History

The changes of the last versions

• Family ties now support the indication of the given name by appending an asterisk (e.g., webtrees).
  
• Copying a record (only information from the main window).
  
• Phonetic search is now allowed only for last name, first name, and nickname.
  
• In the main window, the index number is displayed with a thousand separator.
  
• Acceleration of the import log generation.
  
• Checking for updates, when needed, opens the download page in the browser and no longer downloads the new version directly.
  

• Certain inputs could lead to a termination of output during export (text export and printing).
  
• The CopyPicture export command no longer worked as intended.
  
• The tables in the main window could have incorrect column widths.
  
• Under Windows, the character "ß" in the name might not be found.
  
• In the relationship search, the degree of kinship was not displayed.
  
• The Reference Image function did not check for duplicate assignment of identical colors.
  
• The tables in the main window occasionally displayed incorrect column titles.
  
• A double-click in the relationship search could result in an error message.
  
• In the relationship search, the degree of kinship might not be displayed in the decorative graphic.
  
• If the heading was toggled off and on again in the decorative graphic, an error occurred.
  
• Saving without a path for backup files caused problems.
  
• The save routine had problems during renaming and may not have saved the data.
  
• In the relationship search, an error occurred when attempting to show possible connections in case of an unfound kinship relationship.
  

• The generation of the import log accelerates.
  
• Checking for updates calls the download page in the browser when needed and no longer loads the new version directly.

• If the header was hidden and shown again in the jewelry graphic there was an error message.
  
• Saving without path for backup dtaeias caused problems.
  
• The save routine had problems when renaming and possibly did not save the data.
  
• In the relationship search, an error occurred when trying to display the possible connections if a relationship was not found.

• Die Erzeugung des Importprotokolls beschleunigt
• Wurde in der Schmuckgrafik die Überschrift aus- und wieder eingeblendet gab es eine Fehlermeldung.
  
• Speichern ohne Pfad für Backup-Dtaeien führte zu Problemen.
• Die Speicherroutine hat beim Umbenennen Probleme gehabt und die Daten u.U. nicht gesichert.
• In der Verwandtschaftssuche kam es zu einem Fehler, wenn man bei nicht gefundener Verwandtschaftsbeziehung die möglichen Verbindungen anzeigen lassen wollte.
  

• The generation of the GEDCOM import protocol has been revised.
  
• The creation of backup files has been changed.
  
• The output of birth/baptism date/place of the descendant list has been optimized.
  
• Built-in data backup based on time intervals.
  
• Data protection/security settings dialog converted for this purpose.
  
• Autocomplete now takes individual words into account for the job.
  
• Autocomplete now takes individual words into account when determining the cause of death.
  
• The option “Inherit the denomination of the last person changed” can now optionally be retained permanently beyond the current session.
  
• The option “Inherit the quality of the source citation from the last input” can now optionally be retained permanently beyond the current session.
  
• The export commands [preruf(x)], [rufname(x)], [postruf(x)] and [nickname(x)] return an empty text when data protection is activated.
  
• Added inserting images from clipboard.
  
• The user dialog for export templates now has a cancel button.
  
• The minimum value of 16 generations for calculating the Kekulénr. reduced to 6.
  
• You can now also specify and change the flag in the language editor.
  
• Maximum image size for print output on Windows reduced to 16,000 pixels (macOS: 25,000).
  
• If output via the printer is selected in the print dialog, the print dialog only appears after an existing user dialog.
  
• Further settings for the jewelry graphics of the relative search.
  
• The jewelry issue of the relative relationship has been given additional setting options.
  
• New print command command [PrintText(X,Y,Wrapwide,Mode)string].
  
• New print command command [PrintTextRight(X,Y,Wrapwide,Mode)string].
  
• New print command command [PrintTextCenter(X,Y,Wrapwide,Mode)string].
  
• New export command [GetHTMLColor(RGB)].

• An error occurred in the descendant list when more than 63 generations were to be displayed.
  
• In the 'Check file references' function, the table can be transferred to the clipboard as text.
  
• The relative search returned brother/sister-in-law for brother-in-law/sister-in-law.
  
