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ENGLISH / Re: Ancestris for Android?

« on: January 14, 2025, 06:26:30 »

Thank you for your reply!
Unfortunately I have no basic knowledge about the 'functionality' of NetBeans and all the 'interweavings' with Java/OpenJDK and specific software, like Ancestris in this case.

Pollux (instead of Dieter)

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ENGLISH / Re: Ancestris for Andoid?

« on: January 11, 2025, 10:04:10 »

Thank you, Zurga!
Unfortunately, I know too little to be able to judge whether NetBeans is needed for programming and / or for the execution (interpreter) of Java applications.
For me, and I'm sure for other Ancestris fans, it would be very interesting to be able to use Ancestris on an Android tablet!

Dieter

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ENGLISH / Ancestris for Android?

« on: January 10, 2025, 10:20:13 »

Moin from East Frisia!
Years ago I had six visitors from the USA and two from France.
Not long after welcoming them and taking their seats, they all had their tablets in their hands and were eagerly comparing genealogical data.
I can't remember what kind of tablets or operating systems they were using. Perhaps they were all online...
Java or OpenJDK could be used with Android?
If so, it would be interesting to be able to use Ancestris on such systems.
Greetings, Dieter

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FRANÇAIS / Re: Version

« on: May 11, 2023, 05:51:22 »

La version 13 d'Ancestris est sur le point de sortir !

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FRANÇAIS / Re: Ancestris + versions Java/OpenJDK

« on: May 07, 2023, 15:35:37 »

Bonjour Frederic,
Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse détaillée.
Je vais tenter ma chance avec OpenJDK 17.
Aussi bien sous Windows 11 que sous Haiku OS 64bit.

Avec mes meilleures salutations de la Frise orientale,
Dieter August Pollmann

Allemand > Français Traduit avec DeepL

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FRANÇAIS / Ancestris + versions Java/OpenJDK

« on: May 07, 2023, 10:16:07 »

Un nouvel ordinateur portable avec Windows 11 nécessite une réinstallation d'Ancestris (bientôt en version 13 ?), ainsi que des versions Java ou OpenJDK nécessaires.
Une nouvelle installation est également prévue pour mon ordinateur Haiku (OS).

Dans la documentation, j'ai lu entre autres :

- Ancestris fonctionne avec les versions 8, 11 et 17 de Java.
- est compilé en version 8 pour assurer une meilleure compatibilité avec la plupart des utilisateurs.
- a été testé et fonctionne sur Java 8, 11 et 17, qui sont des versions LTS (Long Term Support).
- ... mais certains utilisateurs ont confirmé qu'il fonctionne avec Java 18 (TOUTES les fonctionnalités ?).

Allemand > Français Traduit avec DeepL

Je suis un peu perplexe, car on dit aussi après :
- Java version 11 supporte la plupart ( ?) = PAS TOUTES ? Les fonctions d'Ancestris.

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ENGLISH / Re: Document Reports

« on: May 09, 2022, 05:39:32 »

Thanks for your reply Zurga!
I wish, for myself and others, that clicking on 'the' link would lead to such a (short but understandable) answer - in the Ancestris forums.

Pollux

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ENGLISH / Document Reports

« on: May 08, 2022, 09:16:02 »

Moin!
The Ancestris Welcome page shows me Latest Updates.
5/6/22
Document Reports (as a link)
v11/v12 - Adapt Documents reports to match Java evolution
When I click this (and all previous) links, I end up in the Ancestris forums.
There the 'heading' (topic) is defined as a link to itself without further explanation.
It would make sense for me to learn more!
Greetings Pollux

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ENGLISH / Re: Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 13, 2022, 09:37:07 »

Addendum:
I forgot to mention that Ancestris is now loading my GEDCOM (older backup from 2022-03-17) very slowly again. The sources and source locations are back.
From 81% it takes forever. I think the data structure of the sources and source locations is pretty jagged!
But I didn't create any of those myself.
Almost all of them were created through multiple GEDCOM imports.
From maybe 30 - 40 different sources (software programs (a-z), for Windows, Linux, Mac, Ancestris, MyHeritage, ...)
Ancestris shows me some messages, which I unfortunately don't (directly) understand (I don't speak the English language - and our German translator seems to be a phantom).
.Empty lines found, 'invalid' tags, unassigned, and so on.
So before I really go any further and then try Ancestris under 'normal' conditions, I have to clean up my GEDCOM first!

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ENGLISH / Re: Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 13, 2022, 08:52:15 »

Hey Frederic!

Unfortunately not yet - even though I really would like to!
Ancestris is not yet equally suitable for me or for my 'special' way of working or (special) purposes.

Ancestris is a very clean and stably programmed genealogy software with many and very well thought-out functions, but it is too difficult for many beginners (including those who already do genealogy) to get started with it.
The basic functions should be INTUITIVE to use without having to look in a manual!
My genealogy software, which I still use now, was and is designed in this way!

With ZERO idea what genealogy even means, I chose it from about 100 programs that I had previously tested. The reason was Ray Dee Pollmann's announcement that he was coming here to look for his roots.
Because I wanted to help him, I started doing genealogy.

I would love to be able to use the many special functions of Ancestris immediately, some of which have been on my wish list for years. But it still doesn't work for me! Unfortunately!

Regards,
Dieter

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ENGLISH / Re: Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 12, 2022, 14:40:41 »

Moin Frederic!
Microsoft Edge was the cause of ALL the problems!!!
Around 1000 tabs that were long since closed were 'carried along' in the background!
This affected Windows itself and all programs! Both not only became 'very shaky', but there were also many malfunctions!
My genealogy software's SAVE resulted in erasing 'this' GEDCOM = it was no longer physically present on the drive as if I had erased it!

Greetings,
Dieter

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ENGLISH / Re: Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 08, 2022, 09:53:43 »

Moin Frederic!

First: my GEDCOM currently contains 338,600 personal data. Right now I see that 462627 sources are shown, source locations 0 (NULL).
ALL sources have the content: 'untitled'

To avoid misunderstandings:
The loss of ALL sources and the misattribution of notes is not related to Ancestris!!!

Because I load my GEDCOM with Ancestris from time to time, I noticed the significantly reduced import time after the changes described above.

Ancestris is still my first choice for upgrading from my current genealogy software and I recommend all my contacts to check it out!

Unfortunately, I keep getting similar feedback as recently:
This looks great, but I can't handle it!
These are almost exclusively people who want to record their family information with suitable software. Some have the information on paper, some archived with Excel.

Greetings,
Pollux

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ENGLISH / Re : Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 07, 2022, 07:19:37 »

Hey Frederic!
Please forgive me - I have to correct my statement!
Not Ancestris got faster, but my GEDCOM got smaller! - and maybe 'disentangled'?:
The week before last, I told a fellow researcher that my GEDCOM had shrunk.
Now I have discovered that ALL sources (I have NEVER created sources myself) have been lost and it only says there: "untitled".
Also, a lot of notes were assigned to 'other' (wrong) people.
Best regards,
Pollux (Dieter)

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ENGLISH / Reading in my very large GEDCOM file...

« on: April 05, 2022, 15:11:39 »

Unfortunately I can't use Ancestris as it should be, but still a big compliment:
Reading in my very large GEDCOM file has now become extremely fast!

Grüße, Dieter

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ENGLISH / Re: Help on Ancestris due to soon switch to it.

« on: February 02, 2022, 09:31:44 »

Thank you Frederic, that's very kind of you!
Unfortunately, this will not be as easy as you might imagine. I am writing to you personally.