Category: RootsMagic

We have just released a new update to RootsMagic 4 (version 4.0.6.0).  This update adds several new features, plus returns several reports (such as the blank forms) which didn’t make it from v3.

If you have the RootsMagic News screen come up when you start RootsMagic, it may have already notified you of this update.  If not, you can do “Help > Check for Updates” from the RootsMagic menu to download and install this update.

You can also download the update from http://www.rootsmagic.com/download.

Here are the new, fixed, and updated items in this update:

NEW

– Added blank reports (pedigree chart, group sheet, cemetery record log, correspondence log, research log)
– Added Print button to the Count Trees screen
– Added Print button to the Relationship Calculator screen
– Added option to display birth year in side list index
– Added option to display record number in side list index
– Marriage list report can now print marriage rec# with any sort order (as an option)
– Any events which don’t fit on a printed calendar print on an overflow page at the end of the calendar
– Double clicking a fact in RM Explorer now opens the edit screen to that fact in edit mode
– Added “Edit Family” button to problem list
– Added RootsMagic Launcher to manually start RM on flash drive since Vista now disables autorun on removable drives
– Installer will warn if you try to install on a removable drive (use RM to go instead)
– Added Oquirrh Mountain temple to LDS temple list

FIXED

– Direct line children in ancestor narrative now show spouse / marriage information
– Doing “Add multiple people” when sharing a fact now assigns a default role (which can be changed for each person)
– When deleting a shared fact, RM will warn you that it will delete the fact for everyone sharing it
– Named groups side list is now updated when you change color coding for a person
– Alternate names in family group sheets now reference the correct sources
– Family sources are now printed on group sheets
– Sources now print in group sheets for LDS facts
– Replacing a “submitted” ordinance with the actual ordinance in the NFS sync screen now clears “submitted” in the RM fact
– Unlinked non-image media items now show broken link in media gallery and media albums
– Fixed the format that latitude and longitude are exported to GEDCOM
– Lat/Long and Media for place details are transferred via GEDCOM
– Mapping screen (Tools > Mapping) remembers size and position
– Fact types turned off for individual summaries aren’t printed in the summaries anymore
– The title of a text page in publisher appears in the table of contents (instead of “Text page”)
– [Husband] and [Wife] fields now work properly in narrative report sentence templates
– :Age and :Role modifiers now work for [ThisPerson] in witness sentence templates
– Helper status bar now shows on File > FamilySearch > FamilySearch Import when in helper mode
– Living flag is cleared during FO import if person has a death-like fact or over 105 years old
– Publisher can print blank pages that appear at the very front of a publisher book
– Todo report doesn’t print false repository when todo item doesn’t have a repository
– RootsMagic on flash drive (To-Go) can find place database on computers w/o RM installed
– Deleting places and place details removes media links to those items

We have just released a new update to RootsMagic 4 (version 4.0.4.0).  This update includes a new feature which should prove to be very popular… the ability to automatically fix broken media/image links that occur when you move pictures or move your database and media to a new computer.

If you have the RootsMagic News screen come up when you start RootsMagic, it may have already notified you of this update.  If not, you can do “Help > Check for Updates” from the RootsMagic menu to download and install this update.

You can also download the update from http://www.rootsmagic.com/download.

Here are the new, fixed, and updated items in this update:

NEW

– Added a feature to fix broken media / image links (in the media gallery/album do Tools > Fix broken media links)
– Added the ability to enter Helper mode for another person when using the NFS features
– Added life span (birthyear-deathyear) to parents and children’s spouses in group sheets

FIXED

– Deleting a fact will now remove the shared copies of that fact instead of leaving phantom witness records (Note: we are still working on a way to delete any pre-existing phanton witness records)
– Edit source screen displays Call# in right panel if one exists
– Shouldn’t sometimes change family in family and descendant view when adding a child
– Double clicking a citation when the citation manager is opened from Explorer now opens Edit Source screen
– Box charts now include prefix and suffix on names
– FTM import now preserves nicknames entered with quotes like William “Bill” Jones

We have just released a new update to RootsMagic 4 (version 4.0.3.0).  If you have the RootsMagic News screen come up when you start RootsMagic, it may have already notified you of this update.  If not, you can do “Help > Check for Updates” from the RootsMagic menu to download and install this update.