• If the family tree file does not exist, an error message could occur when used by multiple users.
  
• Text/HTML export produced an error if the path specified in the settings did not exist.
  
• Variable GEDCOMIomportPfad deleted (possibly generated an error message).
  
• In the list of people, the button "xy" was not activated if there was a person with a last name that began with y.
  
• Before the main window is closed, a check is made to see whether a message is still displayed.
  
• The GEDCOM import did not import a possibly existing date and did not indicate this in the import log.
  
• When closing the quick search, an ongoing rebuild is first aborted.
  
• Some butler functions stopped working.
  
• Double-clicking on the number of existing documents opens the slide show, but does not hide the help windows.
  
• The last name was no longer displayed in the island search.
  
• The loading routine did not interrupt the construction of the quick search. This could possibly lead to an error message.
  
• The people list was hidden when the info window was displayed.
  
• The display image was no longer displayed in the ancestor window (7 generations).
  
• In the ancestral gallery, the information field was covered by the wedding rings.
  
• In local administration, the text in the table may have been output with too little contrast to the background.
  
• In the address management, the arrows behind the email address and the web address were missing.
  
• When the labels were printed in color, the women were always printed in black.
  
• An error may have occurred when creating a new file if the source windows were still open.
  
• For languages other than German and English, a date could be incorrectly marked (this information cannot be exported to GEDCOM).
  
• The print dialog again offers the option to save as a JPG image.
  
• The search window did not remember the last position.
  
• Under Windows, Family Ties was not ended correctly and program components remained in the task manager.
  
• In the user dialog of output templates, descenders were sometimes cut off.
  
• A comment about an address that only consists of a blank line resulted in an error message during the GEDCOM export.

• Backup function revised.
  
• Optimized the structure of the main window at startup.
  
• FOKO export expanded to include cancellation option.
  
• FOKO export expanded to include progress display.
  
• The GEDCOM import now reports to the system occasionally so that it doesn't look like an error.
  
• FOKO export reinstated.
  
• Additional checks for write protection of data records added.
  
• New commands for outputting shadows in print templates.
  
• The English translation is now also displayed in the lexicon.
  
• The lexicon file can now contain terms for table titles of the lexicon table in order to be able to use languages other than English.
  
• Update of the development environment and necessary plugins.
  
• Error handling revised
  
• Preferences loading revised.

• The paths set under Windows were not displayed correctly in the settings
  
• Fixed an error in the relative search for more than 63 generations in a line.
  
• The Check File References feature could no longer collect unused files.
  
• The Check File References feature was unable to show the second tab when showing Files Not Found.
  
• The date calculator could not calculate dates before 1601 (Windows limitation). Internally, 2000 years are added during the calculation and subtracted again later.
  
• Fixed bug in navigation window2/rebuild.
  
• Same function adapted in navigation window.
  
• In the relative search, the jewelry graphic may have been drawn incorrectly when three people are displayed at the top level.
  
• The statistics function remembers the sorting order of the ancestral loss table.
  
• The function window, the butler and the people list are now hidden again if the main window is not the active window.
  
• With read-only data sets, many pure output functions resulted in unnecessary messages about write protection.
  
• The command to calculate the text length (TextWidth) had problems with some special characters.
  
• The changes to search the pref file always led to the (Linux) folder ".Family Ties".
  
• Drag and drop a folder into the main window resulted in an error message.
  
• If the origin management was called up from a source window and a new origin was created, this procedure may overwrite the first origin entry.
  
• If write protection was activated for a data record, an error message may occur.
  
• The output of the descendants list in RTF format swallowed the day of the marriage date.
  
• In the relative search, the jewelry graphic may have been drawn incorrectly when three people are displayed at the top level.
  
• If write protection was set, some fields of the sources could be changed.
  
• The text export had problems outputting square brackets
  
• The built-in semicircle template did not work on Windows.

• The paths are now preset to the user's Documents folder. A “Family Ties” folder is created there, in which further folders are created.
  
• Replace function expanded to include denomination.
  
• Integrated export templates in Dutch.
  
• Integrated print template templates in Dutch.
  
