The rebuild with this fix checked does NOT work. I tried it. I and the first 221 people in my database still come out DEAD when the .ged is imported. ---------- > From: Ira J. Lund <ira.lund@cf-software.com> > To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: gedcom export problem > Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 7:43 PM > > Well, I though I had a fix for the Living Flag thing in the latest Ver 2.27 > so that it was retained through a GED export and subsequent import. In any > case the Flags can be set (somewhat) by using the Rebuild. There is an item > there that you check and set the age at which to fix the living at. > > Ira > > At 11:20 AM 1/30/98 -0500, you wrote: > >I need help from the list: > >I am preparing part of my database for GEDCOM export and I have a problem: > > > >When I select Export for GEDCOM, I keep all program defaults, i.e. > > Standard GEDCOM > > Version 5.5 > > ANSEL > > > >Then I export the file. It readily creates the .ged file. > >I then decided to test this file with CFTW by importing it. > > > >When the import into my newly created database is finished, all people > >with no death date filled in is reported to be DEAD. > > > >This may go back to when I started with version 1.x (upgraded all > >along to present version 2.27) and Ira found that version 1.x made the > >"no date" entries as a "zero" value instead of a "null" value in my > >database. Ira had to correct version 2.23 through 2.26 to program > >around this. > > > >I need the REBUILD function to fix my "zero" dates to null (or was it > >vice versa?) or else I will be unable to export to .ged correctly. I > >can't be the only person who started with the early version of CFTW > >who has this problem. > > > >Since this probably requires a version update, and I need to export > >this file soon, does anyone have an alternative work-around? > > > >Karen Pastuzyn > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Ira J. Lund > Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA > E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com > http://www.cf-software.com > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >