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Michael Hannah replied to Michael Hannah's topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Okay, took some testing to "try" to understand this, as it also does not "always" replicate for me. While I also cannot reliably reproduce this I have developed the belief that it is caused by a combination of two factors. First, I believe it more often occurs when the Master Repository List is set to sort by ID number. Next it only occurs for me when trying to add a repository to the Source. The Repository Link Entry Screen will open with zero in the Repository ID field. Clicking directly on the binocs to immediately show the Master Repository List "sometimes" produces this error. But pressing F2 to show that List always seems to work. Usually the first attempt at this just after opening TMG is error free!? It is later attempts (after who knows what activities) which (sometimes) produce the error. I HATE these intermittent errors! I suspect TMG is sometimes trying to open to a repository with an ID of zero which is causing this, but cannot reliably repeat it. Oh well, thanks for looking at this. I am choosing to ignore this and develop the habit of using F2, although new habits are hard when one is 80!! Thanks again, -
Michael, I can't replicate the error. Based on the error message, I'm surprised that your efforts to refresh the index file didn't work. Maybe there's an error in the repository table or memo file. If you haven't added a repository since your last backup, add the repository .DBF and .FPT files from your last backup (or a previous backup). Be sure to reindex after the change. Jim
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Hope you are still monitoring this Forum, Jim Byram?? My main project which I have been using for decades has developed a new error. I hope you can help. I create a new source, go to its Attachments tab, click on the '+' to add a repository, TMG pops up the Repository Link Entry Screen. I then click on the 'binocs' to select a repository and get the error: Index does not match the table. Delete the index file and re-create the index. 20 FRMREPOSITORY2_RNLISTROWS_ASSIGN If I click "Ignore" the Master Repository List pops open and I am able to select an link a repository to the source. Further any later attempts to link a repository during that TMG session do not produce the error. But if I exit and reopen TMG I get the error. I have done all the maintenance routines, including reindex, and even deleted all CDX files to have them recreated. Has no effect on this error. Any suggestions? I hate running with an existing repeatable error. ============== Edit update I followed your advice from other posts and tried running the installer in Repair mode. No effect.
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Repeated posts have cautioned that TMG backups should ONLY be done to and from the actual hard drive. They should not involve either removable drives and never OneDrive. Can you first directly copy the sqz file from OneDrive to the local hard drive? If so you then can have TMG restore it from there. Hope this gives you ideas,
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Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Yes, that popup window that opens looking for a .DBF file is a symptom of the problem I had. If you click cancel over and over, or just select random DBF files until it's satisfied, then it should come up with a "Alias <something> not found" message. I think that's because it cannot open the proper DBF file because access is denied. If you don't get that popup window in Safe Mode, then I would definitely look at Windows Defender as the culprit, denying access from the tmg9.exe program. See my steps above. -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
Jim replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I believe my problem has to do with my Project vs my Data set, I not real clear on the difference between the two. One of the problems has to do with using # tab ( finding person by Id). When I put #1 (which should be me, I am taken to a menu that shows a list of .dbf files rather than taking me directly to that person. There are other similar little things that just don't seem right. I'm beginning to think it has to do with "Project" vs "Data set" which I am not very clear on. Any ideas? You have been lots of help so far, maybe to can make sense out of this. -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Glad that worked for you, Jim. There must be some background process that is preventing the restore in normal mode. I wonder if it's related to anti-virus software like mine was. -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
Jim replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Your idea of trying rebooting in safe mode , solved my problem. I was able to restore my backup without any problem. Thank you so much for your help and I'm happy to see you solved yours as well. -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
omg. I finally figured it out. My brain hurts. It ended up being a Windows Defender issue that I had no idea about. There must have been an update within the past year or so since I last used TMG, or I played with Windows Defender settings re: my Documents folder, which was blocking access to TMG and causing the errors. It's now working again with no errors and backups are working again too. Sheesh. Here's how I fixed it, in case anyone else runs into weird Visual FoxPro errors like this. (this is in Windows 10 - it may be slightly different in Windows 11 or later): Go to Windows Security (I typed Security in the Search box in Windows and clicked on Windows Security app). Click on Virus & threat protection. Click "Manage settings" link under Virus & threat protection settings Scroll down and click "Manage Controlled folder access" link under Controlled folder access. On the Ransomware protection screen, the switch under Controlled folder access was "on" for me. Click on Allow an app through Controlled folder access link. Click on the 'Add an allowed app' button and select 'Recently blocked apps' if this issue just started happening. It will show a list of apps that have been blocked, one of which should be tmg9.exe. Click on the + button next to tmg9.exe to allow access. Voila. That should fix it. Wow, that sent me down a rabbit hole I really didn't want to be in. :-) -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Try rebooting your computer in safe mode and then try the restore and see if that works. For my issue, I'm finding that there are messed up file permissions and tmg can't open or write to some files it created. Really weird errors, probably having to do with Visual FoxPro 9, and it seems to all be OK in safe mode. I can't even take ownership or change permissions on the files from admin or system accounts. I'll do some more digging this weekend. It just may be time to put tmg to rest and find another program. -
