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Thanks for that, Geoffn. I am working very hard on Version 1.1.1, which I will release as soon as possible (weeks, not months). The feedback I've been getting from everybody has been excellent and I'm very excited about what I've changed already and I'm sure everyone will be very happy the improvements. I ...

I'm now playing around with better representations. The solution to putting the date first might be to also have the event and the person on the same line, e.g.: Age 30, married 2y (wife first name, age 28), Wed 5 June 1940 in France. Birth of Son 1: (Name) (ID) or possibly (which do you like better, ...

There already is an option to toggle this: the heart button on the toolbar (or from the menu select View -> Life Events). But that doesn't alleviate the problem that it's still too complicated. Basically I tried to do way too much (merge all events into a single timeline) which took way too long and made ...

Keith, Don't just take it from me. See what the 440 reviews of Family Tree Maker that average just 1.65 out of 5 stars have to say: http://www.gensoftreviews.com/?p=114 Louis

Arnold, I selected SQLite because its a multi-platform, speedy, single file database with a small footprint that’s embeddable within the program. However, the FireDAC framework in Delphi theoretically lets switch one database to another without changing code, so it will be possible to switch in the ...

Darren, Oh I see now. You just want to make sure that the program actually loads the data into its database. The "make an edit" and "undo" is to ensure that. I don't know if that's necessary. I can't really see how a program can load in an input file without loading it into its internal database. To ...

Darren: I suppose few programs would have any trouble adding one event and then deleting it, or deleting one event and then re-adding it. Even adding or deleting an individual, and then deleting or re-adding him should be straightforward as long as all the parent/child/spouse links are re-added as well. In ...

Klemens, Events without dates generally show up first, with a few exceptions (e.g. Behold tries to be smart about marriages and births and keep them in order if possible). When I say "event", I am also including facts and other information that normally don't include dates, e.g. height, eye color, number ...

Klemens, I've taken a look at the idea of putting the date before the event. But at this point, it won't work. It only became apparent to me when I checked my code and determined my data structures. You need some complex examples with dates and places and sources and notes to see the problem. I won't try ...

Thanks, Keith. And thanks Klemens for your ideas. Yes, I do agree with you that the age on the first line may be confusing as to whose age it is. I like your suggestion that the date and age be kept first and the relationship and life event be added following that. Also this would allow the "With Wife" to ...