You can also download the update from http://www.rootsmagic.com/download.

This is primarily a bug fix update and includes a couple which required some major internal code changes.  If you have reported a bug that isn’t addressed by this update, don’t worry… all reported bugs have been logged and are being worked on.

On a somewhat unrelated note… we have had a lot of questions about if and when the RM4 book will be available.  The “if” is yes, and the “when” is I’m not sure.  Because of the large number of changes / additions in version 4, the book is taking me longer to put together than with past versions (especially with the amount of time I’m spending programming at the moment).   I just wanted to assure you I am working on it with all that spare time I have laying around<g>.  But the plan is to get it out in the next couple of months.  We are also working on some free video tutorials which you will be able to watch online from our website or download to your computer.  Keep an eye on the blog and our RootsMagic Newsletter for more information about those in the coming months.

Here are the new, fixed, and updated items in this update:

NEW / CHANGED

– Added an option to select the default starting side-list page (or use previous side-list page) in Tools > File options
– The Scrapbook report now has an editable title
– The NFS Match screen and Sync screen have been combined into a single tabbed screen
– Renamed “Tools > Database options” to “Tools > File options”

FIXED

– Primary facts now works properly in reports, screens, etc.
– Fixed ‘List index out of bounds (-1)’ error when creating a Fact List
– Fact type “exists” now works properly in search criteria
– Name doesn’t disappear from edit screen list after the name is edited
– Fixed “Allow close matches” in NameFind in RM Explorer
– Fixed “Sounds like” search for name fields in RM Explorer
– LDS template will now save ordinance statuses if no date or temple was entered
– Deleting the birth or death for a person removes the year from the Explorer list
– Citation memorize / paste now includes any images attached to the citation
– :Age modifier works in sample sentence and customize sentence in edit screen now
– Alternate name date is now exported to GEDCOM
– Alternate name privacy setting is now exported to GEDCOM
– Fixed a few issues with some source templates
– RM remembers size of Edit Media window
– When importing an older RM (v1-3) file, RM4 defaults new filename to same name (except with .rmgc extension)
– Fixed some issues when importing some older Family Origins files
– Merging preserves the notes of the person being merged in
– Fixed the random freezing in various New FamilySearch screens
– Fixed error 400 problem when combining records in NFS

We have just released a new update to RootsMagic 4 (version 4.0.2.1).  If you have the RootsMagic News screen come up when you start RootsMagic, it may have already notified you of this update.  If not, you can do “Help > Check for Updates” from the RootsMagic menu to download and install this update.

The update may also be downloaded from http://www.rootsmagic.com/download.

We have worked many, many hours on this update, but realize there are still a number of items we need to address.  We have even had to fix bugs in other company’s products that we are using in RM4.

We decided to go ahead and release this update to get these fixes out while we work on and test other issues.  If your pet bug isn’t addressed by this update, don’t worry… all reported bugs have been logged and are being looked into.  There are a few bugs (like the occasional random hanging in some of the FamilySearch features) that require more testing because of the possible impact of the changes on other areas of the program.

We want to thank everyone for their support through all this work.  Your encouraging words have helped make the long hours seem not quite so long.

