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From: Polly Held <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Omitting Attributes in Reports
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:16:04 -0400
References: <KLEHKLBKCGJNIPPLHNGOAEBLDBAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <KLEHKLBKCGJNIPPLHNGOAEBLDBAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>


Cheri,
I think I can shift my mindset :-) .
P.

Cheri Casper wrote:

>Polly - Don't think of the program as involved, rather think of it as
>feature rich. :) CheriC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Polly Held [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:23 AM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Omitting Attributes in Reports
>
>
>Ulrich,
>I tested this feature to see how it works, and the results were as you
>have outlined, with one exception.
>
>- not excluded in event + not omitted on content tab = sentence stayed in
>- excluded in event + not omitted on content tab = sentence was
>omitted*****
>- not excluded in event + omitted on content tab = sentence stayed in
>- excluded in event + omitted on content tab = sentence was omitted*****
>
>See the second and fourth scenarios above, which begs the questions (put
>forth to the developers and not you, Ulrich) for what purpose are the
>check boxes for omitting text attributes on the content tab for report
>creation? Are there text attributes somewhere within the program that
>can be omitted solely from that content tab? It appears that that option
>on that tab is useless if it requires the text to be excluded first in
>the event before it performs a function. If the check boxes for
>omitting text attributes on the content tab perform any task at all,
>they are redundant at best, since you have to first exclude the text
>attributes from the events themselves, and, to a new user of the program
>such as myself, the purpose of those check boxes on the content tab are
>then very confusing. However, perhaps there is some aspect of this
>feature that I am not understanding. <g>
>
>Thank you, though, for helping me. I appreciate all the help from you
>and the other listers as the program is quite involved.
>
>Polly
>
>Ulrich Thoma wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Polly,
>>
>>the attributes you want to omit are Text Attributes. And those
>>attributes are linked to a "defining event", therefore you must also
>>unselect the defining event, if you want to suppress the output.
>>
>>Here is the section from the helpfile:
>>
>>- Text attributes have a type and a text value. Text attributes are
>>linked to a defining event.
>>- Flag attributes are named check boxes. A check indicates the
>>individual "has" the attribute identified by the flag name.
>>
>>Only the flag attributes can be omitted by setting the attributes
>>output to "omit", the text attributes must be de-selected twice
>>(attributes and events)
>>I hope this helps.
>>
>>Ulrich
>>
>>
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Polly Held" <>
>>An: <>
>>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2006 13:23
>>Betreff: [GENBOX] Omitting Attributes in Reports
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>On the Content tab of the Descendant Narrative report view I am
>>>selecting for Attributes "Omit", however, the attributes are still
>>>showing in the report.
>>>
>>>ex. for myself :
>>>
>>>Polly had a total of 2 children. Polly had a total of 1 marriage.
>>>Polly was employed as a Secretary.
>>>
>>>Are not those three sentences supposed to be suppressed when I select
>>>omit the attributes?
>>>
>>>Polly
>>>
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