The real life situation was that a husband was the subject of a civil court action (by a grocer) to recover debts incurred by his wife. Those debts included the purchase of large amounts of alcohol and, since the wife later died of delirium tremens, the action provides an important indication that needs to be obvious in the wife's story.
In FH, the husband has a civil court event, with my usual extensive note describing the whys and wherefores. The wife is a witness (in the FH sense) with a role of "Involved". The Witness sentence for the civil court event reads:
The "Note" at the end triggers the print of the whys and wherefores for the wife's report. Well, it does when it prints.<para>{individual} was involved in a civil court case< at {address}> with {principal}< {date}>< {place}>.< {note}>
1. If I run off an Individual Narrative report for the wife, I get what I expect - the contents of the Witness sentence for the civil court event.
2. If I run off a Narrative Report for Descendants of the husband, I get what I expect for the husband - the report of the court case, with the whys and wherefores.
However, when I reach the text in *this* report section referring to the wife, there is no sign of the civil court event. I have attempted to explain this to myself by saying that the civil court event has already been recorded in this "section" of the report against the husband, who is the principal, so FH does not repeat it. But...
3. If I run off a Narrative Report for Descendants of the wife, she comes first in the report, and I see what I previously expected - the full contents of the Witness sentence for the civil court event.
But then, when I reach the text in *this* report section referring to the husband, this time I see the full story for the husband - the report of the court case, with the whys and wherefores.
So.... in case (2) a full description appears for the husband (who is the principal) and nothing (later on) for the wife (who is the witness).
But in case (3) a full description appears for the wife (who is the witness) followed later on by a full description for the husband (who is the principal).
So it's almost like FH will, inside a report section, only print the narrative details against the first participant in the event. Except that, if a later participant is the principal, they will also get the full details.
Alternatively, I can phrase it that FH prints the text against the first participant, be they principal or witness - further down the section (whatever that means!), FH will only print the text against the principal.
I'm not complaining - I'm just trying to understand what happens and what drives whether the narrative description appears for someone or not. Comments or corrections?
Thanks