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From: Judy in Ocala <>
Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Using FTM 16 as a pseudo "plug-in" for FTM 2008?
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:10:13 -0400
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Well, it's a very clever work-around. if I ever get my copy of 2008, I'll try it out.

Judy in Ocala

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Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Using FTM 16 as a pseudo "plug-in" for FTM 2008?

That isn't the way it seems to work. There is no reason for the report to go bye-bye. The people are just another formatting variable. Have you ever created a book and added images to it and later delete some of the images? The book simply tells you it can't find the images but continues formatting the book without the images. Same thing happens with people.

I don't think the reports use pointers per se for the people. I suspect they use the individual record ID which in FTM 16 and earlier just happens to be the same as the individual Reference number which is transferred in the GEDCOM file. If a reference ID specified for the report cannot be found that individual is simply bypassed.

You can't generate a report or book until at least one individual is in the file. I haven't tried this but I suspect that if you added only one person who was not in the previous copy of the file, you would simply get an empty report.

BJ


---- Judy in Ocala <> wrote:
> I wondered if something like that would be possible, but I didn't actually try it. I expected that if you had, e.g., a register report in your book for Uncle Buck and then removed Uncle Buck from the database, that the register report would either go bye-bye or be non-functional.
>
> Also, do you know what pointers are involved in connecting a book item to an individual? I would think that if you delete your original set of individuals and then reimport them from 2008 that you'd be creating a whole new set of pointers that might not necessarily do what you want.
>
> Judy in Ocala
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:46 PM
> To:
> Cc: Judy in Ocala
> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Using FTM 16 as a pseudo "plug-in" for FTM 2008?
>
> I think this is a work around for that problem.
>
> 1. Make a copy of your FTM 16 file.
> 2. In the copy, delete all of your individuals. This will give you an empty file with all of your reports and books setup but just not populated i.e. no data.
> 3. When you get ready to import your GEDCOM file created in FTM 2008, make a copy of the empty file and import the GEDCOM file into the empty copy. Now the reports and book will be populated.
>
> I tried this in an experiment earlier and it worked for me but you should try it yourself to check to ensure everything is formatted properly.
>
> BJ
>
>
> ---- Judy in Ocala <> wrote:
>
> > The only problem I see is that you will have to redefine what is to be
> > included in your books every time you import a new GEDCOM. This would
> > include any formatting you had previously applied to those items: page
> > layout, font, color, box style, etc. etc.
>
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