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Downloaded and Installed.
Clipboard now available in all graphic applications.
Thanks Dan for the fix.
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With the latest Beta version this is no longer possible [to do copy & paste]. Top Draw tells me that it "cannot access clipboard data". I cannot paste into Powerpoint either (no error message just - nothing). I have fixed the problem. Can you download Beta15b again (http://www.genopro.com/beta/InstallGenoProBeta.exe) and confirm the fix? Just curious - What changes have occurred in the graphic structure of the Genogram that prevents Copy and Paste into another graphic application - It worked back in August? Yes, I changed the way the metafile is stored in the clipboard. Originally I was suspecting a memory leak during a copy & paste operation. I changed the code and tested the new code on all my computers (95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista) with applications such as Word, Excel and Paint to discover it worked fine. (I don't have PowerPoint by the way). The documentation for the API SetClipboardData() is very sparse and does not explain the transfer of data ownership for the CF_ENHMETAFILE parameter. This is nothing new but the norm with Microsoft documentation. You have to find it out by yourself - or by a customer reporting a problem.
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Back in August I wrote:-
I've discovered that I can use my old Top Draw vector graphics program by selecting the required part of the diagram in Genopro and pasting into Top Draw with both applications open.
With the latest Beta version this is no longer possible.
Top Draw tells me that it "cannot access clipboard data".
I cannot paste into Powerpoint either (no error message just - nothing).
I can get around this by exporting an EMF that I can import into Powerpoint and then if necessary export a WMF that I can import into Top Draw.
Just curious - What changes have occurred in the graphic structure of the Genogram that prevents Copy and Paste into another graphic application - It worked back in August?
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Wow. This is the largest genealogy file I have seen so far. I am always fascinated by those large files for performance benchmark. By modifying the code to select rows in the Table Layout, I was able to reduce the processing time from 81 seconds to 15 milliseconds for a Gedcom a file having 65,000 individuals.
Such a file will be a good sample genealogy tree for the new AutoArrange of version 2.1. The new AutoArrange will be capable to create GenoMaps when detecting overlapping.
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Thanks for the compliments Dan and Howard.
It was just an example not a finished product - I have to develop a consistent style for the pages - this was an experiment.
I had just discovered that I could paste a selection from GenoPro Beta into my graphics program - I hadn't been able to that from v1.
My tree isn't so large just 260 individuals - I don't go too far back - just far enough to find a family or location overseas that was the origin for each branch.
At present I only need 5 or 6 generations to move from my little island in the Pacific to reach the UK (the source of all my branches).
And I'm only concerned with the direct line plus siblings - I don't stretch to descendants.
I recently made contact with a guy who claimed to have 400,000 individuals in his tree - Australian records are pretty good - I doubt if many on his tree are verifiable.
Howard - I followed your instructions - No doubt Expressions is a great program but I was a bit daunted by the 57Mb download !
My old Top Draw program comes in at under 2 Mb unpacked.
Thanks for your concerns but I think I'll stick with my powerful (if underweight) alternative.
I'm slowly working out an method (by layering) that seems to speed up the editing process.
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Barry, Microsoft implies that you have to be a registered user of an earlier version of Expression in order to download, but if you go past the NET Password log-in stage, you will find that you can download Expression with no problem. I do not have an earlier version and am able to use the downloaded version with no limitation (so far!).
I agree with Dan - your sample pdf is excellent.
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Wow, this is a nice PDF. You have a lot of work ahead of you if you do it for every family in your genealogy tree :wink:
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All of the above plus the ability to be able to edit the Genogram.
Rescale text, symbols and line widths.
Group and ungroup items, move, rotate.
Change text fonts, colours, add additional lines of text to names and birthdates.
Add place of birth and death to individuals, photos, maps etc.
I have to develop a style for the output - I'm working on it.
The rough example added as a link in an earlier post:-
http://users.tpg.com.au/btgraham/files/phelan.pdf
gives some ideas but I didn't go all the way and edit the Genogram so it could be displayed over the graded fill background - so the background behind the text was left white.
My intention is to produce family groups on separate pages in PDF files - like a book that can be opened in a web browser.
The reports produced by Genopro were excellent for early versions of Windows but they don't work so well with XP - which is why I'm trying to find an alternative using PDF files which can be read universally and present no problems within a browser.
For the moment I'll get by with Top Draw as my graphic editor.
Howard:-
I tried the link to Expression but I need to be a registered user of the earlier version to download. But thanks for the link.
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Just curious, what types of graphics you want to add to the genogram/family tree? Is it special text, images, arrows, curves?
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