frankmac

I had this "Alias 'BASE2' is not found . . ." problem also, this weekend, and tracked it down to the 'Sort' setting on the Project Explorer window; after changing back to "Sort: Surname" the 'Add Person' logic ran correctly. - - - - - - For the record, here's a very repeatable set of steps and symptoms, that might help your developers catch the error [Exception?] and put a more user-friendly scenario around the internal problem, whatever it is. - - - - - - TMG 6.09, Win XP Pro SP2 on 2-year-old HP Pavilion desktop (nothing fancy) Restored a recent copy of my database sqz file, with my own windows layout, which I have been using for a long time now, with no (other) problems; Project Explorer window is open, there are no Filters on it, Sort was "Data Set" (I don't know why), and it is not Linked to other windows File > Maintenance, VFI, No Problems; ReIndex, Optimize (Diff: 0 bytes) [i always do VFI and Optimize before Backup, so restore diff 0 is correct] menu > Add > Unrelated > Male > GivenName "John", Surname "Doe" Click [OK], then Accept surname not already in project, then ". . . tags have no citation. Continue anyway?" [Yes] modal dialog box Title: The Master Genealogist Text: Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS Three choices: [Abort] [Retry] [ignore] Both [Retry] and [ignore] just beep again and return you to the same modal dialog box, with the same three choices [Abort] brings you back to the 'Add Person' window, and then Click [OK] brings up another modal dialog box Title: The Master Genealogist Text: The specified ID number is already in use. You can use F2 . . . One choice: [OK] So, back to the 'Add Person' window, and then [Cancel], which brings up another modal dialog box Title: The Master Genealogist Text: Are you sure that you want to lose the changes to this screen?. Two choices: [Yes] [No] But [No] keeps you stuck in this 'Add Person' / 'Alias BASE2 . . .' loop, so, eventually you choose [Yes], the 'Add Person' window closes, the Person View display does not change, but Select by RIN using the '#' on the toolbar, type in the new RIN that you just added, and the new person has been added Then, close Project Explorer window [red X in upper-right corner], and the 'Add Person' sequence works correctly, as expected Now, close my project, Open > Project > sample > sample_.PJC, update it to 6.09, make the backup, and let it open (5-window layout) Repeat the 'add unrelated John Doe' procedure, no problem Return to my project, add another unrelated person, and the "Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRM . . ." problem occurs again. And killing the Project Explorer window allows me to Add people, as observed above. Before this happened, the last time TMG wrote a line to Error.txt was back in November, 2005, and I have no recall of that problem, whatever that problem was. Here's the Error.txt file C:\ Program Files\ The Master Genealogist\ Error.txt Report 02.09.23, 15:23:37 ok >C:\WINDOWS\System32\bbFolderTree.ocx was registred 08/02/2003, 13:40:29 230Array dimensions are invalid. 9 FRMDETAILS.CNTEVENTLIST.PGFEVENTTREE1.PAGE1.OLEEVENTLIST.AFTERROWCHANGED 11/06/2005, 11:20:05 11Function argument value, type, or count is invalid. 15 FTOA 11/06/2005, 11:35:39 11Function argument value, type, or count is invalid. 15 FTOA 2005.11.21, 19:19:56 11Function argument value, type, or count is invalid. 15 FTOA 2006/08/06, 13:20:22 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006/08/06, 13:20:27 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006/08/06, 13:20:30 1File 'base2.dbf' does not exist. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006/08/06, 13:20:32 13Alias 'TTT' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006/08/06, 13:20:34 13Alias 'TTT' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:03:13 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:22 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:25 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:35 1File 'base2.dbf' does not exist. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:40 13Alias 'TTT' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:42 110File must be opened exclusively. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:04:45 13Alias is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.07, 19:05:19 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.08, 17:44:12 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.08, 18:00:46 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.08, 18:00:52 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.08, 18:00:54 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS 2006.08.08, 18:10:04 13Alias 'BASE2' is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS - - - - - - Hope this helps, Thank you. Frank McAninch 714-846-5134 frank@mcaninch.net frankmac@worldnet.att.net Huntington Beach, California