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In the last couple of days I have started getting the following error when adding a new person:

 

Alias ‘BASE2’ is not found. 0 FRMEXPLORER.CNTPVIEW.CNTTREE.MLOADDATASETS

 

The person then seems to be added – if I hit OK again I get a message about the ID already being used. And then if I try to go to another person I get an Open Table (.dbf) window. The Project Explorer goes blank.

 

It seems to only happen when I have the Project Explorer open, which it usually is. I am using 6.09 UK version, and have 10327 names and 7625 people.

 

I've tried shutting down, and I've tried all the Mintenance tasks like Validating File Integrity.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Carole

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Thanks Virginia for your suggestion. It now also happens even if I'm not adding a new person, but updating tags on an existing person. It is becoming very annoying.

 

Carole

 

Does it seem to make a difference how the PE is sorted - like by Collapsed list?

 

You could try resetting the Add Person template (Add Person Template > Setup > Reset Template).

 

Virginia

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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.

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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.

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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

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Hope this helps,

 

Thank you.

 

Frank McAninch

714-846-5134

frank@mcaninch.net

frankmac@worldnet.att.net

Huntington Beach, California

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