Even though the two were divorced, in the pop-up window which shows when you hover the character it says: Wife to John (and Husband to Jane). There's no reason to show like that, because they are d...
Id #15491 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by marXman | Created: Aug 14, 2012 at 5:40 AM by marXman
Ignore
Id #15000 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Apr 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM by BAbdulBaki
I downloaded the latest exe patch and I'm getting -1 for all the tree list numbers.
Id #14992 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Apr 2, 2012 at 5:43 PM by BAbdulBaki
As mentioned in [discussion:348122], the sort by name in the family list was broken by the latest patch. The attached file, if applied to the latest patch, should fix the problem.
Id #14848 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by notonyournelly | Created: Mar 22, 2012 at 3:27 PM by notonyournelly
Current patch ID: 11791: Adding an unrelated person: The gender is always 'male'
Id #14846 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by Medlan | Created: Mar 21, 2012 at 7:13 PM by Medlan
I use the latest patch (ID: 11791). When exporting the data to html I'll get an empty document.
Also with the example windsor family
Id #14845 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by notonyournelly | Created: Mar 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM by Medlan
Add new description field to a person: Birthname
Add new status for partners: Unmarried
I didn't have a look to the code. Perhaps I'm able to add this features on my own.
Id #14844 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by Medlan | Created: Mar 21, 2012 at 7:10 PM by Medlan
The GED 'Prefix' tag (NPFX) is incorrectly read/written as the person 'Suffix'.
The GED 'Suffix' tag (NPSX) is not imported and thus is 'thrown away'.
This applies to "V4".
Id #14839 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by notonyournelly | Created: Mar 20, 2012 at 2:51 AM by notonyournelly
The "previous person" button doesn't work.
The fix is in People.cs, method 'Previous'. Change the line:
if (this.IndexOf(person) == i)
to
if (this.IndexOf(person) == i-1)
Id #14806 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Mar 9, 2012 at 7:50 PM by notonyournelly
Unfortunately, I don't have any more info that than. i imported a gedcom file then tried to save as a new file and it crashes. I guess it could be something within the gedcom.
Id #13872 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by spyhunter99 | Created: Jul 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM by spyhunter99
Entering family members some include Photos with stories while some I only enter stories. When I re-run the program and select past family for source and check for stories none apear, photos do ap...
Id #10945 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by HaavardMeling | Created: May 27, 2010 at 2:37 PM by pdqjohnny
The main view list box appears to be filtering names even when nothing is added. I have over 1,600 names and I have to go through a child or spouse to find some people in the list.
It would also ...
Id #10439 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Mar 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM by BAbdulBaki
Now that we have the option of creating unrelated people, it would be nice if we are able to find them. It would be nice if each person was assigned to a tree number so that we can tell who's who a...
Id #10433 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Mar 14, 2010 at 3:19 PM by BAbdulBaki
I seem to have a duplicate person (or ghost since he's tailing his other self). Is there a way to delete him? I don't see any delete option anymore.
Id #10427 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Mar 13, 2010 at 5:34 PM by BAbdulBaki
Input must be in US date format, but I'm not a US person.
Id #9964 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jan 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM by jbtibor
Create option for name display order (first last, or last first)
Id #9940 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jan 6, 2010 at 8:51 PM by jbtibor
During or after install a folder named Family.Show was created in My Documents.
Id #9939 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jan 6, 2010 at 8:47 PM by jbtibor
This is rather annoying, and as far as I know remembering last folder is built in functionality, so someone did some actual coding not to remember.
Id #9938 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jan 6, 2010 at 8:45 PM by jbtibor
I had a gedcom file open. I've clicked on New menu, and I had two options: save the open file or no. There was no cancel option, so the open file was closed.
Id #9937 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jan 6, 2010 at 8:44 PM by jbtibor
I've imported a gedcom file with Hungarian characters, and all were lost.
Id #9936 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jan 6, 2010 at 8:43 PM by jbtibor
Error in line 1052: result = DateTime.Parse(value, new CultureInfo("en-GB", false));
...
Id #9881 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Dec 30, 2009 at 10:36 PM by Einar
Is just me or choosing another language, whatsoever, produces no effect, nor in the opened program, nor in the next, as the advice say?
