GenoPro - Picture Properties

Pictures can be added to individuals and families.  Each individual and family can hold an unlimited number of picture.  To add a picture, double-click on an individual or family to bring this dialog:

Click on the Add button to insert a new picture.

Add Picture

Picture Name

Friendly name to be displayed in the picture list.

Picture Location

Location of the picture.  You may type something like "c:\My Documents\DanielMorinGrad1999.jpg" or click on the Browse button to locate the picture. If the picture is located in the same directory as the family tree (.gno file), then the picture location will be truncated to its relative position to the .gno file.  A relative filename starts with a dot (.) and allows your family tree be copied to a CD Rom or another computer.  To override this behavior, click on "Preserve Full Path" to store the full path of the picture.   Preserving the full path may be useful to share pictures over a network (LAN) or the Internet.

You can type an HTTP address as the picture location.   GenoPro will download the picture via your modem or any other Internet connection.

Warning! Warning! Warning!

The "Preserve Full Path" checkbox may be grayed out!  This is because you never saved your genealogy tree and therefore GenoPro can't determine the relative path of the picture with respect to your genealogy tree (.gno file).  What you have to do is save your genealogy tree before adding pictures.  If you have a genealogy tree and wish to convert the "full paths" into "relative paths", simply click on the "Modify" button to bring the "Picture Properties" dialog, uncheck the "Preserve Full Path" and click on the OK button.  If you have many pictures to modify, you should consider using the Picture List Dialog.

When a picture is loading, its filename is displayed in the status bar.  A picture may fail to load for three reasons:

1. File Not Found.  The picture cannot be located onto the disk or network server.
2. Download Failed.  The picture cannot be loaded because GenoPro was unable to download the picture at the Internet address.
3. Unknown Image Type.  GenoPro understands two image formats: bitmaps (.bmp) and JPEGs (.jpg, .jpeg).  If you supply any other extension such as .gif, you will get this error.
4. Low Memory.  There is not enough memory to load the image.  GenoPro monitors how much free memory is available and will reject a picture load request if the free memory is below the 10% threshold.  You can view how much free memory is available from the Preferences Dialog.

Picture Description

You can enter a description for each picture in the list.  The maximum description length is 32000 characters.

Picture Shot Date

Date when the picture was taken.  You can enter a partial date such as "1987" or "Mar-1988".

Legend
A red dot at the upper-right corner indicate there are pictures available.

Pictures best viewed on 24-bit colors display.

To view detailed information for all the pictures, click on the button in the Table Layout dialog.

Next Chapter: Table Layout

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