• Dutch language file translated by user.
  
• GEDCOM import: Detection of GEDCOM files that cannot be imported (GEDCOM 7 and newer).
  
• If a father is added to a person as a new person, the child's last name is defaulted as the father's last name.
  
• FOKO export removed.
  
• The GOV search in the local administration shows the associated website if the GOV ID is available.
  
• An update of the language file is offered if the internal data is more current than the saved language file.
  
• Print template for pedigree revised.
  
• If you leave a source that does not contain any indication of origin, there is a corresponding note.
  
• New translation in Turkish.
  
• The age in the main window is now recalculated if you change the date of birth, baptism, death or burial and leave the input field.
  
• English and French language files updated.
  
• Language files Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian now translated by Deepl translator.
  
• The table for the quick search is now calculated in the background immediately after loading and is therefore available more quickly.
  
• Various texts localized.
  
• New French language file added.

• In the replace function, when certain data sets were selected, the previously selected data sets were not deleted.
  
• In the replace function, the input field could not be used when selecting certain data records. The input was always replaced by a specific index number.
  
• GEDCOM export: An error occurred if you canceled the selection of another image folder.
  
• The context menu in the search window did not allow access to the correct settings section.
  
• GEDCOM export: Various corrections in the area of _LOC records.
  
• GEDCOM export: The reference to the SUBM record was missing in the header.
  
• GEDCOM import: Family ties only took the first file into account in OBJE records.
  
• Changing the comments of a file assigned to a source might result in an error.
  
• Stop reporting premature birth didn't work.
  
• Double searching may result in a continuous loop and the window could not be closed.
  
• Under certain circumstances, previously copied text could not be pasted into the "Location" field in the source window.
  
• Fixed bug in export command [group(x)].
  
• The GEDCOM export marked the wrong file as the output image.
  
• Non-gendered individuals resulted in a merging error.
  
• The text export may have had problems encoding in RTF encoding.
  
• When the descendant list was output, the width was determined to be significantly too wide.
  
• GEDCOM import: Problems with nickname recognition fixed.
  
• The person list could not be scrolled using the arrow keys.
  
• GEDCOM export: If two people get married multiple times, it was not exported correctly.
  
• Selecting with the shift arrow key did not work in fields with automatic completion.
  
• Own abbreviations in dates were not saved.
  
• Own abbreviations in dates were not taken into account during the date check.
  
• If the dates were incorrect, an error might occur when calling the name distribution.
  
• GEDCOM: Sources without stored information about their origin were exported incorrectly.
  
• An incorrect age may have been displayed in the main window.
  
• When autocompleted, the part that was just suggested was also included.
  
• Update check of the test version produced an error.
  
• More localizations.
  
• The display in the relative search may draw a line incorrectly.
  
• The left window position was always set to 0.
  
• An empty STB backup path resulted in an unnecessary notice.
  
• A name entered in the quick search was not accepted.
  
• When outputting very large images, Family Ties may crash.
  
• In the "Find duplicates" function, the specified percentage value was unintentionally changed.
  
• In the GEDCOM export, not all location records (_LOC records) may have been exported.
  
• Small corrections in the representation of family relationships.
  
• Corrections made in the area of source export in the GEDCOM export.
  
• The GEDCOM export did not output source information on the marriage, or not completely.
  
• The GEDCOM export also returned empty names.
  
• The GEDCOM export limits length and width information to six decimal places.
  
• The TextWidth output command returned an incorrect value.
  
• The quick search was not set up the first time it was accessed.
  
• Under certain circumstances there was an error message when exiting if the person list was open.
  
• Under Windows only black areas were produced when printing.
  
• The table with other references in the main window displayed an incorrect info box for the entries.

• When loading data, leading \s are removed from a document name.
• Date check improved.
• Input of / in first or last name disabled.
• Sources: Position of quality changed.
• added additional gender information "intersexual, diverse" and "not specified".
• The flag colour and the flag text can be deleted for all datasets by pressing the alt key when clicking OK (in the flag).
• GEDCOM Export: User-defined flags _CHAN and _NOTE can be excluded from export.
• The template editor has been given its own menu.
• In the template editor, some buttons have been dropped.
• Quick search optional (ShowQuicksearch).
  

