Re: [PAF] Non-member submission from ["Thomas B. Lerman" <Thomas@KeyScouter.com>]

["Thomas B. Lerman" <Thomas_Lerman@yahoo.com>]

Sorry, I sent it from the wrong e-mail address. If you would like to delete
that address, please feel free.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Rogers" <ed.rogers@innernet.org>
To: <paf@ufo.netsonic.fi>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 22:49
Subject: [PAF] Non-member submission from ["Thomas B. Lerman"
<Thomas@KeyScouter.com>]


> Thomas is a member of this list but is subscribed from his other account
at
> yahoo.com. For security reasons I screen messages sent to this list from
> addresses not subscribed to this list. I have added Thomas@KeyScouter.com
to
> the "ok" list so the next time a message is sent from that address it will
> go ahead and go to the list without my help.
> -Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas B. Lerman" <Thomas@KeyScouter.com>
> > To: <PAF@InnerNET.ORG>
> > Subject: PAF 5 problems / bugs
> >
> > I am experiencing the following problems (or bugs) with PAF 5 (both the
> > original one and the latest version that I just got the other day). I am
> > a programmer and have the "talent" for finding bugs. By the way, I say
> > to the programmers of PAF, great work. Please keep up the good work.
> > Anyway, here is my list (anyone seen any of these problems and know of a
> > workaround/fix/etc.???):
> >
> > 1)    PRINTING
> >     a)    Allow print reports (Individual, Family Group, etc.) based
> > upon records that have changed. Maybe parse through the changes log,
> > sort, remove duplicate IDs (keep RINs & MRINs), & print report(s) based
> > upon any record that uses the changed entry.
> >     b)    It is not clear if can print the other fields (physical
> > description, nickname, cause of death, etc.) in reports (Individual,
> > Family Group, etc.).
> >     c)    I know that I can print notes in a Family Group Sheet for
> > either everyone or just the parents. It would be nice to be able to
> > print notes for just the parents, but also for individuals that never
> > got married.
> >     d)    Printing a list of Family Group Records does not print ranges.
> > For example, "9,11-17,21-24,33,43,55,63" will NOT print "12-17,22-24".
> >     e)    When I print my Family Group Records, I found several
> > problems. I hope my interpretations of the problems are correct. i) When
> > the number of children causes it to go to a second page, the last child
> > on the first page is duplicated on the second. ii) When notes span a
> > page, it appears that blank lines are printed where text should be (they
> > appear correctly in a print preview). I have also seen lines duplicated
> > on both pages. iii) I have seen sources duplicated on two pages when it
> > barely fits on one page. Also, I have seen a line missing from the
> > notes.
> >
> > 2)    AUTO-BACKUPS: The auto-backup is very nice. I got used to doing
> > backups everytime when working on FIS / MIS. With "Backup prompt
> > frequency" set to 1, it SEEMS to prompt every other time rather than
> > every time as help indicates. I would like to backup everytime.
> >
> > 3)    MULTIMEDIA:
> >     a)    Include TIF w/LHZ compress image, got unsupported error. Could
> > not OK dialog until I change window focus and then change it back (bug).
> >     b)    It would be REALLY nice to be able to use the much smaller
> > compressed files (TIF w/LHZ compress).
> >
> > 4)    IMPORTING / MERGING: This has got much better with the newer
> > releases. However, I feel that some things could be done to make it just
> > a little easier.
> >     a)    On many of the fields, I know that I can choose what to move
> > and what to keep, but it would be nice to be able to view & edit other
> > things like the notes, events, etc. (all of the data).
> >     b)    If data is the same, then it would be GREAT if the checkbox
> > was not visible or enabled.
> >     c)    I am LDS and experimented with importing from a non-LDS
> > relative. The import put their NON-LDS baptism information as LDS
> > ordinances, which is incorrect.
> >
> > Thank you for your help,
> > Thomas Lerman
>
>
>
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