Here are the new, fixed, and updated items in this update:

NEW

• Can view and edit place details for places from the master place list (Lists > Place list)
• Added source templates for Elizabeth Shown Mills’ new Ancestry QuickSheet
• Indexes in reports now support color coding
• Added several color schemes (in addition to blue) for toolbar and menu colors (blue, silver, green, windows setting)
• Several reports allow editing title
• Added optional built-in background images for website creation
• New ordinance reservation list when selecting “# people are ready for temple ordinances” from FamilySearch Central
• Added option to exclude RM specific tags when exporting GEDCOM files

FIXED / UPDATED

• Added hotkeys to numerous screens
• Creating a shareable CD doesn’t hang on collecting media
• Shareable CDs don’t crash when opening the media album anymore
• Stopped “Windows no disk” errors when accessing media on drives that don’t exist
• Fixed some search criterias that didn’t work properly
• List of citations for a person/fact/etc now shows page no. / details in the list
• When citing an existing source RM4 starts with the cursor in the first source details field
• Added phone and email to address form display
• Website header font can now be modified in .CSS file
• Added create and modified date to properties form
• Place merge leaves original place in list (w/o checkbox)
• Place details print in website narratives now
• Name in place list report now includes prefix and suffix
• Added hints to toolbar buttons that didn’t have them
• Reader splash screen doesn’t say “Trial Version” anymore
• Family events in narratives use customized sentences if they exist
• Narrative websites use customized sentences if they exist
• Customize sentence displays “They” instead of He/She for family events
• Eliminated extraneous witnesses in shared events in narratives
• Fixed some shared event issues
• Sample sentence supports witnesses on edit individual screen
• Sample sentence supports witnesses on customize sentence screen
• GEDCOM import doesn’t ignore death info if the DEAT tag has a Y on it
• Changed “General” to “Person” on edit screen for notes, sources, etc.
• Spaces are trimmed from name parts when saving name in Edit Person screen
• Fixed issues with a few source templates
• UK edition defaults to using british dictionary now
• NFS matching / searching filters out dups returned by NFS (led to “Must have 2 people to do a combine” errors)
• RM doesn’t crash anymore when importing a corrupt file from other programs (SQLite Error 19)
• BEPS prints on pedigree charts when LDS support turned on
• Fixed read of “Needs more information” status from NFS
• Bibliography prints properly in the Source Report
• Photo tree doesn’t display wrong photos when an ancestor doesn’t exist
• Gazetteer opens with focus on search field
• Sources in narratives handle template field modifiers (like [place:reverse]) properly now
• Website image links are lower case to handle servers that lowercase files and are case sensitive
• FTM import doesn’t crash when invalid source citation is encountered
• FTM import doesn’t mix up some fact types anymore
• FTM import doesn’t put every description in the place list anymore
• FTM general sources import properly now
• Short citation includes detail text and comments if enabled
• Note, source, and media checkmarks display for alt names in Explorer
• Adding a birth (or other life event) over 105 years ago clears living flag for the person
• Deleting address from Lists > Address removes the link to it from the person (same for repo)
• Deleting place from Lists > Place list clears place (and site) for events which used that place
• Seal to spouse prints for parents in group sheets now
• LDS report marriage sealings filter properly now
• If preference file gets corrupt RM will use defaults instead of freezing
• Merging places preserves all place notes
• Merging places preserves place details
• Chart program doesn’t sometimes revert to trial mode
• Sped up merging a person dragged and dropped onto a copy of himself
• Reuse duplicate citations now works properly (make sure “Combine endnotes for each fact” is turned off)
• BIC and other LDS statuses print on group sheets if date is blank
• Fixed random crashes in publisher when Table of Contents is added
• Changed Twin Falls Idaho temple code from TFALL to TWINF
• Legacy import now imports “unspecified” citation links
• Selected date format is used in edit screen and sample sentence on edit screen
• GEDCOM export strips hard returns out of exported single field lines
• Display / printing of freeform sources adds punctuation the same way RM3 did
• Doesn’t display the chapter title in the endnotes when there is only one chapter/report
• Place list remembers size and position now
• Fixed some age display issues on edit screen
• Main views (pedigree, family, descendant, people) now support font style (bold/italic) set in options
• Fixed some issues with privatized narrative websites
• Sort date is created even when user presses Alt+V or Alt+O before moving out of the date field
• Sort date is updated when you select a different date from the calendar in the edit screen
• Bibliography can now print even when footnotes / endnotes are turned off