Thank you John, Fotunately, that friend had a recent backup that he restored. He wrote me that he had to re-enter about 100 individuals in his restored database. What puzzled me is the "xcode= 181855" part of the error message. This is not covered in your manual (the one I translated in french). Thanks again for your fast response. Gilles Paquette Le 2012-03-29 20:26, John Steed a ecrit : > To Gilles Paquette > > That file is damaged and needs to be repaired by me, or else the > friend needs to Restore a recent Backup copy that is not damaged. > > Have the friend make a new backup to a new CD or a new folder (do not > write over a previous backup) > > Then if the friend has a recent good backup, pick File, Restore > database and restore the good backup and then reenter changes since > that backup. > > If there is no recent good backup, let me know. > > John Steed

To Gilles Paquette That file is damaged and needs to be repaired by me, or else the friend needs to Restore a recent Backup copy that is not damaged. Have the friend make a new backup to a new CD or a new folder (do not write over a previous backup) Then if the friend has a recent good backup, pick File, Restore database and restore the good backup and then reenter changes since that backup. If there is no recent good backup, let me know. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles de C. Paquette" <paquette.gdec@videotron.ca> To: "BK - RootsWeb" <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:52 PM Subject: [BK] Btreive error > Hi, > > A friend had a power faileure at home while using BK. Now, when > starting BK he gets this message: "file: BKEVENT.DT6 FileI/O, Btrieve > error 2 xcode= 181855" > and upon closing BK he gets this other message: "bkevent.dt6 readlast > stat= 2". > > An irretrievable error or one that can be corrected (fairly) easily? > > Thanks. > > Gilles Paquette > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, A friend had a power faileure at home while using BK. Now, when starting BK he gets this message: "file: BKEVENT.DT6 FileI/O, Btrieve error 2 xcode= 181855" and upon closing BK he gets this other message: "bkevent.dt6 readlast stat= 2". An irretrievable error or one that can be corrected (fairly) easily? Thanks. Gilles Paquette

In message <0FCA5594716841F88C8B676379C34F03@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To Rick Beitler > >OK, I thought you were getting unwanted comments and wanted them to stop. > >If you want to change the comments and have them show, then you need a >program that can edit the JPG comments. > >There are 2 or 3 different types of "comments" that you can add to jpg >pictures. BK can only show one of those types of comments. (BK can >not print the comment, but it can show when you view the picture full >screen) > >One program that can edit the JPG comments is XnView which you can >download from http://www.xnview.com/ > >Run XnView and open the picture then pick Edit, Edit comment. > >John Steed [] Or IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/ - get the plugins too, I think), where it's open the picture and type I C (or select info, comment from the menus). IV can at least display - I'm not sure about edit - some of the other comment formats too. Note BK's grown a new button on the picture menu, open in default picture viewer; you may find this more useful than BK's own picture viewer, if you've got IrfanView as your default (or probably most other picture viewers - I haven't tried xnview, but I think most modern picture viewer/editor software has better zooming, for example, facilities than the BK one, as well of course as the comment editing facility). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Advertising is legalized lying. - H.G. Wells

To Rick Beitler OK, I thought you were getting unwanted comments and wanted them to stop. If you want to change the comments and have them show, then you need a program that can edit the JPG comments. There are 2 or 3 different types of "comments" that you can add to jpg pictures. BK can only show one of those types of comments. (BK can not print the comment, but it can show when you view the picture full screen) One program that can edit the JPG comments is XnView which you can download from http://www.xnview.com/ Run XnView and open the picture then pick Edit, Edit comment. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Beitler To: bk@rootsweb.com Cc: John Steed Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT John- Yes, that is what I am doing currently, but as Jaq Benadie pointed out, using the comment field can be an asset. Like identifying which cemetery the tombstone photo is from! So I was correct, the field that the comment section within BK photo viewer pulls in is the JPEG COMMENT within the METADATA file of the photo? Thanks. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, John Steed wrote: To Rich Beitler Start BK 6.5 and show the picture on the screen using BK Then from the top menu pick "do not show comment boxes for any pictures" That will fix the problem. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:24 AM Subject: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John- Yes, that is what I am doing currently, but as Jaq Benadie pointed out, using the comment field can be an asset. Like identifying which cemetery the tombstone photo is from! So I was correct, the field that the comment section within BK photo viewer pulls in is the JPEG COMMENT within the METADATA file of the photo? Thanks. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, John Steed wrote: > To Rich Beitler > > Start BK 6.5 and show the picture on the screen using BK > > Then from the top menu pick "do not show comment boxes for any pictures" > > That will fix the problem. > > John Steed > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> > To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:24 AM > Subject: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT > > >> I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. >> >> It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. >> >> I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. >> >> Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. >> >> >> Rick Beitler >> rabone@gmail.com >> http://chertyrock.blogspot.com >> >> Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi >> >> Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In message <4A611DB8-16A0-4FA2-89FD-8FD181B7B72F@gmail.com>, Rick Beitler <rabone@gmail.com> writes: >I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly >adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this >past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my >pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot >edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. [] >I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am >asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need >to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I >can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the >METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or >so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK >photo viewer. [] IrfanView (might need the plugins, I'm not sure - they're on the home site anyway) can edit at least one type of JPEG comment: just type I then C when you are viewing the picture in IrfanView. (Freeware, for private use.) If you just don't want to see the picture comments, BK has an option somewhere not to show them. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Being punctual makes people think you have nothing to do.

