DebbieV76

Just now discovering (after years away) that TMG is no more. I've been using the software since the days of loading TMG via foppy disk... Is there any way to get current at this point? Or is my 25 years of research and hard work all for nothing? I'm SO disappointed and would appreciate any help that folks could give. I really don't know what to do. I just got a new-to-me laptop running Windows 7 and was going to get caught up this winter. I'm lost. Help!

An update... I just downloaded a Vista PDF creator to see if that might be the problem. (the PDFCreator mentioned in another thread says that it is not Vista compatible). But even with the new PDF creator, I still have the same challenge. I can make the page size change in the print screen properties, but it does not recognize that change. Instead of one large PDF, I have 34 pages. Not acceptable. And I do not have a printer choice in the page set up screen. sigh. help.

Has this issue been addressed yet? I'm trying to print my large charts out as PDFs and I am unable to change my page size to a large custom sheet. I am using Vista, and just downloaded TMG 7.03 and unfortunately, I'm having the same problem. It doesn't recognize the changed sheet size in the print menu and insists on many little sheets. The printer button doesn't show up in the page set up screen. My reunion is in less than two weeks, I have a print shop waiting to do them for me, and I have 25 gorgeous floor to ceiling charts that I can't print! Please tell me someone has a workaround for this! This is a serious problem as it negates the use of the Print Preview to check that custom page size actually works for the current chart. I presume that this is a Vista / particular Printer driver issue - I don't have vista to check this out. It is likely that the currently selected default printer driver is the problem.

Our family is celebrating our 100th anniversary reunion next year. The intent is to publish a family book. Lots to do... so little time. We already have a TMG database with over 4,000 relatives. I really want to confirm the information we have and add what we do not. The thought was to send a family group sheet as we send the invitations for this year's reunion. Does anyone have a template in conjunction with the family group sheet they have used to gather/confirm information that produced good results? My concerns: that folks would fill in the information properly... most wouldn't have a clue. Knowing who provided it (for source info). And making sure the updated information finds its way back. I thought of pasting the family group sheet into at Word doc with contact information and instructions added. I've played around with some ideas, but wanted to see what others may have done. Why re-invent the wheel? thanks so much! Debbie

I would love to print name tags for our upcoming family reunion. I would like to have nick names used. Not everyone has nick names. Women to have both maiden and married names. Any ideas? Any insights would be very helpful. thanks! Debbie

I know that my great great grandfather had 8 children, and 64 grandchildren. Those numbers are easily counted. In a family as large as mine, the counting from here out is a challenge. Is there a report definition that would help me get the number of great grandchildren, and the count of subsequent generations? Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance!

I've used this software for many years, but in no way to the extent of its capabilities! I was fortunate to have found TMG before I tried anything else...back in the days when the program came on floppy disks. I was just trying to figure how long it's been and what version I started with. Is there any history of Wholly Genes and TMG and the history of the revisions and versions? Silly question I suppose, but I guess I love history in all its many forms.

I'm printing a descendants only (no spouses) kinship report for my Grandfather. (I will be setting up report definitions for each of his 45 first cousins as well.) I would like to be able to have each section (children, grandchildren, great grandchildren) print in a certain order... either by family, birth date, reference number, or alphabetical. Any suggestions? Right now the report prints the names in the order they were input to the dbase within each section. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Mike and Terry! I'll let you know what I come up with.

Another thing to add to the wish list!

Doing some cleanup work with v6 before moving all to v7. I've just noticed, in the person view, to the right of the name, many people have a question mark after their name. Even within the same family someone might have a question mark, yet a sibling might not. I'm not even sure what it means. Any ideas? Really want to fix before I drag the problem into the upgrade! Thanks in advance!

The birth date is not included in dbase, but the death date is. I was expecting the death date to print, but it does not. Is there a way to modify this, to look something like: ( - Sep 25, 1967) Is there a way to force Lifespan format? Both birth and death dates on the same line within the box? Also, is there a way to indicate a divorce without having it on a line all on its own? Thanks in advance

Help! I want to make sure my dbase is NOT filtered before I switch to v7. Is there a way to check this? Is this "filtered" notation in red (column header, over event types column, to the left of date column heading) usually there? I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone if it's been there all along!

Virgina, You're a doll! Thanks so much. I was feeling really silly for asking. It was the right click menu. Thanks again.

I've tried several things to get my gray shadows to appear more like the preview box before I "make chart." I am using accent colors (one for each of eight family branches). I have tried adding the gray shadow in the accent definition as well as in the box definition. When I generate the chart, there is no shadow. These are wall charts and the lines are 10 pixels with type that is 24pt in the boxes. Any suggestions would be appreciated! TIA

I have set up files for 44 different descendant box charts with the same file definitions. Most print just fine. On two of the charts charts though, there are huge gaps between two boxes within the same generation for no apparent reason. Let me know if you need any more info. I was going to attach the file, but it might be too big to work here. I'm printing left to right. Thanks in advance! Debbie V

Is there a way to have the "Last Edited Date" displayed on your layout? Thanks in advance! Debbie

Thanks Virginia! We have backup! YAY! I knew I could count on you all for help thank you very much! The Vista article was very helpful. Thanks Jim!

Heading towards our annual Family reunion, (the 96th one, I think). Ultimately would like lists of births, marriages, etc entered since our last reunion sorted by family line. Any one have an idea of how I might do this? Thanks in advance! Blessings, Debbie

I've been having back-up problems as well. The backup for my projects were working fine. Then my computer died and was sent away to be fixed. It left as Windows XP and returned as a refurbished computer with Windows Vista. I had to reload all my programs including TMG. Once that was done and I made a few changes to my project, I tried to back up and got the same initial message as mentioned above: "Input file read failure - This error occurs when a file read operation is performed on a ZIP file that is locked or restricted by another process." I clicked on OK, but received a different message than Tony did. "Errors occurred during backup. Output file write failure, possible disk full" Clicking OK ends the operation. I am backing up to a local drive--it is NOT full, maybe only 25% in use. I am allowing the program to determine the name. It had always worked fine, even with the few (maybe 6) exhibits I added. The only difference for the project was the move to Vista OS. Have there been any concerns expressed with using Vista and TMG? Whatever insights you can provide would be greatly appreciated. I hate the idea that my project is not backed up. I'll be making many changes this weekend in anticipation of our annual reunion on the 19th. Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to get my TMG 4 data set into TMG 6 (or even TMG 5 if it would help) and I keep getting the error message:: "Found 6 errors of structure." It won't allow me to go farther. I'm really nervous, as there is ALOT of work in that dbase! I got a new laptop and I'm trying to get everything up to speed on it. HELP! Thanks in advance. Debbie

Thanks so much! I will be sending it off shortly.