Changed parents now can't enter dates??

barbaramac · Post by **barbaramac** » 07 Oct 2009 12:00

I changed the parents of one person in tree FHv4 now I can't add any dob or dod's where did I go wrong?[confused]

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 07 Oct 2009 12:50

Can't think of a reason for this.

Where are you trying to enter them? What are you seeing on the screen and what error are you getting?

barbaramac · Post by **barbaramac** » 07 Oct 2009 23:52

In Main tab in Birth space nothing will type, press keys and nothing happens, when I click the little tab with 3 dots at end of birth space menu appears: Date entry assistant
Gregorian :None , Approximate..
Calculated and Estimated
As I do know the date of birth I feel none of the above apply!!

Bilko · Post by **Bilko** » 08 Oct 2009 12:11

Hi Barbara,

The calendar we are all using now is the Gregorian, and the box you have described is the correct place to enter the Birth Date.

It's possible a bit of confusion with the Julian calendar (which is another option for the Date entry assistant.

Hope this helps

Bilko [smile]

barbaramac · Post by **barbaramac** » 08 Oct 2009 21:55

I have just opened up FH again to try entering dob this time no menu pop down and will only all me to type 6 digits in the space. Went into tools to see if I could get to the date entry assistant but can't see it. What is my correct step now??

barbaramac · Post by **barbaramac** » 09 Oct 2009 02:54

Jane & Bilko,
Still trying to make sense of this problem have been into the date entry assistant again, GREGORIAN is seledted but I still can't enter a date no matter what I select on the assistant tab : none/ approximate/ calculated or estimated nothing can be put into these spaces. When I close the assistant a menu pops up saying 'The year field is mandatory'. What more can I do to fix this as I can't get going with anything else now.
Barbara[cry][cry]

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Oct 2009 07:48

Can you screen shot the dialogue and post it here so we can see what you are seeing please.

It should look like this

ADC65 · Post by **ADC65** » 09 Oct 2009 09:24

I know this is a very long shot, but you have got the 'Num Lock' key selected haven't you?

barbaramac · Post by **barbaramac** » 09 Oct 2009 11:03

Jane thats the menu I was getting.

Adrian,

Long shot it was...but correct,I somehow
did not have num lock on which I always do have it on.
Thanks to all who helped sorry for making such a stupid error.
Barbara [smile]

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