When I attempted to open my project after a few weeks, the first thing I noticed was that TMG opened in repair mode. then the problems began. I don't have anywhere near the computer skills you have but am a long time user of TMG and I kind of lost without it. I made my last backup on 29 Aug 2025. Perhaps , unfortunately, that backup was sent to Microsoft's OneDrive (external drive). I am able to retrieve that file and it appears be to just fine (jpivey 2025-08-29 10-23-16.sqz). When I attempt to restore that file to TMG, it first appears that everything looks find ( I can see flashes of files being restored in the top right of the restore screen), then it goes to the next restore screen and asks the locations I want, etc, than the restore screen asks about configuration and timelines, and the last screen asks about type of files, to be restored, and finally I press "finish". I get this error message: 'DyanZip error: Error creating output file (problem extracting file(s). I also note that after that, the TMG program locks up. I've been struggling with this problem for over a week now and have made no progress, I would appreciate any help you can send my way,
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Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
Jim replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I've read your post with interest and I don't know if my problem is the same as your or not. When I attempted to open my project after a few weeks, the first thing I noticed was that TMG opened in repair mode. then the problems began. I don't have anywhere near the computer skills you have but am a long time user of TMG and I kind of lost without it. I made my last backup on 29 Aug 2025. Perhaps , unfortunately, that backup was sent to Microsoft's OneDrive (external drive). I am able to retrieve that file and it appears be to just fine (jpivey 2025-08-29 10-23-16.sqz). When I attempt to restore that file to TMG, it first appears that everything looks find ( I can see flashes of files being restored in the top right of the restore screen), then it goes to the next restore screen and asks the locations I want, etc, than the restore screen asks about configuration and timelines, and the last screen asks about type of files, to be restored, and finally I press "finish". I get this error message: 'DyanZip error: Error creating output file (problem extracting file(s). I also note that after that, the TMG program locks up. I've been struggling with this problem for over a week now and have made no progress, I would appreciate any help you can send my way, -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I mess with Windows Services sometimes and disable ones I don't think I need. Maybe TMG needs certain services running? Is there a list of services it uses? --------- well, I got it running finally. I did another uninstall using REVOUninstaller and removed all registry and file entries it found. Set all Disabled services to Manual. Then rebooted in safe mode and installed again. This time it's mostly working - I was able to copy the saved Project folder into ../Documents/The Master Genealogist v9 and opened the project. The GoTo button works and I can back up the project with no errors. I then did File/Data Set Manager/Export and exported the whole project to a .GED successfully. Tried also exporting a DIF file and that crashed. Tried exporting to Microsoft Excel file and it keeps prompting for DBF files as above, looking for curselection.dbf, exp_p.dbf, exp_ppv.dbf, expss1.dbf, exp_n.dbf, exp_m.dbf. These seem to be files needed for export. These look like internal Visual FoxPro files it's looking for. So I don't know if Visual FoxPro no longer works on the current Windows versions. Maybe that's the problem. In that case, we will all need to either continue using TMG on older Windows versions, or abandon TMG and find some other software program that has the same functionality and can import the data. Or move all your data online into someone else's software/storage like Ancestry or FamilySearch or MyHeritage, which is not ideal as you lose control of your data. But that seems to be the only option going forward. Any ideas from other ex-TMG users? USGenWeb maybe? I have my data on Rootweb that I used SecondSite to format, but I think that's not updateable any more. ---------- By the way, it only seems to work in Safe Mode now. Without safe mode on, I still get lots of Visual FoxPro generated errors about dbf files, cdx files, out of space errors (I have 109GB free on the drive). I did upgrade to a SSD this year -- maybe Visual FoxPro 9 can't handle the speed of the drive? -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I uninstalled TMG9, deleted The Master Genealogist folder in Program Data and in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming. I renamed it to The Master Genealogist v9 - old in My Documents folder so that a new folder would be created. Then installed it again. It installed and set up correctly, and I opened the sample project for testing. The GoTo function does not work (Search works): The Windows Explorer Open window opens and looks like it's expecting a DBF file. Selecting a file or clicking cancel repeatedly ends up with this error msg: Something happened while I was using TMG yesterday because GoTo was working fine until after I tried backing up the project and all these issues started. I also get this error when trying to back up the sample project on the fresh install: Maybe registry keys need to be reset and then another re-install? Or can anyone explain what this error means? -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I am having the same issue. I'm a computer programmer, so I've tried several things to see if I can get it to work. Nothing works yet. This started when I made some changes to a project and then tried to back up the project. I got errors regarding unable to access or write to file REPEAT.CDX. So I renamed that file in the Repeat_files folder and tried again. Then got an error about unable to read files Last Backup.log and List of external exhibits.log in the Logs folder. So I renamed those and tried again. It then got all the way through backing up the project until at the end it says something about a ZIP file being in use, and it didn't create the .SQZ file (but said it completed successfully when I dismissed the error dialog). So I tried backing up without any compression. Same error message, same result. I copied all the folders and files in The Master Genealogist v9 folder to another location, then uninstalled TMG and reinstalled it again. Then when opening the fresh install, tried to restore a previous successful backup file. No luck there either. I'm getting the original poster's message: Variable 'LATEMP' is not found. 