Rick, I have found this comment feature to be a great asset when used to your advantage. I use Irfan as my prefered image program and I imagine other programs will have a similar feature. In Irfan I load the image and then click on Image, Information and Comment. What is irritating you should now be visible and can be deleted but in its place you can the also insert a comment of your own choice. Rather like writing the names on the back of a photo you can now write whatever appeals to you and it stays with the photo. -- Jaq BENADIE PO Box 2337, Pinetown, 3600 Ph 031 - 708 3746 : Cell 073 - 560 0657 Fax 0865 197 978 jaqb64@gmail.com

To Rich Beitler Start BK 6.5 and show the picture on the screen using BK Then from the top menu pick "do not show comment boxes for any pictures" That will fix the problem. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Beitler" <rabone@gmail.com> To: "Brothers Keeper List" <BK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:24 AM Subject: [BK] Photo METADATA and JPEG COMMENT >I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly >adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past >weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my >pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit >or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. > > It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA > of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any > combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different > freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over > three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove > the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. > > I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am > asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to > perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can > remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under > JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see > within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. > > Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. > > > Rick Beitler > rabone@gmail.com > http://chertyrock.blogspot.com > > Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint > Francis of Assisi > > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

On 3/27/2012 2:41 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: > In message<4F71061B.3000005@frontiernet.net>, Betty Young Bray > <bybray@frontiernet.net> writes: > [] >> No, I don't have BK 6 in G. It is an old database and all of the text is >> contained in the main folder, and not in the text folder. Copy and paste >> is an option. Thanks > [] > (I assume you've done the 5 to 6 conversion that is built in to 6.) > > If all the text (I assume you mean separate text files, not embedded > text) is in the same folder, the facility (I think appeared at some > version of 6) to do a global change on path might be of use. One of my neighbors, a computer geek, came by, did something, and all is well. I think! Thanks to everyone. Betty

At 10:24 AM 3/27/2012, Rick Beitler wrote: >What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? I have been successful with commercial image editors such as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

I recently started using the picture feature in BK. I have been slowly adding photos to my database. However, I loaded a batch of them this past weekend, only to discover an unwanted comment are in several of my pictures. The comment is listed (I can see it using Picasa, but cannot edit or delete it) as a JPEG COMMENT. It appears that this unwanted bit of information is stored in the METADATA of my picture file. I Googled many different ways JPEG COMMENT and any combination I could think of thereof, and was directed to two different freeware programs, promising to be able to edit the METADATA comment. Over three hours later, no success. Well, the second program did seem to remove the METADATA comment from one JPEG file, but not others. I am sure that there are photography buff's within the group, so I am asking here. What program, or steps, or incantations do I need or need to perform to be able to edit the METADATA of these photographs so I can remove the unwanted comment? It clearly is found within the METADATA under JPEG COMMENT. There are other comment areas it seems (or so I can see within Picasa), but these are not showing up on the BK photo viewer. Any help in this matter is appreciated greatly. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi

In message <4F71061B.3000005@frontiernet.net>, Betty Young Bray <bybray@frontiernet.net> writes: [] >No, I don't have BK 6 in G. It is an old database and all of the text is >contained in the main folder, and not in the text folder. Copy and paste >is an option. Thanks [] (I assume you've done the 5 to 6 conversion that is built in to 6.) If all the text (I assume you mean separate text files, not embedded text) is in the same folder, the facility (I think appeared at some version of 6) to do a global change on path might be of use. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "When I was young I used to scintillate now I only sin 'til ten past three" (Ogden Nash) [via Andy Breen]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:28:27 -0500, Betty Young Bray <bybray@frontiernet.net> wrote: >I have imported a folder from BK 5 into BK 6.5.5. This was a database >that I used on BK 5 years ago. My problem is that the text files did not >import. There are no picture files. How can I get the text files into >this BK 6 database? The text files are not in the text folder. One of >them is like this: G:\BK5\OLDPEND\text\F15.txt >Any help would be appreciated. This folder has over 200,000 people. As the path from BK5 via the text files surely was not according where you did put your BK5-database and the externalfiles accorind to BK5 in you location of BK6., your will prberly have to copy and paste all information into BK6 database. I'm sure you have no database for BK 6 in G:/..... If you have get a new try and place every file according to what you have for BK5 and try again -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

