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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Entering Sources
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:07:17 -0800
In-Reply-To: <LJECKLFMNLFFEIMDFGGDMEFCDEAA.w.prange@chello.nl>


Wim - You can even circumvent the output of Source Title if you remove the
variable from the Template. Rather than have a separate source for every
e-mail that I get from someone with whom I correspond frequently, I have
omitted both Document Title and Name from my templates. Instead I have used
the [CD] variable where the subject line (document title) would go in the
template. This way I can have a unique Primary Citation and Secondary
Citation which use the [CD] for the subject of the individual e-mail, and
then have one bibliographic format that shows that I have an "e-mail
compendium from xxx." This works well for me.

CheriC

-----Original Message-----
From: wim prange [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:59 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Entering Sources


Kathy

The name that you type in the "Pick List" etc. is *not* the name that is
used in output. You can design your own scheme for naming sources that is
more meaningfull to you and easier to use. For output Genbox takes the
"Source Title" and these can all begin with "[Document No. 001]" etc.

Wim

[ -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
[ Van: Kathy Hinckley [mailto:]
[ Verzonden: donderdag 6 maart 2003 4:50
[ Aan:
[ Onderwerp: RE: [GENBOX] Entering Sources
[
[
[ I discovered the problem which may help others and may be important for
[ Bill in upgrading the program.
[
[ 1. The "Add New" button continually refused to active, even when I
[ typed text in the second blank on the top of the Select Source Dialog.
[
[ 2. When I put some text in that box and then hit my tab button more
[ than once, the program crashed -- three times!
[
[ 3. I thought about Bill's comment, "You will also notice that the
[ source list is automatically filtered by what you type, so if there
[ already is a source with a name that begins with what you have typed, it
[ will appear in the list."
[
[ In this particular project, ALL of my sources begin with the phrase:
[ [Document No. 001], or [Document No. 002]. I begin all sources this way
[ because I'm preparing documentation for court and the documents go into
[ a notebook with numbered poly-vu sheets. This is also why I asked Bill
[ for freeform source entry -- the templates are frustrating and do not
[ generally work for my type of citations, etc.
[
[ I therefore just typed the letters xx (to test the feature) and lo and
[ behold, the "Add Source" button activated! So even when the third word
[ (and after) of my source title was different than others, it still would
[ not activate the "add source" button.
[
[ This is going to be a problem for other sourcing because if you cite
[ sources according to Evidence!, many sources begin with the persons
[ name. So, for example, You might type "John Smith, birth
[ certificate...." or "John Smith, death certificate..." And what about
[ census returns that begin "John Smith household..." Using my example
[ above with the document numbers, the "Add Source" button will not
[ activate either.
[
[ Can this be fixed, Bill?
[
[ On another note, I'm still not sure I'm using the source feature
[ correctly to NOT have to use the templates and merely type a complete
[ citation in Doc Title and then copying it into the Name field. I do not
[ use any of the other features. The reports are coming out okay. Am I
[ doing this right? I don't find a "freeform" feature.
[
[ Thank you to everyone who replied to my earlier plea.
[
[ Kathleen W. Hinckley, CGRS
[ Professional Genealogist & Private Investigator
[ Family Detective
[ PO Box 350877
[ Westminster, CO 80035-0877
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[
[ -----Original Message-----
[ From: William T. Flight [mailto:]
[ Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:05 PM
[ To:
[ Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Entering Sources
[
[
[ Hi Kathy,
[
[ Type a name for the new source in the second blank at the top of the
[ Select
[ Source dialog. As soon as there is some text there, the "Add New" button
[ will become active.
[
[ You will also notice that the source list is automatically filtered by
[ what
[ you type, so if there already is a source with a name that begins with
[ what
[ you have typed, it will appear in the list.
[
[ -- Bill
[
[ William T. Flight
[ http://www.thoughtfulcreations.com
[ ----- Original Message -----
[ From: "Kathy Hinckley" <>
[ To: <>
[ Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:14 PM
[ Subject: [GENBOX] Entering Sources
[
[
[ > I am a relative new user of GenBox and am having difficulty today
[ > getting the program to allow me to enter a new source.
[ >
[ > When I click on the box to add a source to an event, I get the "Select
[ > Source or Type New Name" window and the "Add New" option is not
[ active.
[ > I've tried everything and cannot find a way to add a new source. Can
[ > anyone help me?
[ >
[ > Kathleen W. Hinckley, CGRS
[ > Professional Genealogist & Private Investigator
[ > Family Detective
[ > PO Box 350877
[ > Westminster, CO 80035-0877
[ > (303) 422-9371
[ > http://www.familydetective.com
[ >
[ >
[ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
[ > CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, is a service mark of
[ > the Board for Certification of GenealogistsR, used under license by
[ > professionals who pass periodic competency evaluations.
[
[
[
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