(v.4)
Id #9867 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Dec 29, 2009 at 10:57 AM by DSAzevedo
Some people have expressed an interest in translating the application into a localized version. This post contains a brief guide on how to translate Family.Show into additional languages.
Curren...
Id #9815 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by teole | Created: Dec 24, 2009 at 12:08 PM by elyoh
Hi,
after compiling the actual Source I added some translation to the German file, to make it more readable.
Have FUn,
KW
Id #9803 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Dec 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM by KilowattW
Hi,
i noticed several issues with the build 51712. First, if you change the theme to black. work on the family, exit the program. On the next start the previous selected theme is switched back to t...
Id #9745 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Dec 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM by cbartholo
I created these icons to use with Family.Show. I created both black and silver versions because since the default theme in version 4 is silver, I thought it might make sense to change the program i...
Id #9696 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by cartman005 | Created: Dec 14, 2009 at 3:10 AM by cartman005
For the silver (default) theme, the menu text become unreadable. Change them to black.
For menu items without icons, the text are not aligned with those that have icon. That would make it more...
Id #9659 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by cartman005 | Created: Dec 10, 2009 at 2:00 AM by BAbdulBaki
Where did the middle name go in version 4? It seems to have been combined with the first name which is a no-no since I have a combination of languages which screws up the order when not separated.
Id #9651 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Dec 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM by BAbdulBaki
It turns out, I don't have the .NET Framework 3.5 at work and I'm not an admin on my machine. I get the Blue Screen of Death each time. I wish it would fail gracefully. :-(
Id #9634 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Dec 8, 2009 at 5:31 PM by BAbdulBaki
when build Family.Show 3.0 and run the application on Windows XP, you will found it doesn't work as you hope.
1) build family show 3.0 and launch the application.
2) click Open... open the *.fami...
Id #9512 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Dec 2, 2009 at 1:39 AM by alexchcn
Attached is a pdf file with lots of annotated screenshots showing what I have done with the source code to suit it for my needs. Inspiration, perhaps, for other developers.
Id #8260 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by marXman | Created: Jul 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM by elyoh
When connecting to an existing member and using the filtering field, once you accept or cancel the connection and return to the main view, the list of names in the bottom right remains filtered. T...
Id #7977 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 2:21 PM by BAbdulBaki
Could you please add a field for "middle name" in the New Family Member dialog? As it is currently implemented, adding a middle name causes an extra step of having to add and then edit the individ...
Id #7877 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jun 11, 2009 at 8:43 PM by dblack
Hi,
Launch FS
Open the Windsor sample
on the right see the current person form (which is empty)
click the red 'delete' button
crash
Keep it up!
Id #7741 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: May 8, 2009 at 6:55 AM by LilKamisen
I stuffed up a relationship and now can't delete it, does anyone know how?
Id #7474 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Apr 16, 2009 at 4:59 AM by systematic
I would like to see the following features implemented:
Merge multiple GEDCOM files
Import multiple GEDCOM files to support the merge feature
A dupe check feature to "merge", clean up the merged f...
Id #7372 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by Exerp | Created: Mar 29, 2009 at 5:13 PM by shikarishambu
Just tried adding a story to a person. It crashed upon saving it, but was able to reopen it and the story wasn't there. When I opened the .familyx file in Notepad, I noticed that it was no longer...
Id #7359 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by DSAzevedo | Created: Mar 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM by BAbdulBaki
Printing out and saving to XPS would be much better if the background to the tree diagram was white not a dark or graded colour. Attached is an alternative skin which allows better printing with l...
Id #7345 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM by elyoh
Age is calculated for deceased people if no death date is specified. Whilst this is correct for living people, some one born in 1809 is not 200 years old now! Once some one is marked as dead, the...
Id #7344 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 24, 2009 at 1:22 AM by elyoh
There is a problem with deleting dates in the software. Once a date has been entered, it is not possible to delete the date. It is easy to enter a date in someone elses field expecially in list v...
Id #7343 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 24, 2009 at 1:10 AM by elyoh
There is a bug in Family Show relating to how it creates the file names of stories for the current Family.
If you create a new tree and add a story to a person, the program creates a .rtf file cont...
Id #7320 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM by elyoh
Great to see a new version of the Family.Show application. Thanks.
Yesterday I tried to open the application from several machines using the ClickOnce approach. When I try to open my version 2.0 ...