44 FRMWIZRESTORE.WIZPAGEFRAME1.PAGE1.CON.INIT I am wondering if one of the recent Windows 10 updates has broken FoxPro or something. That would be a major problem for TMG users with no recourse except to change programs, and I don't want to change to yet another genealogy program (TMG is #4 for me since I started in 1990s). Is anyone still supporting TMG at all? Is the source code available? Maybe I could at least debug it for now. I an fluent in databases and C#, Python, VB, and can learn any language. --------- Update: After reinstalling v9.05, I was able to restore the previous backup SQZ file and open the program. I immediately tried to do a backup of the restored project again, but am still receiving the error I was getting before doing all this. I have no idea what this error means. There are no other processes dealing with ZIP files I can see on my PC. When I click OK, I get this, but there is no new SQZ file in Backups folder or any new log files in Logs folder: -
Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
cassb replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I am having the same issue. I'm a computer programmer, so I've tried several things to see if I can get it to work. Nothing works yet. This started when I made some changes to a project and then tried to back up the project. I got errors regarding unable to access or write to file REPEAT.CDX. So I renamed that file in the Repeat_files folder and tried again. Then got an error about unable to read files Last Backup.log and List of external exhibits.log in the Logs folder. So I renamed those and tried again. It then got all the way through backing up the project until at the end it says something about a ZIP file being in use, and it didn't create the .SQZ file (but said it completed successfully when I dismissed the error dialog). So I tried backing up without any compression. Same error message, same result. I copied all the folders and files in The Master Genealogist v9 folder to another location, then uninstalled TMG and reinstalled it again. Then when opening the fresh install, tried to restore a previous successful backup file. No luck there either. I'm getting the original poster's message: Variable 'LATEMP' is not found. 44 FRMWIZRESTORE.WIZPAGEFRAME1.PAGE1.CON.INIT I am wondering if one of the recent Windows 10 updates has broken FoxPro or something. That would be a major problem for TMG users with no recourse except to change programs, and I don't want to change to yet another genealogy program (TMG is #4 for me since I started in 1990s). Is anyone still supporting TMG at all? Is the source code available? Maybe I could at least debug it for now. I an fluent in databases and C#, Python, VB, and can learn any language. -
I have an error that I have never encountered before (dyanzip error, error creating output file, problem extracting files). The last backup was to an 'cloud' called OneDrive and it appears to be a .sqz file. when I attempt to restore from this backup, I get this error. I looked back at older post and followed the suggestions that were given with no results. I tried to attach this file, but was not able to due to it's size. I've been using TMG for a 'gazillion' years and I just can't survive without this backup. PLEASE HELP.
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Problems With Restore on Version 9.05
Jim replied to George E. Tabb Jr.'s topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Jim I'm having the same problem and I have been following your instructions and nothing is working for me. My most recent backup was placed on external cloud drive called OneDrive. I have followed your subjections to Mr Tabb but nothing has worked so far. -
TMG V9 Registration Data Invalid
Terry Reigel replied to johnston's topic in The Master Genealogist v9
Paul, The most common reasons a serial number fails to unlock are: 1. The number is mis-typed. It's long and difficult to type without errors, so it's best to save it as text so you can cut and paste it into the unlock screen. 2. You have changed email address, and are entering your current email address. You must enter your email and name the way it was used when you purchased the serial number. 3. The serial number is for a different version of TMG, for example TMG 7 or TMG 8. Are you sure the number you are entering is for the correct version of TMG? -
TMG V9 Registration Data Invalid
Paul Mouland replied to johnston's topic in The Master Genealogist v9
I'm having the same problem. What was your solution? -
Repetitive Request For Serial Number
Terry Reigel replied to Churchie's topic in The Master Genealogist v9
You should be able to download on another computer, say at a friend's home or a library, and put it on a thumb drive. Then copy it from the thumb drive to your computer. If you have installed TMG 7 from a CD, you may not be able to open your Project even if you can unlock it. If you had installed any updates on your previous installation that involved a modification to the file system the Project will likely not open on the older version installed from a CD. -
Thank you for your reply. I am unable to download installer because Vista is no longer supported by any browser.
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Repetitive Request For Serial Number
Terry Reigel replied to Churchie's topic in The Master Genealogist v9
You do not need an Internet connection to unlock TMG. If it says your credentials are invalid you have one of these issues: Using a serial number for a different version of TMG Entering the serial number manually and making a mistake Using a different email address than the one that you used when you obtained the license Using a different name than the on used when you obtained the license Why can't you download the installer? If you have credentials for TMG7 downloading TMG8 will not work. You can download TMG9 and buy credentials for that if you want. -
I had to reload TMG 7 because of hard drive issue. Because I am running Vista I am unable to unlock my TMG 7 program without internet supported browser. How can I get around this locked TMG program? I have tried multiple times and says invalid when I enter my serial code. Any help will be appreciate. I also cannot download a new installer for TMG 7 or 8.
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I have the latest version of TMG and am using it again after many years. So I am just searching for answers to questions I have.
