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From: Elizabeth Churchett <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Terry Reigel redo
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:04:54 -0600
References: <BEEAKIEJGJOBMDKKNCMBCECNEEAA.carltonb@cox.net> <3DEC07C2.3000904@austin.rr.com>


Of course, an easier way to add the custom source elements State and
County would be to simply go to the Tools menu, select Source Elements,
and add them that way. I personally think I would choose to add any
custom source elements first, then create the new source. That way I'd
have a check on myself--if I got any messages that the new source type
contained unrecognized elements, I'd know I'd left something out or had
a typo or something.

--Elizabeth

Elizabeth Churchett wrote:

> Carlton,
>
> I just followed what you had done and think I know what you are
> missing. See below.
>
> --Elizabeth
>
> Carlton Brooks wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I went to Master Source List
>> Clicked Add
>> Clicked Add again
>> Now I am at Add Source Type
>> I name my source type Census 1930
>> Go to full footnote and cut and paste your full, short and biblio.
>> Click ok
>> It then says FULL FOOTNOTE FIELD CONTAINS AN UNRECOGNIZED SOURCE ELEMENT
>> [COUNTY] and it then goes through all the tags that have problems,
>> for full,
>> short, and biblio.
>>
> All good and same thing happened for me. This happens because you
> have not yet created the custom source elements for county and
> state--see my comments below for how I did this step by step.
>
>> I click continue on each, it then brings me to the source definition
>> screen.
>>
>> In the boxes unter the title are where you can set items, like county
>> and
>> state.
>>
>> Well they don't show up. This is what I need to create, and was my
>> originall
>> question. How do I create them?
>>
> Terry does say on his page you are referencing that you will have to
> create custom source elements for county and state; he just doesn't
> give detailed instructions on how to do it. Here's what I did:
> --when you're at the source definition screen, as you've described
> above, click on one of the empty box labels where you want to see
> county and state appearing
> --a Source Elements box will appear--click on Add
> --enter County as the label
> --then you must put it into a group (see Terry's article
> http://www.reigelridge.com/tmg/Sources%20-%20Creating.htm for further
> explanation if desired); I put this into the Location group and then
> clicked ok
> --after saying ok, you should be back at the Source Elements box
> again--click Add again and enter State as the label this time
> --now you have to select a group for State--you must NOT put it into
> the same group as County, since only one element from each group can
> be used--thus I put State into the Second Location group
>
> Now when you create a new source using the Census 1930 source type,
> those fields should appear. I just did this (using 5.04) and it
> worked all right for me. If it doesn't work for you, speak up as I
> may have miscommunicated something.
>
> --Elizabeth
>
>> Thanks to everyone for the help.
>>
>> Carlton W. Brooks o?o ()
>> Mesa, AZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
>> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 4:22 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [TMG]
>>
>>
>> Carlton Brooks wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am creating a new Source Citation Detail.
>>>
>>> Have entered the following [STATE] [COUNTY]
>>>
>>> When I save the source it gives me an error saying that the state and
>>>
>>
>> county
>>
>>
>>> are not listed.
>>>
>>> Now, when I go to the screen to enter the state and county it asks
>>> me what
>>> group it is similar to, how do I answer it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sounds like you are defining a new source, rather than a Citation
>> Detail. And it appears that you are trying to create new Source Elements
>> for State and County. Is there some reason you need custom Source
>> Elements? Or perhaps you are really trying to do something else and
>> using the wrong field? If you tell us more about what you are trying to
>> accomplish perhaps we can be of more help.
>>
>> Terry Reigel
>>
>>
>>
>>
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