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From: "David L. Hanna" <<A HREF="mailto:"></A>>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Use of "Primary" tags in reports
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 08:19:06 -0500


Thanks Lee, for the very helpful comments. I really appreciate your
contributions to this list, and thanks also for providing the TMG Help
that is available on your website.

Dave
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Lee Hoffman/KY wrote:
>
> David L. Hanna wrote:
> >One solution, that was mentioned on the list, is to create multiple tag
> >types with names like TaxList1, TaxList2, Migrate1, Migrate2, etc. Then
> >each tag type can have a "Primary" designation.
> --- clipped---
> >Another approach would be to use surety as the controlling factor in
> >determining what should be included, but that seem to defeat the main
> >purpose of using Primary designations for names and dates.
> >
> >I would like to know how are others are handling this situation? Any
> >suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> I use both methods. However, I use the Surety value more. The main reason
> for the Primary designation is for the reports which can only print a
> single date/place. For example, the Pedigree Chart provides for only one
> birth, marriage, death and burial data/place field per person. But with
> the narrative reports, it is really up to the user as to whether the
> non-Primary data should print.
>
> A third method is to mark the non-Primary tag Sentence with the Exclusion
> Marker. You can then decide to print excluded data or not.
>
> ----------
> Lee Hoffman/KY
> E-mail:
> My website: <http://www.users.mis.net/~lhoffman>;
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