Links to external multimedia file
Posted: 08 May 2013 19:36
My goal is to create a gedcom file as compatible as possible with other applications.
I use Family Historian because it seems reliable, but I found some difficulty using external multimedia files.
Actually FH in multimedia links puts a user-defined _FILE tag
that is not recognized by other applications and therefore images are not found.
FH strangely does not use the standard FILE tag
which is correct in GEDCOM 5.5 as specified in http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ... MEDIA_LINK
I just opened the gedcom in Notepad, replaced the various _FILE with FILE, imported in other programs (Family Tree Maker 2011, My Family Tree...) and images show up correctly!
But in this way the gedcom is no longer compatible with Family Historian, because FH does not recognize the standard tag FILE, which for me is really incomprehensible.
Is there a way to force FH to use the standard FILE tag instead of the user-defined _FILE?
Thanks
ID:6935
I use Family Historian because it seems reliable, but I found some difficulty using external multimedia files.
Actually FH in multimedia links puts a user-defined _FILE tag
Code: Select all
0 @O1@ OBJE
1 _FILE Mediafoo.jpg
FH strangely does not use the standard FILE tag
Code: Select all
0 @O1@ OBJE
1 FILE Mediafoo.jpg
I just opened the gedcom in Notepad, replaced the various _FILE with FILE, imported in other programs (Family Tree Maker 2011, My Family Tree...) and images show up correctly!
But in this way the gedcom is no longer compatible with Family Historian, because FH does not recognize the standard tag FILE, which for me is really incomprehensible.
Is there a way to force FH to use the standard FILE tag instead of the user-defined _FILE?
Thanks
ID:6935