tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post594001824947084331..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: How did the RootsMagic 4 Source Citations Look in Legacy Family Tree 7?Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-90463894306543542722011-02-06T15:36:35.607-08:002011-02-06T15:36:35.607-08:00"I hope more people will speak up to let the ..."I hope more people will speak up to let the companies know that they would like to see this fixed."<br /><br />I'm not sure the software companies can fix the problem, at least not very easily. As I understand it, the issue is with GEDCOM, which is quite outdated and not designed to handle the EE style source citations. It is not a problem with Legacy or any of the other programs, per se.<br /><br />While I have not tried it recently, my experience is that citations developed in RootsMagic become more mangled when transferring to Legacy than do Legacy citations when they are transferred to RootsMagic. <br /><br />I would love to be able to use both programs, but have decided I will stick with Legacy at least for now because of this issue. I have never lost source data transferring to RootsMagic, but the information is not in the appropriate sequence.Connienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-37089990880918110232011-02-04T16:35:27.273-08:002011-02-04T16:35:27.273-08:00Randy, thank you for your work on this. I have bee...Randy, thank you for your work on this. I have been frustrated by the same problem when trying to export my information from Legacy into FTM and RootsMagic. I would definitely consider switching to a different program if that program would allow the source template information to transfer correctly when using a GEDCOM. I hope more people will speak up to let the companies know that they would like to see this fixed.Debbie Blanton McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565302178384332096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-5041384194269704692011-02-04T15:52:26.193-08:002011-02-04T15:52:26.193-08:00Randy:
The less than and greater than signs are ...Randy: <br /><br />The less than and greater than signs are special HTML delimiters.<br /><br />You should try replacing the less than sign with the four characters: &LT; (ampersand-L-T-semicolon), and the greater than sign with the four characters: &GT; (ampersand-G-T-semicolon). <br /><br />LouisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-16573550018120264642011-02-04T10:20:25.358-08:002011-02-04T10:20:25.358-08:00Randy, this is a great series of posts! It may be...Randy, this is a great series of posts! It may be highly technical and over the heads of many, but it's a very important thing to investigate and report on as it affects the ways we all share data. You've got the tenacity to do this. The BetterGEDCOM folks are watching your posts, so hopefully there will be some improvement down the road in the form of a new standard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407854481964964535noreply@blogger.com