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Dots in Pedigree Chart


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By powery - Monday, October 24, 2011
Hello,

I have these tags:

<FmtY>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy</FmtY> in FmtDateDefault

<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.MMMM.yyyy</FmtDateShort>

<PedigreeChartDetails T="-[ * [{0}][{1}]][{!0|2} - ][ + [{2}][{3}]]"/>

If the date is only year, then is the output with two dots.

- * ..1904 + ..1954


How to remove it?

The desired output is:


- * 1904 - + 1954


Thanks
By powery - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Nobody knows?
By GenoProSupport - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
What about <FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy</FmtDateShort> which will only display the year, therefore not trying to display the two dots.
By genome - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Try setting the tag PedigreeChartDate in Dictionary.xml to T="d" to indicate short date format.  In the English Dictionary it is set to T="[|~|&lt;|&gt;]dd MMM yyyy" which I believe overrides the this.

According to the comments in Dictionary by Genopro 
<!-- Short and long date formats are only taken if day month and year are known, otherwise the default date format is used -->
<!-- date.ToString("d") -->
<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy-MM-dd</FmtDateShort>    <!-- 2006-01-31 --> 
<!-- date.ToString("D") -->
<FmtDateLong>[|about |before |after ]dddd, MMMM D, yyyy</FmtDateLong>   <!-- Monday, January 31st, 2006 -->

The Report Generator should only use the short date format if day, month and year are present, otherwise the default formats FmtY FmtYM and FmtMD should be used.
By powery - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
If the tag FmtDateShort is set to "yyyy", then is the the information lost, if day and/or month is set. Not good.

If the tag PedigreeChartDate is set to "d", then looks the output like 19.srpna.1762. Not good.

I would like to have this pattern for dates (19.6.1877) in chart, but not in other dates. Any ideas?





By genome - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
To have a numeric month set 
<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.MM.yyyy</FmtDateShort>
or 
 
<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.M.yyyy</FmtDateShort>
to supress leading zeroes

see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx for more details on date format strings.
By powery - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
No success Sad

I would like to recapitulate this:
<PedigreeChartDate T="[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.M.yyyy" />

<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.M.yyyy</FmtDateShort>


And the output in pedigree chart is still wrong, if only year is set in date field. It's ok for the full date with day, mohth and year and the date with month and year.
The wrong output looks like:

* ~..1804 or * <..1804 or * >..1804





By genome - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
No you need
<PedigreeChartDate T="d" />
for the reason explained earlier Wink
By powery - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
But if it' set as above, the date to the output is preset only if it's full date. And no ~>< are preset.
By genome - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sorry, yes this is a bug and GenoProSupport needs to take another look at it.  Perhaps I should have done some testing myself before replying rather than assuming the comments by GenoPro in the Dictionary were correct i.e. the comments preceding the FmtShortDate/FmtLongDate

<!-- Short and long date formats are only taken if day month and year are known, otherwise the default date format is used --> <!-- date.ToString("d") --> <FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy-MM-dd</FmtDateShort>    <!-- 2006-01-31 -->  <!-- date.ToString("D") --> <FmtDateLong>[|about |before |after ]dddd, MMMM D, yyyy</FmtDateLong>   <!-- Monday, January 31st, 2006 -->

are not correct because the default date formats are not used when day or month are not present.  i.e. date.ToString("d") produces no output if 'date' does not have a day and/or month.


By powery - Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thanks, it was not easy to explain it Wink
By Alex - Wednesday, November 2, 2011
"...The desired output is:

- * 1904 - + 1954  ..."

I do so:
<FmtY>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy</FmtY>   
<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]yyyy-MM-dd</FmtDateShort>
In English dictionary:
<PedigreeChartDetails T="-[ b.[{0}][{1}]][ d.[{2}][{3}]]"/>
In my Russian dictionary:
<PedigreeChartDetails T="([р.[{0} -][{1}]][- ум.[{2}][{3}]])"/>

Result (see http://familytrees.genopro.com/Alex/Ancestor/ ):
(р.1796 -- ум.22 дек. 1882)
(р.1798 -- ум.<  1858)
(р.27 сен. 1880 -- ум.14 апр. 1941)
(р.1858 -)
(- ум.<  1834)

Сhange 'р.' and 'ум.' on '*' and '†' :
<PedigreeChartDetails T="([* [{0} -][{1}]][- † [{2}][{3}]])"/>

Result:
(* 1796 -- †22 дек. 1882)
(* 1798 -- †<  1858)
(* 27 сен. 1880 -- †14 апр. 1941)
(* 1858 -)
(- †<  1834)
By powery - Wednesday, November 2, 2011
No success, but you can change
<PedigreeChartDetails T="{&#32;}[[* {0}][{1}]][{?0^2}{?0^3}{?1^2}{?1^3} &#8211; ][[† {2}][{3}]]"/>
for better look Smile





By Alex - Thursday, November 3, 2011
Symbol ( * ) is used in note for Ancestor Pedigree Chart:

... *There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated...  Smile
By Alex - Thursday, November 3, 2011
And I do not see this bug (two dots) in English and in Russian Reports after similar change in English and in Russian dictionary:
<FmtDateShort>[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.MMMM.yyyy</FmtDateShort>
<PedigreeChartDetails T="-[ * [{0}][{1}]][{!0|2} - ][ + [{2}][{3}]]"/>


By powery - Thursday, November 3, 2011
It depens also on the tag PedigreeChartDate. In English dictionary is defined as <PedigreeChartDate T="[|~|&lt;|&gt;]dd MMM yyyy" />. There are not two dots, but two spaces instead (on the picture by the Unknown person). In Czech is the tag defined as <PedigreeChartDate T="[|~|&lt;|&gt;]d.M.yyyy" />. And that why two dots.

* is also the symbol for born, I must change * as next generation mark to another Wink