Id #7225 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by dhochee | Created: Mar 5, 2009 at 9:44 AM by overgaard
Hi their,
Thanks for version 3.0.
I am hopeing it supports the "Connect family" members without the application crashing down.
Steps that I have taken
Installed the v3.0 on a new computer ...
Id #7220 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 4, 2009 at 1:53 AM by wasay
In version 3 of familyshow I am experiencing a problem with Photos & Stories loss.
Take this scenario:
After a first time install of the program, you create a family tree and add some pictures...
Id #7217 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 4, 2009 at 12:17 AM by elyoh
Kudos on finally releasing a new version. It would be nice to know what user requests you implemented. The main page only says that you implemented some. Here are some issues I've seen.
You ad...
Id #7207 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Mar 2, 2009 at 7:23 PM by BAbdulBaki
I did a one click install of V3, when program ran it started then locked when I asked to open an existing file, I restarted and tried to open a new file, different error code and again it locked up...
Id #7160 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Feb 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM by jchowl01
When I try to import the GEDCOM file created by the latest version of Family.Show (Nov) into Ancestry.com's Family Tree maker 2009 it throws the Error
"GEDCOM file must be version 5.5 or greater".
Id #6968 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jan 25, 2009 at 3:03 AM by barryadwyer
It would be nice if there was an option to hide the main family name for all blood-relatives. This would make the tree better readable. Non-family members could still have their last name shown. ...
Id #6563 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Nov 7, 2008 at 7:53 PM by BAbdulBaki
The ages in the list view on the right continue even for deceased people. It should show their age up to the point they died.
Id #6486 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Oct 22, 2008 at 10:02 PM by BAbdulBaki
For a number of older or deceased relatives, I only know the year they were born. It would be nice if all dates were split into separate fields for DMY. Thanks.
Id #6411 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by cartman005 | Created: Oct 9, 2008 at 7:47 PM by BAbdulBaki
It seems that the DOB (month and day) for twins causes the second one added to show a ?/?. It would be nice if there was a special link for them and allowing the order of delivery.
Id #6306 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Sep 30, 2008 at 1:43 AM by BAbdulBaki
It would be nice if you can save multiple languages. I like to write the names in both English and Arabic. It would be nice if we can use one file for as many languages as we need.
Id #6254 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Sep 23, 2008 at 12:57 AM by BAbdulBaki
I wanted to send my family tree to my sister. After testing to see if the 'RelativePath' reference in the XML would actually be used, I discovered it wasn't.
If the FullyQualifiedPath isn't set on ...
Id #6014 | Release:
FamilyShow 3.0
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Sep 4, 2008 at 1:31 PM by PandaWood
An unhandled exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in Unknown Module.
Additional information: The type initializer for '<Module>' threw an exception.
Works fine on my ...
Id #5930 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by mscwd | Created: Aug 30, 2008 at 11:32 PM by mscwd
Add menu item to allow user to Print Diagrams and, perhaps, other visuals and information from Family.Show
Id #5720 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Aug 6, 2008 at 5:51 AM by Alcide
When I click on the "Birth" column header in the Family list on the right side of Family.Show, the sort order changes to that column, but as you can see on the attached image, it's not sorted on th...
Id #5639 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 23, 2008 at 12:23 PM by RedFeet
I really like Family.Show! It demonstrates well that complexity and simplicity can walk hand in hand.
The menu good be simplified even more, by leaving out the GedCom menu and adding the GedCom fil...
Id #5634 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 22, 2008 at 8:39 PM by RedFeet
I have updated my family tree up to 94 people and the system will just hang, using my processor but taking 30 seconds to a minute to move onto the next action. Typing entries is almost impossibly ...
Id #4999 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by logicchild | Created: May 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM by mrjsuperstarr
Hello,
I installed your software, and everything works fine except the date of the relationships (as you can see in the image).
Is there any font that is necessary to install? Why do I have this is...
Id #3277 | Release:
None
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jan 15, 2008 at 5:45 PM by Sphero
How do you print off a hard copy document?
Id #3105 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jan 5, 2008 at 2:42 AM by Hazman
Thank you for your work, your software is very nice, very funny and very easy to use! So I used it to generate a.ged file. But when importing the ged file (generated using FamilyShow->Export) into ...
Id #1854 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Oct 18, 2007 at 1:59 PM by fde
"A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."
I downloaded family show v2 and started developing our family ...
Id #1160 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Aug 31, 2007 at 10:44 PM by azulche
There is a bug, which sometimes results in a crash.
It's very easy to reproduce:
1) Create Mom and Dad
2) Create a Son
3) Try to create a Mother for this Son.
Id #949 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Aug 21, 2007 at 10:28 PM by undsoft
It is not currently possible to add currently defined people as spouse/parent to oother families.
Suppose we have created a family (father X1 and all the kids including i.e. D1). Now D1 is a spou...
Id #714 | Release:
FamilyShow 3.0
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Aug 6, 2007 at 3:17 PM by sazish
V 2.0 Install as Admin, then see if Limited User accounts can see and run the program.
Id #684 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by CraigRoberts | Created: Aug 4, 2007 at 5:09 PM by CraigRoberts
BUG REPORT:
There are at least two errors in the way that spouse relationships are adding during GEDCOM import. Specifically, cases where only one parent is known have problems. Also, I have case...
Id #621 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 30, 2007 at 8:05 PM by familytreefan
In Family Data expanded view if there is a scroll bar (a lot of people)
And you press on the “age distribution” to filter it, the scroll bar stays on bottom you don’t see all the people in the filt...
Id #583 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jul 27, 2007 at 5:17 PM by adminjew
When you change the time slider and in that specific time the person was still alive he\she should change to be filled like a live Pearson
Just a suggestion not sure if it is the right thing.
Id #582 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jul 27, 2007 at 5:10 PM by adminjew
Some optimizations for large families would be appreciated. I opened a GEDCOM file containing 19,000 relatives and it took 30 minutes to open and then performance was abysmal for anything else.
Id #455 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by BAbdulBaki | Created: Jul 20, 2007 at 11:04 PM by brenchld
As we move forward I would see most applications having a web presentation option. I would love to see the best practices of having an application like this written in Silverlight!
Id #451 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by marXman | Created: Jul 20, 2007 at 7:08 PM by schallm
The data that the application stores maps cleanly to the schema used for contacts in Vista, e.g. there's any contact can contain a PersonCollection that contains links to other contacts in the addr...
Id #436 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jul 20, 2007 at 12:11 AM by JoeCastro
If there are multiple digital photos for a person then use the EXIF data to extract the 'DateTaken' field and use that to display the nearest photo in age when the user changes the current year in ...
Id #430 | Release:
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| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by DBedarf | Created: Jul 19, 2007 at 12:54 PM by seanmcleod
The application crashes every time i try to change the skin. When i restart the change shows up. My system is a XP SP2. Thanks.
Id #429 | Release:
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| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 6:42 PM by S_K
What about reports and charts? Does Vertigo intend to add such features? I'd love to print pedigree charts, ahnentafel reports, etc.
Id #428 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by elyoh | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 2:58 PM by guercheLE
Dear,
Does Vertigo intends to localize this application? If so, I'd love to see it localized to brazilian portuguese. By the way, if help on translation is needed, do not hesitate on counting on ...
Id #427 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 2:50 PM by guercheLE
I usually input genealogical data in Family Tree Maker and export it to GEDCOM. The problem is that embedded photos and other other objects aren't exported. So I thought an direct import from FTM f...
Id #426 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by guercheLE | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 2:43 PM by guercheLE
When opening up the Windsor.family file and selecting Prince Charles then click on Photos & Stories the app crashes. The same thing will occur with various people. I've been able to reproduce on 2 ...
Id #425 | Release:
2.0 Update
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 10:57 AM by pstatho
We should create a hands-on lab that walks a developer through some of the key features of WPF in the context of Family.Show. For example, it could show how to extend the application with a new vis...
Id #423 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Feb 21 at 10:59 PM by michmela44 | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 3:36 AM by timsneath
I have a GED file I imported and the ivsualization is good, but the relationship to a previous husband did not come through. I tried to link the people manually and the system is not linking to an ...
Id #420 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 18, 2007 at 2:32 AM by Jazzynupe
My GEDCOM file has latin characters and ascii 160, but they are not being imported.
Id #418 | Release:
2.1 Orcas Update
| Updated: Jun 14 at 7:23 AM by elyoh | Created: Jul 17, 2007 at 10:23 PM by guercheLE