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Monday, July 10, 2023

LTools

LTools for Legacy was discontinued some time ago and the website shut down. The latest installer can still be downloaded from my Dropbox at http://bit.ly/44m4VQQ

The only purpose of LTools in this filing system is to add each MRIN to the related User ID fields. This is quite important for navigation and can be done manually instead.

ALTHOUGH, there is an option in Legacy under Customize/Other/Custom User ID Numbers to "... create User ID Numbers by having the RIN or MRIN copied into the field..." which amounts to the same thing and will be much quicker for you. This does not work for MRINs in Legacy v.7.5 but may work in versions 8 or 9.

At least with v.9 of Legacy you can ask tech support to fix that feature if it still doesn't work. And that will be a good thing because LTools, I've been told, does not work with versions 8 or 9 of Legacy. 

LTools will still work with v.7.5 but needs to have an older version of .NET framework installed first. It will tell you which one when you try to install it. I couldn't get the exact number it asked for, 2.0.50727 from the .NET website. The closest I could get was version 2.09 and it didn't work.

BUT, it wasn't over yet. There are very simple-to-follow instructions at https://www.groovypost.com/howto/enable-net-framework-2-windows-8/ for enabling earlier versions of .NET on your Windows 8 or Windows 10 computer. I've put a copy of this page in the zip folder at Dropbox along with the LTools installer in case it disappears from the Internet.

Don't get impatient if it seems to stall. It will get there. Once that's done, LTools will install seamlessly.  

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