MS Access genealogy database

[Paul Blair]

It's rather surprising that Microsoft has not written/commissioned a
full blown genie program for its Access database.

But, a couple of years ago, I did find an (unfinished) outline on one of
their sites. Ruefully, I can't recall where it was, but I have a copy
here. The file is about 3Mb (empty).

The GEDCOM import is slow, and does not always do a good job - it needs
some refinement. It also uses an ActiveX control, Treeview, to make a
small "tree" of a person's ancestors, something that makes navigation
easy. It appears like the directory tree in Windows Explorer.

I'd like to use the tree on a CD, but as the GED import is a bit
erratic, the results are not "true". If anyone would like to play around
with the code, I'd happily e-mail them a copy.

Paul Blair

[Sherry]

Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

It's rather surprising that Microsoft has not written/commissioned a
full blown genie program for its Access database.

But, a couple of years ago, I did find an (unfinished) outline on
one of their sites. Ruefully, I can't recall where it was, but I
have a copy here. The file is about 3Mb (empty).

The GEDCOM import is slow, and does not always do a good job - it
needs some refinement. It also uses an ActiveX control, Treeview, to
make a small "tree" of a person's ancestors, something that makes
navigation easy. It appears like the directory tree in Windows
Explorer.

I'd like to use the tree on a CD, but as the GED import is a bit
erratic, the results are not "true". If anyone would like to play
around with the code, I'd happily e-mail them a copy.

Paul Blair

If you want an Access based genealogy program, why not just use Legacy?

Why would MS want to write a genealogy program? That's not their market
focus. It's office productivity and games. I do vaguely recall a
genealogy template they had on their office.microsoft.com website, but it
left a lot to be desired.

Sherry

[Paul Blair]

Sherry wrote:

Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:


It's rather surprising that Microsoft has not written/commissioned a
full blown genie program for its Access database.

But, a couple of years ago, I did find an (unfinished) outline on
one of their sites. Ruefully, I can't recall where it was, but I
have a copy here. The file is about 3Mb (empty).

The GEDCOM import is slow, and does not always do a good job - it
needs some refinement. It also uses an ActiveX control, Treeview, to
make a small "tree" of a person's ancestors, something that makes
navigation easy. It appears like the directory tree in Windows
Explorer.

I'd like to use the tree on a CD, but as the GED import is a bit
erratic, the results are not "true". If anyone would like to play
around with the code, I'd happily e-mail them a copy.

Paul Blair





If you want an Access based genealogy program, why not just use Legacy?

Why would MS want to write a genealogy program? That's not their market
focus. It's office productivity and games. I do vaguely recall a
genealogy template they had on their office.microsoft.com website, but it
left a lot to be desired.

Sherry

From time to time, I do use Legacy to generate Access tables for me.

But my family doesn't want all the business of a genie program. They
prefer a simple representation of their part of the tribe, with the
least fuss and bother. So, Treeview is useful. Almost essential for the
mob.

Perhaps Legacy could incorporate this? It is a bit short on in the
graphics department.

Paul Blair

[Sherry]

Paul Blair <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

<snip>

From time to time, I do use Legacy to generate Access tables for
me.

But my family doesn't want all the business of a genie program. They
prefer a simple representation of their part of the tribe, with the
least fuss and bother. So, Treeview is useful. Almost essential for
the
mob.

Perhaps Legacy could incorporate this? It is a bit short on in the
graphics department.

Paul Blair

You're referring to a drop-down box chart? On the list of things to do,
however the add-on program, TreeDraw Legacy, creates really nice
charts.

Sherry

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If anyone would like to play around with the code, I'd happily e-mail them
a copy.

Paul Blair

Thanks, please send to genealogi @ stass.dk


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