>Please could you tell me how I can upgrade my program to the 2.30 version that >I have seen discussed here? I only bought my 2.26X version six weeks ago!! >(Please write s l o w l y - I don't speak technie very well!!) Also: >I have had so many 'messages' from you I feel I know you and everyone >else. My problem is-- I am not near anyone who can help me technically >(I live 40 mins drive from nearest town) and as a retired person am very >much self taught on the computer. Just HOW do I download your >programme? I tried but only got heaps of "gobbledegook" Please write >your answer slowly as I am not too bright any more >Jean from sunny New Zealand (most of the time) 1. Go to www.cf-software.com and then select the "Cumberland Family Tree for Windows" page from the menu on left. 2. Then go down to cftw230x.zip and download it to your computer. Normally all you do is click on the underlined link to cftw230x.zip and that will download it. 3. Using WinZip or PkUnzip unzip the file (cftw230x.zip) to a temporary folder. 4. Run INSTALL.EXE from the temporary folder. Tell it to simply install over top the old version - ie leave the directory as c:\cftw if that is where the current program is. Hope this helps. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

>Is this operation also necessary for Danish (or other languages), or is it a special German problem this time? German only. Don't worry about Danish. I made no changes to the language for Danish. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

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Hi Ira I have had so many 'messages' from you I feel I know you and everyone else. My problem is-- I am not near anyone who can help me technically (I live 40 mins drive from nearest town) and as a retired person am very much self taught on the computer. Just HOW do I download your programme? I tried but only got heaps of "gobbledegook" Please write your answer slowly as I am not too bright any more Jean from sunny New Zealand (most of the time)

Perfect install in one go of version 2.30x! Everything looks fine.Thanks a lot, Ira. Regards, Ren Hasekamp

Please could you tell me how I can upgrade my program to the 2.30 version that I have seen discussed here? I only bought my 2.26X version six weeks ago!! (Please write s l o w l y - I don't speak technie very well!!) best wishes, Moira

Is this operation also necessary for Danish (or other languages), or is it a special German problem this time? Jens Erik Brammer, Holte, Denmark -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > >Save LANGUAGE.TPS and STDEVE.TPS. These two files are required as a pair - >together. Simply copy them somewhere for safe keeping then after installing >ver 2.30 copy them back. > >Basically, there have been some changes made to the German language that >are not acceptable for some Germans. My current thinking is that I will >have to restore the 2.29 translations. > >Ira

Ah! How sweet it is! Sometimes you just download, unzip, install, and go merrily on your way (after a full backup, of course). Floyd E. Turner mailto:floydt@erinet.com

At 08:42 PM 5/11/98 +0200, you wrote: >> Version 2.30 Improvements >> (Updated May 9, 1998) >> * Language Updates: Dutch, German. >> >For those who use the German language: Before installing Ver. 2.30 >please save your language.tps from a former version (2.29) >because you might not like the update. >Max Save LANGUAGE.TPS and STDEVE.TPS. These two files are required as a pair - together. Simply copy them somewhere for safe keeping then after installing ver 2.30 copy them back. Basically, there have been some changes made to the German language that are not acceptable for some Germans. My current thinking is that I will have to restore the 2.29 translations. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Hi Ira, Thanks for bringing out this new release. It's a pleasure again to work with this 'admin tool'. Now I don't have to take care of the back-up error code 160 anymore. This is perfect! Best regards, Ted Voordouw The Netherlands

> Version 2.30 Improvements > (Updated May 9, 1998) > * Language Updates: Dutch, German. > For those who use the German language: Before installing Ver. 2.30 please save your language.tps from a former version (2.29) because you might not like the update. Max

Thanks Ira, downloaded and installed fine and solved zip backup problem. rgds Jens Fleinert

>> My problem is I have about 6 males each with the same name-one Samuel >and >> John. When I try to put the right John to John or visa versa. I get the >> page saying they have two sets of parents, which is not true. How do I >get >> it to work right?? Now John has the children of the other John. >> HELP!!!!!!!! I am confused. I don't know what you are doing. I don't know of a "page" or error that says anyone has two sets of parents. What do you mean when you say "puit the right John to John". I suspect you are talking about "connecting" them as Father and Son? Sorry. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

