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Re: Media Files
peter hannaway
I couldn't work out what precisely the problem was. Peter
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Re: Ancestry Message service - update
John James
A Directly Ancestry Expert says "[...] My account hasn’t been updated to the new system yet either. It is my understanding that the remaining updates should occur within the next 2-3 months. I’m sorry for the delay.[...]" John
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Re: Modifying Records List
Nev Ramsden
Jane,
Thank you for this tip
Nev.Ramsden
From: Jane
Taubman
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 3:25 PM
To: family-historian@groups.io
Subject: Re: [family-historian] Modifying Records
List Right click on the Column
heading and select "Configure Columns"
Scroll down to the bottom
of the list on the left and select Other.
Click the >
button
Add a heading and then use
the Data Reference button to select the spouse and you should get
%INDI.~SPOU[1]>%
Then move the column to the
position of your choice.
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Re: Modifying Records List
Peter Do you mean the Tab on the left - the database icon under the spyglass? If so, right click on the headers and select 'Configure Columns...' then go to the bottom of the left column and select <Other> Give it a name and then with the <<Insert Data Ref button, find the Spouse/partner fact you want Best Wishes, Neil
On Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 15:18:07 BST, peter@... <peter@...> wrote:
I have been unable to work out how to add a column to the Records List which gives the name of the spouse. Can anyone help please? I have some names that turn up and fill a double length column in Records (William Williams abound) I can sort on DoB but in a few cases I don't have that. I have collected them partly as a result of going through pages of a particular Parish's Register, recognizing a couple and noting all their children and then repeating it looking for those children who died in the first 10 years in burials. It's so difficult in the 1700's without the help of a Census to try and link generations with any prospect of complete accuracy. Usually it can only be done if you can identify the farm or dwelling they lived in. Otherwise it's down to looking for similarities in the choice of Christian names for children It would be so much easier if I could look in Records and recognise immediately the couple I want, at least with the women there was usually a little more variety with their Christian names. Perhaps it's just not possible? A second question please. Many people lost children in the first 10 years. Is there an historian who knows whether Infant child burials were 'free'. Some families buried 5 or 6 children and the cost must have been formidable if they were as I believe living on the breadline. Peter Williams
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Re: Media Files
Tom Gray
Mike,
That explains things re the missing/corrupt files and gives me a better understanding of it.
Could you tell me how to get hold of and install your Plugin. It would certainly be much easier working from a list than trawling through the folder looking for the envelope items as I did.
The External File Links still does not open and I get the “An error has occurred. Unable to display dialog” pop up.
My Family Historian Projects\Name Tree\Name Tree.fh_data\Media folder tells me there are 6458 items. In FH on the File>File Statistics it tells me there are 6463 Media Records. If I can identify the 5 extras in FH with your Plugin would that possibly solve the issue with External File Link?
Tom
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Re: Table of Church fees 1884
Adrian Bruce
Interesting to see that the cost of a certificate of (not quite) BMD was 2s 7d in 1884 - *exclusive* of a search fee! According to the Retail Price Index, 2/7 in 1884 would be worth £13.21 today! (See https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/relativevalue.php ) Maybe we're not so hard done by! Adrian
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Re: Modifying Records List
peter@...
Mike
Thank you! and for the answer you gave someone else that I read this afternoon which reassured me that FH7 is still a WIP. I had heard nothing of it and thought it had been dropped. -- Peter Williams
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Re: Modifying Records List
peter@...
Jane
That's absolutely brilliant! Very many thanks. FH is an amazing program, especially for those who know their way around it. Thank you so much. Peter -- Peter Williams Researching Williams in Vale of Clywd, Kent in Hertfordshire and Suffolk, Rissen in Suffolk, Summers in Wivenhoe, Broadbent in Liverpool, Ward in Nuneaton, Whicker in Dorset, Gardner in Middlesex
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Re: Modifying Records List
There is an online guide to this feature in the FHUG Knowledge Base > Customise or Print Records Window Columns https://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:customising_record_window_columns
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jane Taubman
Sent: 12 May 2020 15:25 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Modifying Records List
Right click on the Column heading and select "Configure Columns"
Scroll down to the bottom of the list on the left and select Other. Click the > button
Add a heading and then use the Data Reference button to select the spouse and you should get %INDI.~SPOU[1]>%
Then move the column to the position of your choice.
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 15:18, <peter@...> wrote:
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Re: Media Files
Thank you for the explanation of how you cured the problem, which seems to confirm that those Media Files inside your Media folder were faulty.
The envelope icons will only be shown inside FH wherever Media Records are involved. Those icons will NOT be shown against any Media Files shown in Windows File Explorer.
