chr. and bur. instead of b. and d.

Post by **Guest** » 17 Jun 2005 00:05

This has probably been asked before and, if so, I apologise.

At the moment my diagram output is set to give names and birth, marriage (if female) and death dates. The relevant code is:

%INDI.NAME%
{picture}
b. %INDI.BIRT.DATE:COMPACT%
d. %INDI.DEAT.DATE:COMPACT%
{if female} m. %FAM.MARR.DATE:COMPACT%

I'm quite happy with this for all post 1837 data, even if I have additional information such as christening and burial dates. However, for dates prior to this, the best I have is often only a christening date and burial date from the parish registers. Is there any way, possibly similar to the {if female} type of instruction where I can have, for example, 'chr. 2 Feb 1834' and 'bur. 4 Oct 1835' when the birth and death fields have not been completed?

I realise that I could set up a b, d, chr and bur text scheme that would only display the information where completed but I don't particularly want to display the chr and bur dates if I also have the b and d information for the individual.

Does that make sense?

Also, is there a list of all the keywords that can be used in the curly brackets?

Many thanks for any help,

Mark

(New to family history, FH and this forum!)

ID:952

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 17 Jun 2005 08:39

This is quite high on the wish list (you will need to sign in to view it).

So hopefully a few more votes will get Calico to put it in.

I haven't seen a list, I think there are just the two or three used in the sample text schemes.

mheball · Post by **mheball** » 17 Jun 2005 18:24

Thanks Jane. I have now registered and voted for this on the wish list. I would have thought it was fairly standard practice to display chr. and bur. info on a diagram when no b. and d. date is known. I was surprised that not more people were interested in the feature.

Regards,

Mark

dspivey · Post by **dspivey** » 22 Jun 2005 23:11

This exchange has prompted me to add my vote - perhaps others will join in too. It would be a v useful addition.
Diane

jstark · Post by **jstark** » 23 Jun 2005 17:58

I would like to vote for this, too, but... please, where is it?
Judith.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 23 Jun 2005 18:26

In the Wish List, click on search the wish list on the left and search for 'selection' the item you want is the If construct one.

jstark · Post by **jstark** » 24 Jun 2005 08:44

Thanks, Jane.
Found and done.
Judith.

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