At 02:03 PM 5/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Would it be possible to remove indents from the descendant story, or at >least have an option to do so? Anything is possible. The problem is time on my part. So I prioritize all suggestions and bug reports based on importance and time it would take me to solve. This is a good idea and will get placed on my list. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

At 09:28 PM 5/8/98 +0000, you wrote: >I was just at CNET's Download.com and noticed the most recent version >of CFT they had was 2.27. How come they are behind? Because most of the locations (other than my own web site) can't keep up to date on all the software updates. So they expect me (the author) to keep them updated. Only problem is there are so many locations I would ahve to keep track of and upload to that I just don't have the time to do so. I try to keep a handful of locations updated (download.com is one of them) but I have been so busy lately that I haven't kept them updated. A number of locations still have 2.27 as I had not updated them since. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

At 07:45 AM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >I would like to know if anyone else has experienced system hanging in Win95. >It happens to me occasionally on keystrokes or mouse clicks. The hang >requires a hard reboot. I ussually run several programs at the same time >including MS Outlook. Outlook has the annoying habit of periodically looking >for incoming mail. Maybe it's conflicting? I would like to know if I should >uninstall and reinstall or is this a known problem that would be fixed in >Ver 2.30. I started with Ver 2.27 and installed 2.29 over top without >uninstalling first. I do not know of anything that is caused by CFT-Win. Ver 2.30 has just been released. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Version 2.30 Improvements (Updated May 9, 1998) * Auto Backup Error 160 now fixed!! * LUND Font installation no longer auto-installed because of faulty installation on many machines. Now if not installed a message is generated explaining how to install them. * GEDCOM Import Problems: 1. A level 3 PAGE tag messed up subsequent line imports. 2. Blank line sometimes add to individual notes during import. Both of these fixed. * GEDCOM Export of a note with a blank line at top would drop the note. Now fixed. * GEDCOM Export Full Version Number of CFT-Win (ie 2.30) now added to header record. * Blank Individual and Event Note: A note with extra spaces or carriage returns (enter key) often shows up with an asterisk (*) indicating a note exists. Notes with only carriage returns and/or spaces will now be automatically �emptied�. * Date Calculator January and February of every 400 years (the years 1200, 1600, 2000) were displayed incorrectly by one week day. This is now fixed. * Insert Child would not include the slashes // around the surname of the child. Now fixed. * Edit Event GEDCOM tag (ie BIRT, DEAT) now displayed in title of edit event window. * Data Verification Bug Fixed: if blank date existed between two dates which were not in proper order the auto would not properly generate an Event out of Order warning. * Main Window coordinates: Minimum value changed from 0,0 to -2,-2. * New Icelandic Language Added. * Language Updates: Dutch, German. * Month Problem: Problem with some foreign month names such as �Tou� in Finish has been fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

Ira and all, Since some time the "basic" configuration of my computer includes a screen resolution of 800x600. Until recently I always used 640x480. When I start up CFT Win (2.29x) now, it does not fill my screen and when I click the (Win95) button to stretch it full screen, only the grey background stretches, but the program reamains the same size. Can anything be done about this? Regards, Ren Hasekamp

G'day Craig Just so that you don't feel that you've done something wrong. What you described happened to me too !! Now the bad news, I never did get it fixed. What I did as a 'work around' is to install the 16 bit (Win3) version of CFT. As far as I can tell I have full functionality and it has worked without problems for the past 3 months or so. I did write Ira about the problem but his difficulty is that IT DOES WORK for some people. The mystery of WINDOWS !! Cheers ... Tony Ian Fettes wrote: > > Craig Miller wrote: > > >I have been trying without success to install and run CFT under > >Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 3. I have NTFS installed as the > >Filesystem. > > I have been using CFTW under the identical setup as above, with no problems > whatsoever for a long time now. >