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From: "Ronald Hamlin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Relationship calculator (2)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:46:45 -0500
References: <200402060127.i161Qvso015356@artemis.email.starband.net>


Wendell,
Thanks for the feedback. That is the answer that a couple others have
responded with. I haven't had an opportunity to get back to it to see if it
works, but I'm pretty sure it should, considering the sources.
Ron Hamlin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendell H. Wilcox" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Relationship calculator (2)


> Ron
>
> I just ran into what you are seeing. I think the answer is that when a new
> individual is added, TMG calculates the relationship for that one
> individual. If the relationship exists at that instant, it shows up in the
> tag. If it doesn't, then it shows no relationship. This only changes when
> the option is toggled off then back on. Then all the relationships are
> re-calculated. You don't have to check all the other people individually
or
> enter them in a particular sequence to get correct relationships to show
up.
>
> Wendell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Hamlin [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:34 PM
> To:
> Subject: [TMG] Relationship calculator (2)
>
> I'm a fairly new user of TMG and have been entering a lot of new data into
> my copy of TMG 5.11. I have recently turned the relationship calculator on
> and I have noticed that an incorrect relation (at least by my reckoning)
is
> calculated in the following instance:
>
> Parent A (direct relative) and Parent B (no relation) - if I create a
child
> "C" using parent "B" as the "primary(?)" parent (ie. while in the "Person
> View" on parent "B" and click the "Add Person" button, Parent "A" - the
> direct relative- as the *other* parent identified in the pop-up box) once
> child "C" is entered into the data, the relationship calculator displays
"No
> direct relationship."
>
> If I enter child "C" while in the person view for Parent "A" (direct
> relation), using parent "B" as the *other* parent, the relationship
> correctly calculates the relation.
>
> Am I incorrect in assuming that the relationship to me is the same no
> matter?
>
> I appreciate any feedback to this dilemma. I think I'm going to have to go
> back and look at all my previous entries to ensure that I've entered them
> "correctly" if my assumption is not correct.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Hamlin
> Athens, GA
>
>
>
>
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