What's New in V2.245 - released on 08 August 2007

Catalogue of Changes and Features in iFamily For Leopard
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What's New in V2.245 - released on 08 August 2007

Post by Keith Wilson » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:57 pm

What's New in V2.245

Colours
  • The user can now decide the colours to be used for the main window frame/toolbar and the modal dialogs and sheets.
Context Diagram
  • The mini pictures for each person in the Context Diagram can now be left clicked to invoke the Picture Editor.
The Active Source Function
  • A Source may now be made the Active Source. As you add new people or events iFamily then automatically adds a reference to the current Active Source. In the confirmation dialog you can add a Page Ref, Topic or Notes that are specific to that Source Reference (Citation).

    The user work-flow is as follows:

    Step 1. You find a new Source Document - eg a Marriage Certificate, a Census document, a Shipping List, a Family Bible, ....

    Step 2. You create a new Source and make it the Active Source.

    Step 3. You add people and events from the source document to your database, in the Context Diagram or in the Family/Events panes. As you add each new person or event a new Source Reference (Citation) is created and you can then add the relevant Page No, Topic, or Notes in the pop-up panel.

    At any time you may deactivate the Active Source or select another (existing) Source to be the next Active Source.

    If you have have existing people that need to be referenced to the Active Source you simply right click on them in the Context Diagram and select the pop-up menu item called Add a Reference to the Active Source. The keyboard shortcut for this menu item is the key "R" without a modifier key.

    If you have have existing events that need to be referenced to the Active Source you right click on them in the Events pane and select the pop-up menu item called Add a Reference to the Active Source[/

Events Dates Editor
  • Added an Events Dates editor to allow the user to quickly correct dates imported from Gedcom files. The main reason for this new function is because some Gedcom files can contain dates that are free format and do not conform to any recognised standard.

Ancestors and Descendants Diagrams
  • Added a right click pop-up menu item to "Contract around the bloodline to the root person".

Todo Dialog
  • Added a Clear button

Import from Gedcom
  • Corrected a minor error introduced in V2.235 related to handling accented European characters.


V2.245 was released on 08 August, 2007.

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