Jim Byram

To anyone who gets the 'not a valid PJC' message. Immediately exit the program. Send me the PJC file from the project that gave the error. I want to examine the file at that state. Contact me by email by clicking on the link below. Jim Byram

David, The Book Manager could be better named. It's a tool to run multiple reports in succession. It could be used to construct a book using Word's master document feature, for example. I use it to run a series of List of People reports to set the flag used for Second Site output. This requires four LOP reports being run in succession for what I want to accomplish. Using Book Manager, it can be done by running one Book Manager report.

It works fine for me. The first time that I selected a custom flag, the Column Type field stayed blank although the Heading field was correct. I needed to reselect the custom flag for the Column Type. After that, with the same report, the custom flag selections have worked on first try. Make sure that the column widths are not exceeding the page width and the output is not wrapping. The custom flag can be 'hidden' (meaning easy to overlook) if wrapping to the second row.

I don't see that. All in my files are exported as FORM JPEG. Can you see a pattern? I asked the programmer to check the code and see if he can come up with a reason for the variability. Note that .TIF files are being exported as FORM TIF rather than FORM TIFF. Both JPEG and TIFF are antiquated forms. You don't see many files saved as .JPEG and .TIFF these days. Export has been extended beyond the specs and should now support all external filetypes supported by the Exhibit Log. The FORM is taken from the filetype. This would make JPEG (as opposed to JPG) an exception.

The problem is with tags exported as individual attributes when the memo is excluded. Not just the memo but the entire GEDCOM line is removed from the output. 1 RELI Christian 2 DATE (some date) 2 PLACE (some place) 2 SOUR (some citation) "Christian" is from the memo field. You exclude it and the output should be: 1 RELI 2 DATE (some date) 2 PLACE (some place) 2 SOUR (some citation) What is happening is that the 1 RELI line is dropped from the output. If the Religion tag had only an excluded memo and no subordinate data at all, then it would be correct to drop the entire line.

Mike, I need to see your project, the GEDCOM, and a description of the examples that you are looking at so I know a person or two to check. You can contact me by email by clicking the link below: Jim Byram

You got me. Don't see that. There was a bug of this nature that was fixed several versions ago. If you have a custom Add Person template, I would reset the template and make a new custom template. It might also be worthwhile to delete the REPEAT*.* files in the program folder to reset those.

If the tag has a date of Bet 1940 and !960 and a sort date of 1940, it will sort on 1940. Sorting is based on sort dates. Tags with no sort dates sort to the beginning or end of the list or don't sort based on the Preferences setting. File / Preferences / Program Options / Tag Box / Undated tags sorted selection Note that name tags can be sorted differently. See the 'Names tags sorted' option under the above option. There is no alphabetical sort option for the Tag Box.

List of... reports should use the selected program date format for output. File / Preferences / Program Options / General / Date format field

Virginia just cracked this. You get the error in Beginner data entry mode. The work-around is to switch to Advanced data entry mode. (Preferences / Program Options / Data Entry tab).

Under My Controls, on the lower left, you can change your password. I think, that if you are signing in, you can have your password emailed to you? If you need to have your account killed so that you can create a new account with the same email address, that will need to wait to next week after the cruise.

No. GEDCOM has always been the only means of exporting data for import into other genealogy programs. You would probably run into legal issues real quick if you exported in another program's proprietary format.

Astrid, I tried an external text file as a primary person exhibit with output to Word. It worked and that might be useful. I also tried a WMV and nothing was output. So some exhibits that can be marked as primary aren't actually output. Jim

No. Not until a version of Foxpro supports Unicode and TMG is updated to use that version of FoxPro.

There should be no relation between the two. The note field on the Supplemental tab should always be exported to a NOTE tag subordinate to the source. I just tested this and it made no difference to whether the note field was exported as to whether a source was linked to the source or not. ???

This issue should be fixed in v6.07.000.

This issue should be fixed in v6.06.000.

This issue is resolved by TMG v6.06.000. The paths for external exhibits will now be exported to GEDCOM exactly as stored in the exhibits table.

Peter, We need a more precise step-by-step to replicate exactly what you are doing. Jim

I can repeat the problem and have reported it. 'Check for an update' on the help menu will get you out of the locked situation.

Looking at the site, that's the correct link. The page is just not there at the moment.

Update. I can replicate the lost citation issue as seen in Bob Greiner's and Peter Blackwood's projects. And a day of refining things, I can create the problem in any project. The lost citation occurs when you use F3 to add a citation directly from the citation field on the Tag Entry screen -- rather than opening the Citation screen to enter the citation. What happens is that one record is replaced rather than adding a new record. In effect, each time you add a citation, you lose a citation. The way to avoid this is to NOT use F3 to add citations from the citation field on the Tag Entry screen. Use the [+] button, or F4, to open the Citation screen to add your citations. You can type in the source number or use the [binocs] button to select your source or use F3 or use CTRL+F3. From my testing, this will always add a new citation record (and bypass the lost citation problem). I have not been able to replicate the problem using CTRL+F3 from the citation field on the Tag Entry screen because that opens the Citation screen which avoids the problem.

I wouldn't make any assumptions until I can look at your project. I've looked at three different projects with 'lost citation' issues and all three have been different (and none have involved lost citations).

I'm starting to get a better feel for Bob's project and what's happening. There are three issues in going through his walk-through. 1) At a point in the history of the citation table, the RECNO values for the citation records changed from 4 digits to 7 digits. 2) Following the walk-through, adding a citation with CTRL-F3, a citation record is created with no RECNO. 3) From that point, there is the appearance that citations are being lost; however, NO changes are occurring in the citation table.

If you have this problem, please send me your project (with a description of how to cause it if possible). If you have already sent you project to Support, I need to know under what name, what date you sent it and the name of the project backup so that I can ask Support to retrieve your email and forward it to me. Bob's S-table is not typical and what works with his project to cause the problem appears to be specific to his project. You can contact me by email by clicking on the link below: Jim Byram