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From: Gordon Banks <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Automatic "relation" tag - Opinions wanted
Date: 01 Jun 2003 12:21:06 -0700
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I would like such a tag or a way of automatically generating a tag
containing that information. I have a project of over 11,000 people and
I haven't notice any performance problems at all, even with 4 different
accent colors turned on as well as the relationship calculator.

I'm running Win 2000 with an Athlon 1350 MHz processor.

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 15:38, Richard Brogger wrote:
> Automatic "relation" tag
> When checked, a tag in the Person View will identify the blood
> relationship of each person in the data set to the target person. It
> will also include adoptive or foster relationships if the relationship
> between parent and child is primary. The default for this feature is
> OFF, and the Focus ID is 0 (zero).
>
> NOTE: Using this feature can take a while if you have a large project.
>
> Wholly Genes, Inc.
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> The NOTE is referring to the fact that the Relation tag is calculated
> on the fly. The larger the Project is, the longer it takes to
> calculate all possible blood relationships.
>
> I suspect that most folks who use this feature, set it for a focus
> person and leave it set. What if TMG5 made the resulting tag semi
> permanent?
>
> Let's say that an option to 'Make tags' were added. With that option
> checked, the tags would be included in a table and not need to be
> calculated each time. Other options would also be needed. For example,
> you might want to set someone else as the focus person. You would then
> need the options to add another Relation Tag, or replace the existing
> Relation Tag. If the later choice, which Relation Tag(s).
>
> If the Relation Tag were generated with P1 as the focus person and P2
> as the person in Person View, that would mean that P1's Person View
> could contain hundreds of Relation Tags. I can think of times when it
> would be nice to view those Relation Tags but most of the time they
> would be in the way, therefore another option would be needed to
> Toggle whether their display is On or Off for P1's Person View.
>
> In addition to being faster, I think it would be neat to have two or
> three Relationship Tags each Person View that might show something
> like:
> * Relation > grandniece of Joe Blow
> Relation > 6th great-granddaughter of Ima Breeze
> Relation > 4th cousin 1 time removed of Lotta Wind
>
> Is anyone interested enough in this change/addition to make it a wish?
>
> Richard Brogger
>
>
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