (last time I checked) is they do not support Reg Export/Import. So the script must perform a Reg Read/Write operation for each separate Registry key. The set of Registry keys is derived from Reg Export operations run on a native Windows PC and bui...

It is not in the Tools > Autotext Template Editor... dialogue.

As shown in my earlier screenshot, it is in the Further Info tab of the main Marriage entry window.

But would it allow Beta backups to be restored into the subsequent full release as some users requested?

We discussed that last week John. See https://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic ... 07#p124287.
After selecting Witnesses highlighted in that screenshot, click the Edit... icon to reach the screenshot shown by Nick.

Apologies regarding the latest version identification. In response to user requests to reduce the run-time overhead, I've been modifying plugins to only check the version in store once per month. Unfortunately, there is a flaw in the routine such that in this plugin its initial message now only ment...

Probably unlikely in this instance, but the benefits of linking to a Place record arise if the same 'Jurisdiction' Place applies to more than one Source record and you wish to add Notes, Media, or other details that can be held in the Place record. With the text alternative, such information would h...

Yes, Jean. Those two changes are feasible. 1) Reverse & Tidy Places Find the function LoopFacts (...) at about line 147. After the line if #strFact > 0 then and before the line table.insert(arrList,"\t"..strFact) insert the code as shown below: if #strFact > 0 then local strPrefix, strPlace = strFac...