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Last version, the help file inadvertently got disconnected. It has now been reconnected. Maybe that was good, because the help file is about 3 years old, but actually most of it is still quite relevant. The Help file is, of course, the last thing I'll finish prior to Version 1.0, so that all the screenshots ...

I added a couple of new visible things to Behold. The birth to death years are now shown in the Name Index which was a user request. I could add lots of information there, or none as I had it. But this seems the best compromise as it helps identify the person when there are several identically named people ...

Let's see. In early alpha I had a log file where the error messages went. At the end of alpha, I had got rid of the log file and put the messages in the File Information area of the Everything Report. Then in the beta, I flip-flopped yet again and recreated the messages file. So what is this teeter totter ...

I found out about Bits du Jour several years ago. It is a website where software developers offer their software at a discount price, but for just one day only. Often the discount is 30%, 50%, or more. A few weeks ago, I ran into it again, and this time I decided to subscribe to their RSS feed so I could ...

Yes, as I mentioned two posts ago, I took out AutoOrganize. The only people who it might affect are the ones where AutoOrganize had picked the person that they want, but that person is not the first person in the GEDCOM file, so Behold will no longer pick them. If that is your case, here is what you can do ...

Several weeks ago, many people who were downloading Behold noted that they heard of it from Your FamilyTree magazine. I went to our bookstores here in Winnipeg and searched for that British magazine, but we tend to get overseas magazines rather late, and the latest issue I could find was the April issue. I ...

I needed to get a new version out fast. My last blog post says how I left one statement too many in the RelativesThroughMarriage routine. And the post previous to that says how I out-thought myself with my AutoOrganize function. So you’ve got a new version, for the first time in years, that has changes in ...

It seems that I left a statement in Behold that I shouldn't have in the last beta. I placed an "Exit" at the beginning of the RelativesThroughMarriage routine to skip that routine to do some testing. I forgot to take it out when I built beta 13. So the current beta will not produce the Relatives Through ...

One of the first features I put into Behold was the AutoOrganize function. That was in Version 0.90.1 alpha, way back in 2005. I thought it was a great feature. It went through all the people, determined how many generations their tree had on their father's and mother's side, and took the parents of the person ...

Finally we're getting somewhere. I'm whittling away at the "future plans" list that needs to be done prior to Version 1.0. I can almost (but not quite) see the end and the new beginning. Of significance for this lucky number 13 beta, is that there are some subtle changes you may or may not notice. Either ...