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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Indented Descendancy Narrative Report
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 09:48:35 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011231123526.00aa73d0@mail.eskimo.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20011231130908.00af2cb0@mail.eskimo.com>


Victoria, in the report general select prompt when generated. Delete
any focus criteria. What you have asked for is an IDNR for each
descendant of person #136. since you probably have not specified the
sort order the report generates a report for each descendant in ID #
order.

All you want is a report for ID # 136 and you will get all his/her
children.

bob gillis

Victoria wrote:
>
> Hi again
>
> I'm really muddled now. When I went back to the report, I see that #136 is
> the first person shown...then it adds in all the other people on separate
> pages, but not is any logical (to me) order. What I really _WANT_ is a
> descendant report that gives me my target person, then his kids, their
> kids, and so forth. Must be a different kind of report. Any idea what it
> might be? Or am I just setting up this one incorrectly?
>
> And I found the endnotes! Thank you.
>
> Victoria
>
> At 03:51 PM 12/31/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Victoria wrote:
> >
> > > But in trying to generate a report now, using the focus of Field=Is a
> > > Descendant of ... Operator=Person #... Value=an ID
> > > number...Connect=end...the same report is generated, no matter what ID
> > > number I use. I've tried it with ID numbers 1708 and 1710 but the report
> > > gives me the descendants of # 136, who is not a member of this family
> > > except by marriage...and is many generations removed.
> >
> >I don't know what's causing this, but it sounds to me like some sort of
> >corruption in the report definition file you are using. You might try the
> >following and see if they work. First, I'd select "Prompt when generated"
> >instead of filtered group - then enter the ID after you click Generate. If
> >that doesn't work, if you are not already using the Sample report - I'd go
> >back and make another copy of it and try that.
> >
> > > And where are the endnote?
> >
> >First, have you gone to Publication tools on the General tab of the Report
> >Definition screen and turned them on?
> >
> >If so, where are you sending the report? If you are sending it to screen
> >or directly to print the endnotes will be in a separate file. You need to
> >then run the Endnotes report after you run the Descendancy report. If you
> >are sending the report to a file, the endnotes should appear automatically
> >at the end of the document when you open the file in your word processor.
> >
> >BTW, if you want to see source notes in a report you send to screen (a
> >good idea for testing how your data will print) I find it best to specify
> >Embedded with parentheses instead of endnotes - that way you can see them
> >in a single report.
> >
> >Terry Reigel
> >
> >
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