Many thanks to all who offered suggestions and assistance. Bruce Bisbee provided a solution just a few minutes after my posting went out. Our customer is delighted that she won't have to re-enter her data, and that she received such terrific support from Bruce (and the list). Again, many thanks to all of you who so generously offered to help :) Rick Roberts Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 http://globalgenealogy.com ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Roberts" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:01 PM > Subject: [FO] opening an old backup file .fob > > > > We have a customer who dropped into the shop to pickup a new version 10 of > > Family Origins yesterday. > > > > She had been a Family Origins 4.0 user but had taken a break from > genealogy > > for a few years. In the meantime she lost her original Family Origins > > program (version 4.x)... but had kept her three different backup files. > > > > The current version of Family Origins will not open the old backup files. > > > > Some research on my part reveals that the backup file type for FO versions > > prior to 5.0 was .fob . The backup file type for version 5 and newer is > > .zip. > > > > Neither we nor our customer have a pre-version 5 copy of Family Origins, > so > > are unable to get the files open. > > > > Does anyone know of a fix for this, or an application that will allow the > > .fob to be opened as a GEDCOM or any other modern filetype that can be > then > > converted to either a GEDCOM or a .fow file. > > > > I tried TMG (The Master Genealogist) but its Genbridge doesn't work with > any > > backup file of FO. > > > > Also tried to open the files as dbase and then via excel and Access to no > > avail. Changing the file extension to a .txt file opened but most of the > > result was a jumbled mess of characters. > > > > Any ideas??? > > > > Rick Roberts > > Global Genealogy & History Shoppe > > 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) > > Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 > > http://globalgenealogy.com > > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > > The "Family Origins® Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm > > ??? FAQ ??? -- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html > > > > > > >

Typo in previous posting.... should be Buzbee ... not Bisbee Sorry... fingers moving faster that my brain :( Rick Roberts Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 http://globalgenealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: Rick Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FO] opening an old backup file .fob Many thanks to all who offered suggestions and assistance. Bruce Bisbee provided a solution just a few minutes after my posting went out. Our customer is delighted that she won't have to re-enter her data, and that she received such terrific support from Bruce (and the list). Again, many thanks to all of you who so generously offered to help :) Rick Roberts Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 http://globalgenealogy.com ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Roberts" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:01 PM > Subject: [FO] opening an old backup file .fob > > > > We have a customer who dropped into the shop to pickup a new version 10 of > > Family Origins yesterday. > > > > She had been a Family Origins 4.0 user but had taken a break from > genealogy > > for a few years. In the meantime she lost her original Family Origins > > program (version 4.x)... but had kept her three different backup files. > > > > The current version of Family Origins will not open the old backup files. > > > > Some research on my part reveals that the backup file type for FO versions > > prior to 5.0 was .fob . The backup file type for version 5 and newer is > > .zip. > > > > Neither we nor our customer have a pre-version 5 copy of Family Origins, > so > > are unable to get the files open. > > > > Does anyone know of a fix for this, or an application that will allow the > > .fob to be opened as a GEDCOM or any other modern filetype that can be > then > > converted to either a GEDCOM or a .fow file. > > > > I tried TMG (The Master Genealogist) but its Genbridge doesn't work with > any > > backup file of FO. > > > > Also tried to open the files as dbase and then via excel and Access to no > > avail. Changing the file extension to a .txt file opened but most of the > > result was a jumbled mess of characters. > > > > Any ideas??? > > > > Rick Roberts > > Global Genealogy & History Shoppe > > 13 Charles St., (Charles & Main) > > Milton, Ontario, Canada L9T 2G5 > > http://globalgenealogy.com > > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > > The "Family Origins® Wish List" http://formalsoft.com/wishlist.htm > > ??? FAQ ??? -- http://www.graabek.com/fow/fofaq.html > > > > > > >