New version 1.25
New version, 1.25
Like I said I am away until the end of august, but have managed to piece together a new version. New features include:
Save as box to save your gedcom file to where ever you want it. Default entry works just like current version, in same place as save file with same name but different extension.
Program should try to read your CK directory from the registry (read only so can’t change anything in there). If it can’t find it due to you having a different language or not having CK installed, it will fall back on the old method of asking you to select it and saving it in setup.ini
Attributes are now loaded and can be saved in the notes. Use the options menu as usual.
Colour Sets! Since I’m using this project to teach myself to program, I started messing about with graphical options. You can now set the colours of the program under Tools-> Colours. There are a couple of built in colour sets plus you can go into the colour set creator and make your own, which can be saved and loaded later (yes this is a pretty useless feature but it doesn’t take up significantly more space, and if you leave it alone it will act just like the current version.)
New cheesy ‘About’ window
You can now export an ancestor list using the radio buttons next to the Create File button. The descendent list is the same as in previous versions, but the ancestor list lets you export all ancestors of a given character. You can use the generations textbox to specify how many generations to go back. All normal options work as usual for this, except the export only male or only female.
The main thing I would like to get feedback on is what options you’d like to see for the ancestor list. The obvious one is export fathers side only or mothers side only but how exactly would be the best way to do this? Export only your father, then only his father, then only his father etc. or export only your father, then carry on as normal exporting all of his ancestors? Or export only fathers for a number of generations, then start exporting all ancestors?
Also if anyone has other ideas to improve it let me know. Because I'm away I won't be able to respond quickly to questions etc. but I will do eventually.
New version, 1.25
Like I said I am away until the end of august, but have managed to piece together a new version. New features include:
Save as box to save your gedcom file to where ever you want it. Default entry works just like current version, in same place as save file with same name but different extension.
Program should try to read your CK directory from the registry (read only so can’t change anything in there). If it can’t find it due to you having a different language or not having CK installed, it will fall back on the old method of asking you to select it and saving it in setup.ini
Attributes are now loaded and can be saved in the notes. Use the options menu as usual.
Colour Sets! Since I’m using this project to teach myself to program, I started messing about with graphical options. You can now set the colours of the program under Tools-> Colours. There are a couple of built in colour sets plus you can go into the colour set creator and make your own, which can be saved and loaded later (yes this is a pretty useless feature but it doesn’t take up significantly more space, and if you leave it alone it will act just like the current version.)
New cheesy ‘About’ window
You can now export an ancestor list using the radio buttons next to the Create File button. The descendent list is the same as in previous versions, but the ancestor list lets you export all ancestors of a given character. You can use the generations textbox to specify how many generations to go back. All normal options work as usual for this, except the export only male or only female.
The main thing I would like to get feedback on is what options you’d like to see for the ancestor list. The obvious one is export fathers side only or mothers side only but how exactly would be the best way to do this? Export only your father, then only his father, then only his father etc. or export only your father, then carry on as normal exporting all of his ancestors? Or export only fathers for a number of generations, then start exporting all ancestors?
Also if anyone has other ideas to improve it let me know. Because I'm away I won't be able to respond quickly to questions etc. but I will do eventually.