Did you really get a GedCom file created? You have to remove the asterisk (*) before .ged when you name it. Lila > Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:38:49 -0500 > From: singhals@erols.com > To: paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Sending Gedcom Files > > Joy Hungerford wrote: > > > > Hi, O Helpful Ones > > My cousin and I are attempting to send each other files.I went through the 'export' drill, but my file didn't send.He sent me his file and it appeared as a logo, not with the usualparents and child picture, but with one little face. It won't open. > > I then found that the second file, which I had planned to send him, seemedto have been wiped clean and now appeared with the one-face logo. > > I can open it OK but it hasn't anything in it!!!!I still can't open his file, and of course, he hasn't received the first of my files. > > I really should be able to cope with this. Put it down to the adverse weather conditions in London. . . > > Can anyone help, please? > > > Without more details, I'm guessing, just like Bill did. > > (1) -- after you created the GED did you remember to attach > it to the e-mail you sent him? Just askin', for surety. (g) > > (2) -- can you see the three letters after the . in the file > names? (2a) If not, fix your computer so you CAN see them. > (2b) If so, did he send you a GED or a ZIP? > > (3) if it's a ZIP, you can't just click on it, you have to > use RESTORE from the PAF file memu. > > (4) if it's a GED, you must not have the GED=PAF switch set. > Bill gave instructions for that. > > And if none of this works, come on back and we'll all try again. > > Cheryl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message