Hanne B. Stegemüller Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hi there - and merry, merry Christmas! I suddenly have a new issue with media files: I can only add them to one person/ID. I.e. I have many gravestones as they are a wonderful source to death dates, and often there are more names on the stones, so I can use them for more individuals (i.e. both husband and wife). Just to illustrate: This image should be used by both individuals: https://tng.stegemueller.dk/showmedia.php?mediaID=736&medialinkID=517 When I try to link the image to person number two, I get the message, that the image is already in use by another person, and therefore it can not be linked again. This is a new issue as I have tons of family images with several persons on them. You might need this extra information: Everything is updated: TNG v. 13.1 and template is 209 from Marsha Bryant. I add data from GEDCOM created by Legacy. I do not enter data directly in TNG except for geo codes. Kindest regards, Hanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickM Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hanne, Are you able to provide a screen shot of the error message.. I'm trying to visualise where you might be getting it from.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanne B. Stegemüller Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hi RickM Thank you for your reply! Here comes a screen shot. The red Danish error message means: "The image could not be added, probably because another image entry already exists for the specified image file." I wonder that I might make a mistake when I import the GEDCOM file (and that might be the reason it seems to be a new issue) I do not import existing images which I used to do. And therefore there is no link? Could that be an explanation? The reason I do not import existing images any more is, that all the images seem to be new and get the actual date, which is wrong. Do I make a mistake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickM Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Hanne I'm not sure that the import is the issue.. I have imported a Gedcom ONCE only when I first started with TNG and input everything into it manually. I'm too scared to try importing Gedcoms in case I destroy the little work I have done.. If you try 'Editing' the picture and scroll down to 'MEDIA LINKS' and add a second person there, is this where you get the error??? See Image as example.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanne B. Stegemüller Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Thank you so very much RickM. Now I know what my mistake was. I did not edit the image and when I actually did try to edit the image, I selected the ID by writing the number it in the field, but I did not press "Add" as I thought it was added already. I thought that pressing add would mean adding another ID. Waugh, now Santa can come to my database... By the way: It is really not dangerous importing a GEDCOM if you just always make a backup of both files and database before import. Then you are safe and can always just upload files and restore the database if something goes wrong. I will be happy to help if you feel unsafe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickM Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 I am so pleased you got this sorted.. Sometimes it is the simple things that make our lives hard.. Many is the time I have thought I have saved something or 'Added' something, only to find I hadn't.. And sometime we just need a little push in the right direction which I am happy to have been able to do.. I appreciate your offer and may take you up on it in the new year.. I have a few new folks I have 'found' on Ancestry and MyHeritage (I'm 99.9% sure the info is correct) which I thinking of exporting a gedcom and importing to TNG.. Happy 'Silly Season' to you and yours Hanne.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanne B. Stegemüller Posted December 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, RickM said: I appreciate your offer and may take you up on it in the new year.. I have a few new folks I have 'found' on Ancestry and MyHeritage (I'm 99.9% sure the info is correct) which I thinking of exporting a gedcom and importing to TNG.. You are most welcome! And I will make an English guide to you if needed (you must live with the spelling errors ) Happy holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickM Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Laughing my head off.. Thank You, I'm sure I will manage, although I do think your English is pretty good.. All the Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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