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Corrupted Genealogy_e.cdx File

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Got an error message while attempting to drill down into a family:

 

Index file __________ genealogy_e.cdx "EVbyper" is corrupted. Please rebuild it. 465 FRMDETAILS.CNTEVENTLIST.MPREPAREEVENTS3

 

Anyone got an idea on how I "rebuild it"?

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From a search of the Forum for "cdx file" I found the following advice from Jim:

 

Close TMG. Delete all of the index files in the project folder (.CDX files) and then start the program and see if that fixed it.

 

If the CDX files do not exist TMG will automatically rebuild them. If that does not help, report back and some other user may have an idea.

 

Also, it may help to run the Maintenance routines from the File menu:

First run Optimize, then VFI. If it reports errors then repeat Optimize/VFI, else do a final Optimize.

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I must be missing something. I look into my folder that I set up to hold my project and there are no .cdx files. There are .ACC, .DBF, .FPT and .PCJ file types, along with the "Active Server Document".

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Saw the second part of your reply after I sent out my response to the .cdx files. I did the Optimize/VFI and it appears to have worked. Thanks for your input.

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Glad it worked. I'll bet if you look in that directory again you will now find your CDX files.

 

I have gotten in the habit of doing the Maintenance routines whenever I finish a data entry session. It seems to keep things clean.

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Actually, no. The only file that was added was the Last VFI.txt file, which is just a log of what happened during the VFI. Am I missing something?

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sample.pngVistaHidden.jpg

 

There are 80 or more files in each project, and about 29 CDX files. See screenshot above of partial list of the files in the Sample project. I don't know if Windows hides CDX files, but you might check that you have Windows Explorer set to show hidden files and folders (instructions for Vista - screenshot 2 above).

 

For a description of the TMG file structure, see Lee's page here.

 

Virginia

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OK, here is a listing of the files I have in my project:

 

Active Server Documents: 29

DBF: 29

FPT: 18

PJC: 1

 

Total of 77 files, and that is with hidden files shown. I do not find any CDX files. I am using Ver 7.03.0000.

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OK, comparing the files in your screen shot the CDX files seem to correspond to my Active Server Documents. DFon;t know why they are called something different on my system. I am using Vista Home Premium SP 1, 64bit.

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CDX files are Active Server Documents. It may be an association setting on your computer (what program opens when you doubleclick on the file - which you would not do with a TMG index file in any event). I do not think it makes any difference to TMG finding the files.

 

Virginia

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A quick Internet search shows that the ".CDX" file extension is used by a wide variety of programs, only one of which is FoxPro, which is the underlying database engine of TMG. The Microsoft Operating System also uses files with the ".CDX" file extension as Active Server Documents for it Active Server Pages program. Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages. It was initially marketed as an add-on to Internet Information Services (IIS) via the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, but has been included as a free component of Windows Server since the initial release of Windows 2000 Server.

 

This is (another) case where Microsoft is "helping" you :sad: by labeling all files with the ".CDX" file extension based on how MS itself uses that file extension, regardless of the fact that files with the ".CDX" file extension are also used for completely different purposes than MS by CorelDRAW, FoxPro, NovaBACKUP, multiple database programs as compound index files, Alpha Five tables, ChemDraw, iAnywhere, and MicroStation, to name just a few programs.

 

In other words, these files that Microsoft chooses to label as "Active Server Documents" are your TMG/FoxPro ".CDX" files. I suspect that Virginia is correct that there is some setting in MS where this file extension has been associated with the MS ASP program.

 

This may be more than you wanted to know, but hope this helps explain what you are seeing,

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