• GEDCOM: Sources containing only one image were not exported.
• GEDCOM: for sources about marriage, church marriage, and separation, only images of one partner were exported.
• GEDCOM: some documents may not have been exported correctly.
• Fixed a display error in the document vault table.
• Under special circumstances in Windows, the first name input field was temporarily hidden.
• The backup feature did not save the data if the destination folder was not empty.
• There were problems with transparent areas during print output under Windows.
• If multiple GEDCOM exports were run in a row without closing the dialog, additional data might be output, resulting in an incorrect GEDCOM file.
• The Ancestor windows displayed personal data up to the 8th generation at most.
• Several errors in the GEDCOM export have been fixed (dates, TITL without text, NOTE without text, OBJE without FILE, Witness_of_Death and Witness_of_Birth replaced with _WITN).
• In the source window, displayed HTML files were sometimes not hidden again.
• Image clipping may not have been included in the GEDCOM import.
• An error could occur in the GEDCOM export if the folder for the images to be exported already existed.
• Copy sources: The pop-up menu had "Title" instead of "Christening".
• Corrected the GEDCOM export of sponsors.
• Searching for duplicate records did not work under Windows.
• The jewelry graphic of the relationship search crashed Family Ties under Windows.
• GEDCOM Import: Place names with spaces were imported incorrectly.
• GEDCOM Export: Corrected other references.
• Added change test for Plus button Other Links.
• Removed unnecessary query in the origin management.
• When searching for a current version, the message only appeared during the first test.
• "Do not report again" of premature births did not work.
• The calculation of premature births did not work correctly.
• CopyPicture did not work correctly in the export.
• In the address management, changes in the fields City, Country and State were not highlighted.
• Path separators were handled incorrectly for documents added from subfolders.

• Plausibility check specified.
• The characters /,\ or : in the file name of added files are replaced by -.
• Quick search added.
• Changes to the GEDCOM export call name settings.
• Changes to the location name of a location record also changes the event locations.
• Changes to an event location with reference to the location manager provides a note and the ability to switch to the location manager.
• When entering the geo coordinates of a location the entry is checked.
• New command for output templates: [SetProband(IndexNo)]
• Multi-user use can be optionally switched on.
• In the GEDCOM export, you can specify whether location records are output as _LOC records.
• GEDCOM import and export has been further adapted, enhanced, and corrected.
• New command for generating a Postscript font selection in the Export Template User Dialog.
• Mac OS: The built-in text export template 'Semicircle' has been slightly reworked (font selection).
• GEDCOM export extended to include source references
• There is a new option Ñ=N in the search window.
• In the information window, characters for birth, baptism, death and burial are only displayed if the corresponding data is available.
• The message about possible premature births now also names the affected children.
• The list of persons and the list of descendants are updated when the data are transferred in the main window.
• In the descendant list a symbol for the display picture can be displayed ([SymbolPic] and [Picture]).
• If no new index number is specified via Change father/mother, the parent is displayed.
• In the search window an additional search option Ñ=N is built in (first and last name only).
• The labels of the buttons of the person list are now much larger in HiDPI resolution.
• The list of persons was completely redesigned and is now much faster.
• The integrated template "Stammblatt" is now output in English if the language is not set to German.

• Visual defects corrected.
• If the settings of the user dialog (export functions) could not be saved, the output terminated.
• Adding PDF files could cause a crash (Windows only).
• The plausibility check may have produced incorrect messages.
• The number of columns of the tables in the main window is kept.
• The list of persons was sometimes not hidden when switching programs.
• In the plausibility check an entry on the 'Known exception' tab was suppressed.
• It was possible to create location data records without a name in the location administration.
• When saving, "new" was sometimes appended to the file name.
• Some images were not displayed in the help file.
• Under certain circumstances changing the number of columns in the child or partner table could lead to an error message
• In the GEDCOM export, the marriage and/or separation remarks were not output if the place and date were blank.
• If FB was started a second time while data was still being loaded, duplicate references would occur.
• Minor bug fixes