The envelope icons are saying that the Media Record cannot open the Media File it is linked to in the Media folder. e.g. In the Media Record Property Box there is a File item such as Media\photo-abc.jpg That is referring to the Media File located at Family Historian Projects\Name Tree\Name Tree.fh_data\Media\photo-abc.jpg But if that Media File does not exist or is faulty then the Media Record cannot open it, so it shows the envelope icon instead. Does that make sense?
To answer your question, YES, my Plugin will list all such ‘missing file names’ that cause the envelope icon.
Is your Tools > External File Links command still not working? If so, then there is still some other Media File in your Media folder that is the cause. However, finding that problem file may be difficult.
Regards, Mike Tate
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Table of Church fees 1884
peter@...
This interested me and I thought I might share it for others. It's curious to see what the Vicar collected for a tablet or Memorial Window and I see that sounding the bell at Knell was not an act of Charity but earned the Sexton two shillings
 -- Peter Williams
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Re: Modifying Records List
Jane Taubman
Right click on the Column heading and select "Configure Columns" Scroll down to the bottom of the list on the left and select Other. Click the > button Add a heading and then use the Data Reference button to select the spouse and you should get %INDI.~SPOU[1]>% Then move the column to the position of your choice.
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 15:18, <peter@...> wrote: I have been unable to work out how to add a column to the Records List which gives the name of the spouse. Can anyone help please? --
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Modifying Records List
peter@...
I have been unable to work out how to add a column to the Records List which gives the name of the spouse. Can anyone help please?
I have some names that turn up and fill a double length column in Records (William Williams abound) I can sort on DoB but in a few cases I don't have that. I have collected them partly as a result of going through pages of a particular Parish's Register, recognizing a couple and noting all their children and then repeating it looking for those children who died in the first 10 years in burials. It's so difficult in the 1700's without the help of a Census to try and link generations with any prospect of complete accuracy. Usually it can only be done if you can identify the farm or dwelling they lived in. Otherwise it's down to looking for similarities in the choice of Christian names for children It would be so much easier if I could look in Records and recognise immediately the couple I want, at least with the women there was usually a little more variety with their Christian names. Perhaps it's just not possible? A second question please. Many people lost children in the first 10 years. Is there an historian who knows whether Infant child burials were 'free'. Some families buried 5 or 6 children and the cost must have been formidable if they were as I believe living on the breadline. Peter Williams
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Re: Media Files
Tom Gray
Sorry for taking so long in replying but I have been working on the issue.
Mike,
My media files are all within the Project. Family Historian Projects>name tree>name Tree.fh_data>Media I have trawled through this folder and there are no files (all 6,458) showing the blank envelope. In the Media List there are 46 media files with this issue. I have also checked and there are no unlinked media files.
Lorna,
Tried closing FH and re-opening but made no difference. Can open Tools but cannot access external file links Tried re-booting computer but made no difference cannot access external file links
I clicked on one of the problem files in Media list and get the “Parameter incorrect”. It will let me expand using the plus icon on the left and filenames are exactly the same as the one in both the media list and the Family Historian Projects>name tree>name Tree.fh_data>Media folder. If I go to the Focus Folder and the Media tab of the individual the “Parameter Incorrect” file is relevant to and click on it, as it has the same filename, I can see it displayed in the window below. Go to that filename in the Media list and it is shown as the envelope type icon and clicking on it gives the Parameter incorrect message.
I have now managed to fix all of the 46 media files showing the Parameter message. I tried various options which I can detail for you if you think it would be useful to others or in finding what has caused this issue, however what has worked for me follows.
I made a copy of the problem file from the Family Historian Projects>name tree>name Tree.fh_data>Media folder and saved it in a separate folder out with FH. I used the Downloads folder. Most of the problem files I had are in TIFF format. I then deleted the problem file from the Family Historian Projects>name tree>name Tree.fh_data>Media folder and the Media list. So deleted from FH entirely. I then opened the saved file in a photo editing software and saved it as a JPEG instead of TIFF with the same filename. I now had a JPEG and a TIFF file in the Download folder. With the appropriate record that the file belonged to open in the Media tab I dragged the JPEG version on to the FH icon in the taskbar and added to the record. This creates a new media number file and it displays correctly. I then deleted the JPEG and TIFF files from the Download folder.
