I believe this is a problem with the way Windows allocates memory. Multi-table databases are notorious memory hogs. This is another reason why so many folks sing the praises of Unix. Family Origins is merely operating in the Windows environment, utilizing the memory locations as allotted by Windows. You are probably experiencing the same problems many of us have while merging records between two databases. Frustrating, to be sure. --Derick At 06:02 PM 8/18/01, Betty Stokes wrote: >I hope the problem with the "white out" has been fixed. I mean the one >where, after a good bit of editing, the tool bar fades and the program >locks. Exiting the program and returning fixes it. I have not experienced >any problem with normal operating. No loss of data. Mostly, it is when >there is more than one database open. We had this problem in Version 8 >also. I mean after the patches. And on more than one computer. With >Windows 98 and Windows ME. With 128 memory and plenty of room on the hard >drive. I know others have had this problem also. > >I hate to bring this up too often, because, even with the problem, FO is >still my program. It was a little scarry at first and now it is just annoying. > >Betty > > >==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== >Searchable ARCHIVES - (might wrap so you have to type in part of the name, >or copy and paste) >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB
I believe the problem is not regular memory (RAM), but video RAM. I guess this program just puts huge demands on the video system. Therefore, the data being input is not affected. I've found that if I don't (at least for my machine) open more than two windows for extended periods of time, of four windows for short periods, then it's not a problem. The first thing to "white out" is the tool bar. If you stop editing there and exit the program you'll be OK; otherwise, if you keep editing, it'll lock up and you'll eventually have to reboot the whole machine. And I have RAMBoost too, which does help. Don't get me wrong, I love FOW. I just know I have to work around this problem, which has existed ever since the program became windows based. FYI, I have a 300 Mhz Dell Latitude laptop with 128K RAM. -- Randy Jones --- Derick <derickh@charter.net> wrote: > I believe this is a problem with the way Windows > allocates memory. > Multi-table databases are notorious memory hogs. > This is another reason why > so many folks sing the praises of Unix. Family > Origins is merely operating > in the Windows environment, utilizing the memory > locations as allotted by > Windows. > > You are probably experiencing the same problems many > of us have while > merging records between two databases. Frustrating, > to be sure. > > --Derick > > > At 06:02 PM 8/18/01, Betty Stokes wrote: > >I hope the problem with the "white out" has been > fixed. I mean the one > >where, after a good bit of editing, the tool bar > fades and the program > >locks. Exiting the program and returning fixes it. > I have not experienced > >any problem with normal operating. No loss of data. > Mostly, it is when > >there is more than one database open. We had this > problem in Version 8 > >also. I mean after the patches. And on more than > one computer. With > >Windows 98 and Windows ME. With 128 memory and > plenty of room on the hard > >drive. I know others have had this problem also. > > > >I hate to bring this up too often, because, even > with the problem, FO is > >still my program. It was a little scarry at first > and now it is just annoying. > > > >Betty > > > > > >==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > >Searchable ARCHIVES - (might wrap so you have to > type in part of the name, > >or copy and paste) > >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and > enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > The "Family Origins� Wish List" > http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm > ??? FAQ ??? -- > http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/