History
of Genesis
Genesis
was started in August 1993, using Visual Basic Version 1.0.
This was re-written later that year, using Visual Basic Version
2.0, and again re-written in 1994 using Visual Basic Version
3.0! The re-writes were necessary to take advantage of the file-access
methods available.
After
a long absence, in Jan 2002 I finally picked up the source code,
dusted it off and began the conversion to VB6. The VB3 version
of Genesis appeared to be completely unusable under Windows98
(at least on the few computers that I've tried).
The
database engine used by Genesis is the same as is supplied with
Microsoft ACCESS, so if you have a copy of ACCESS you can load
Genesis databases and create your own reports or analysis if
desired.
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A 32-bit version of Genesis!
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- Unlimited
number of individuals (linked or unlinked).
- GEDCOM
Import and Export.
- 15
system-defined general information fields, and up to 36
user-defined general information fields.
- 38
system-defined events and up to 36 user-defined events.
- OLE
support for sound and video clips, as well as the storing
of bitmap images.
Latest
version
Genesis
is currently at version 0.826, which was released on 10 January
1997.
The
following features are new in version 0.826:
- Interface
changed to MDI, allowing multiple windows to be open at
the same time.
- Attributes
are now treated as events, allowing more than one of each
attribute as well as dates, sources and notes.
- All
event codes and attribute codes can be changed to allow/inhibit
dates, locations, etc.
- All
reported bugs fixed.
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