Share Legacy Family Tree and Your Family File on a CD
by Ken McGinnis
The Legacy setup program has a cool feature that will allow users to copy their family data and the Legacy setup on a CD to send to family members.
When the recipient installs Legacy the family data, pictures, sounds and videos will also be installed automatically.
You can copy the LegacySetup.exe from our Legacy installation CD or you can
download and save the setup file from
our web site and include this on the CD. After you download the full setup program you will need to rename it LegacySetup.exe when you
burn it to the CD. We highly recommend downloading and saving the setup file from our
Web site because this will ensure that novice computer users don't experience
family file compatibility and updating issues that may result from using the
older setup file on the CD.
Note: If you do not rename the full setup to
LegacySetup.exe,
the user will be prompted for the installation password when attempting to
install Legacy from your CD. However, if they are prompted simply let them know
the installation password is legacy7.
On the CD you compile, create any of the four folders shown below and place your family file, pictures, sounds and video files in them.
When the recipient installs Legacy the setup program will look to see if these four folders exist and if they do will copy the files in them to the users computer.
Be sure to use the software that comes with your CD burner to
copy the Legacy setup program and create four folders called
FamilyData, FamilyPictures, FamilySounds, FamilyVideos
and (FamilyDocs starting with Legacy 7.5). You
only need to create the folders that will actually have data or media files in
them.
Here's how the CD should look:
You would place a copy of your family file, for example McGinnis.fdb
or whatever the name,
into the FamilyData folder. All of you pictures would be copied
into the FamilyPictures folder and so forth. Everyone you send a CD to would get copies.
All of the files in the FamilyData folder will be installed to the C:\Legacy\Data folder on the user's computer.
All of the FamilyPictures will be installed to the C:\Legacy\Pictures folder, and so forth.
You don't need all four folders -- only the ones you use. If you don't have any video or sound files then you don't need to create these folders on the CD.
By using these folders it simplifies things for the recipients. First they have
the Legacy setup right on the CD; they don't have to order it from us; they don't have to download it.
Just install it and run: You have our permission to distribute the Legacy 7.5 Standard
Edition in this manner. The Install will automatically copy all of the family data to their computer.
You won't have to include instructions to them on how to copy the files from
the CD to their computer!
The Legacy CD's you create make great gifts for birthdays and holidays or terrific handouts for family reunions!
Hint: You can make your CD's to automatically install Legacy by adding an autorun.inf file to your CD. Here's how the CD would look after adding the autorun.inf file to it:
Hint: Be sure to include your Legacy affiliate ID number on the CD. Click here for more information.