Betty, Did you import or convert the BK5 database? Jim -----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Young Bray Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 5:28 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] BK 5 IMPORT INTO BK 6 I have imported a folder from BK 5 into BK 6.5.5. This was a database that I used on BK 5 years ago. My problem is that the text files did not import. There are no picture files. How can I get the text files into this BK 6 database? The text files are not in the text folder. One of them is like this: G:\BK5\OLDPEND\text\F15.txt Any help would be appreciated. This folder has over 200,000 people. Betty Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Betty Young Bray The convert from BK 5 to BK 6 will work fine if all of the BK 5 data is on the computer and in the correct places. It works best if you can run the BK 5 program and the pictures and text files are there, then you stop BK 5 and start BK 6 and do the convert. If you can not run BK 5 on that computer, then it is important that you put the data in the correct folders where BK 5 wanted them to be. Then do the convert. For example, is F15.TXT in the folder on this computer where it was on the old computer? Are the pictures in the exact folder where they were on the old computer? If you are not able to put the files where they were when BK 5 was working, then let me know and I will give you a way to work around the problem. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Young Bray" <bybray@frontiernet.net> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 5:28 PM Subject: [BK] BK 5 IMPORT INTO BK 6 >I have imported a folder from BK 5 into BK 6.5.5. This was a database > that I used on BK 5 years ago. My problem is that the text files did not > import. There are no picture files. How can I get the text files into > this BK 6 database? The text files are not in the text folder. One of > them is like this: G:\BK5\OLDPEND\text\F15.txt > Any help would be appreciated. This folder has over 200,000 people. > Betty > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >

On 3/26/2012 4:37 PM, Otto Jørgensen wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:28:27 -0500, Betty Young Bray > <bybray@frontiernet.net> wrote: > >> I have imported a folder from BK 5 into BK 6.5.5. This was a database >> that I used on BK 5 years ago. My problem is that the text files did not >> import. There are no picture files. How can I get the text files into >> this BK 6 database? The text files are not in the text folder. One of >> them is like this: G:\BK5\OLDPEND\text\F15.txt >> Any help would be appreciated. This folder has over 200,000 people. > As the path from BK5 via the text files surely was not according where > you did put your BK5-database and the externalfiles accorind to BK5 in > you location of BK6., your will prberly have to copy and paste all > information into BK6 database. > I'm sure you have no database for BK 6 in G:/..... > If you have get a new try and place every file according to what you > have for BK5 and try again No, I don't have BK 6 in G. It is an old database and all of the text is contained in the main folder, and not in the text folder. Copy and paste is an option. Thanks

I have imported a folder from BK 5 into BK 6.5.5. This was a database that I used on BK 5 years ago. My problem is that the text files did not import. There are no picture files. How can I get the text files into this BK 6 database? The text files are not in the text folder. One of them is like this: G:\BK5\OLDPEND\text\F15.txt Any help would be appreciated. This folder has over 200,000 people. Betty

This weekend I purchased and downloaded GedView for my phone and iPad. I have been very pleased with the way the application works on both devices. There are a few quirks to it, like no return to where I was button, but overall the interface is very clean and easy to get around in. Thanks to all who contributed to the thread. Rick Beitler rabone@gmail.com http://chertyrock.blogspot.com Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ~Saint Francis of Assisi On Mar 23, 2012, at 3:41 PM, peter glover wrote: > Hi All > > I am nearly similar to David as I use Gedview & Ancestry on my Ipad & Iphone > for viewing Gedcoms & working on my ipad with Ancestry > I agree Data input on Ipad is a NO GO > > But a nice change from a desktop & Laptop for ease of viewing > > > Cheers > > Pete > > 1. Third-Party techno tools (Rick Beitler) > 2. Re: Third-Party techno tools (David Youse) > > > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:28:53 -0400 > From: David Youse <dhyouse@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [BK] Third-Party techno tools > To: "bk@rootsweb.com" <bk@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <08596DE0-8403-43F7-8D3A-9E078A30E6DF@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I use "Famviewer" and "Ancestry" on my iPad, but use these as display and > view only applications since data entry on the iPad is too cumbersome. > "Famviewer" is loaded with data through a gedcom file. "Ancestry" links to > a gedcom file or to an ancestry.com account to load data. > > > > > Effectus bonus addo bonus > > > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Rick Beitler <rabone@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In message <139E4E68404245D4A53CD60B7259D779@Dell4600>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To Dave Bradshaw [] >If you have picture files attached to people on the Media tab, they will >probably end up as picture files if you import it again. > >Any sound, video, or PDF files will go to the Media tab. > >The gedcom file just shows what files are attached to people, and the gedcom >file does not have a way to specify if a picture file should be picture or >media. > >I am working on a way to create a list of all files that are attached to >people in the gedcom file. [] This reminds me of something I have been thinking for some time - for BK, not GedCom: how difficult would it be to make the pathnames relative to where the main BK database is? At present, if they're moved independently, all the pathnames have to be changed within BK. If the concern is that some pictures (etc.) might _not_ be "below" the database (e. g. on a network drive), perhaps something could be done based on whether the path has a colon in it, or starts with a backslash - "pictures\mum.jpg" would be relative, but "N:\videos\grandma's silver.mpg" wouldn't. This would allow a whole BK database _including_ a lot of its media files to be moved as a whole (even within the same computer), without having to change pathnames. Just a thought. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf a little bit of me still feels that some southerners think we northerners are issued at birth with doomed kestrels. - Alison Graham, Radio Times, 3-9/11/2007.