There were 5 or 6 JPEG files out of the 46 giving the Parameter message and as they were already JPEG format I did not go through the photo editing part but instead dragged them on to the FH icon and added them to the relevant record. This did not work. When I checked, despite it being a new file added to the Media list, it was still showing the envelope icon and giving the Parameter message. I then repeated the process but included the photo editing part. In effect saving a JPEG file as a JPEG file with the same name. When dragged on to the FH icon and added to the relevant record it displayed perfectly and no longer showed the Parameter message.
A word of caution. If the problem file is one with links to several individuals such as a census record, all the links need to be re-established as the original has been deleted so have all the links.
I would stress that I am not very technically minded and there may well be a much easier way to resolve the problem. I was simply trying out various options and those described are what worked for me. I do not know if the External Links would help as a) I cannot access it and b) I have never used it.
Mike. You mentioned a Plugin you created. Would it pick up these files showing the Parameter Incorrect error?
Tom Gray
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Re: Media Files
Tom, That error message has cropped up in the FHUG Forums a few times before. It indicates that a particular Media file (or two) have corrupt meta-data, usually due to a faulty download. Downloading the file again usually resolves the problem, but in your case identifying the file may be difficult.
Where do you keep your Media files? Are they within the Project structure in its Media folder, or are they scattered elsewhere over your disk?
This missing file broken link problem has recently arisen again in the FHUG Forums. I have written a Plugin to list all the missing files rather than having to search the Media Window or the External File Links dialogue.
As Lorna says, the problem is caused by Media files being renamed, moved or deleted so FH cannot find them.
Regards, Mike Tate
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Gray via groups.io
Sent: 10 May 2020 14:30 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Media Files
Lorna,
It looks as though I may have a bigger problem. On clicking on Tools and selecting the External Files Links I get the pop up message “An error has occurred. Unable to display dialog” I have never used the External Files Links before
Tom
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Re: Media Files
Tom, I have never seen that message before, and hopefully it is
only a temporary glitch. Try closing FH and re-opening it. If
the problem persists then (as a last resort) try re-installing
FH. I am also puzzled that when you click on the thumbnail in the
main Media window you get a message saying “The parameter is
incorrect” because normally this would open the Media Record tab
in the usual way but with "File not found" displayed. You would
then be offered options to let FH search for the file or open the
'Work with External File Links' tool or search manually. However you may be able to solve your problem another way. In the Media tab of the main Records Window, locate one of the Media records for which you know the image is not displaying. Click the 'plus' icon to the left of it to expand the record. The File line will show the file name FH is looking for, and the file path (probably in the Media folder of your project). Does it look like a valid file path? Try the 'search' tool on your computer (if you are using windows 10 it will probably be bottom left, magnifying glass icon) to search for a file with the name FH is looking for. If it exists but is is the wrong place it can be moved to the location where FH expects it to be. If you can't find the file at all it must have been renamed or deleted. Lorna
On 10/05/2020 14:29, Tom Gray via
groups.io wrote:
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Re: Media Files
Tom Gray
Lorna,
It looks as though I may have a bigger problem. On clicking on Tools and selecting the External Files Links I get the pop up message “An error has occurred. Unable to display dialog” I have never used the External Files Links before
Tom
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Re: Media Files
Tom, This indicates that Family Historian cannot find the file in the
original location where it was when it was first linked. The file
has either been renamed or moved or deleted. The solution to fix the problem depends on which of these things
has happened. If the file has been renamed, use Tools>External
File Links to open the Work with External File Links window.
Locate the problem media record in the list, where it will
have a cross beside it. Click on it to select it, then click Edit.
You can now change the file name (the name which FH is looking
for) to match the name of the file on your computer. If the file has been moved, you may be able to locate it using the Auto Repair Links button in the Work with External File Links window. For further guidance click the Help button in the same window. If the file has been deleted completely you will need to make/download a new one. Lorna
On 10/05/2020 12:24, Tom Gray via
groups.io wrote:
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Re: Media Files
Robert
Tom, this happens to me all the time, I’m forever moving files about, and have several copies of the same file - I usually delete the wrong one by mistake, which puts me in the position you are in now.
easily resolved, by placing the file back in its folder, then drag-and-drop into the media block you are in. Then just delete the old link. Hope this helps
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Media Files
Tom Gray
Any advice on the following? I have noticed that quite a few of my media files are now showing as a blank box with a diagonal X in it. In the focus window individual media tab I can click on a record and see the media in the lower pane. In the preview alongside their name it shows as a envelope for want of a better description Have attached a screenshot Focus Screen.
In the main Media View the same media record also shows as an envelope. Clicking on it produces the pop up box with the message “The parameter is incorrect” I have attached a Screenshot Media List.
Any ideas A) why it has happened? B) how to resolve it?
Tom Gray
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