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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] 5.04 Principal v. Role
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:27:33 -0500
References: <3E1226E6.7010006@reigelridge.com>
In-Reply-To: <000a01c2b126$3a3bdaf0$6eb52244@khnlic0umhcfd>


Linda Gaylord-Kuhn wrote:
>Unless it's a truly logical pair, like Bride/Groom, then it's one thing
>... but my project pairs oddball things like (in the burial tags)
>"Deceased" and "Priest" ... what's up with that?? Rhetorical question!

I'm guessing that this applies to some death-related tag (not in the Death
Tag Group) and that you have created these and other Roles. I am also
guessing that the "Deceased" Role will be used Principal #1 (and the second
Principal would be left blank) while "Priest" and other Custom Roles would
be used for Witnesses.

TMG will not allow a tag to use the Principal Role if one of the Principals
has a different Role assigned. Thus when you add a new Tag of this Type,
and change the Principal Role for Principal #1, TMG will change the
Principal #2 Role to something other than Principal -- either the next one
created or the next alphabetically or on based on the default Tag Sentence
for the "Deceased" Role [never paid much attention]. In such a case, you
need to change the Principal #2 Role to something else if you want to use
the "Priest" Role as a Witness. If you don't ever plan to enter anyone in
Principal #2, you might create a Role named "Empty". Then you can assign
that Role when needed.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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