What am I doing wrong? I would like to export gedcom. I click on file, then on export. In the window that opens, I click on paf5 in the right hand side and in the left hand side I click on the bolocks I want to be included e.g. notes included/not included. At the bottom I select all individuals and click on export. A window opens and closes with a great speed showing that info colected and then a window opens "export file as" - I click on save in desktop, click on new file, and then on export and nothing happens. I find the new file on my desktop but with nothing in it. What am I doing wrong? kind regards Mark Barker

Hi, when it says Save as... you need to type in what you want the new file to be named. Hope this helps. Barb G. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Mark Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > What am I doing wrong? I would like to export gedcom. I click on file, then > on export. In the window that opens, I click on paf5 in the right hand side > and in the left hand side I click on the bolocks I want to be included e.g. > notes included/not included. At the bottom I select all individuals and > click on export. A window opens and closes with a great speed showing that > info colected and then a window opens "export file as" - I click on save in > desktop, click on new file, and then on export and nothing happens. I find > the new file on my desktop but with nothing in it. What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > kind regards > > > Mark Barker > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Who are we without our Families ?

Thank you for help - I have tried this and still nothing? kind regards Mark Barker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Gruhl" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] WHAT AM I DOING WRONG - GEDCOM > Hi, when it says Save as... you need to type in what you want the new file > to be named. > > Hope this helps. > Barb G. > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Mark Barker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What am I doing wrong? I would like to export gedcom. I click on file, >> then >> on export. In the window that opens, I click on paf5 in the right hand >> side >> and in the left hand side I click on the bolocks I want to be included >> e.g. >> notes included/not included. At the bottom I select all individuals and >> click on export. A window opens and closes with a great speed showing >> that >> info colected and then a window opens "export file as" - I click on save >> in >> desktop, click on new file, and then on export and nothing happens. I >> find >> the new file on my desktop but with nothing in it. What am I doing wrong? >> >> >> >> >> >> kind regards >> >> >> Mark Barker >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Who are we without our Families ? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1489 - Release Date: 6/7/2008 11:17 AM

Mark, You have gotten a variety of opinions, but it seems you still don't have an answer. Here is what I just did to test out your procedure. I opened PAF and selected FILE>Export with the options of PAF5, all the check boxes checked, and all selected. I then selected export to save to the desktop with test.ged, and then waited as it exported all of the individuals and the marriages. With PAF closed (an important step if you want to try this process), I double clicked on the GED. That brings up PAF and asks if I want to create a new database to import the data into. I say yes and it imports it. If you leave your database open before you double click, I have found that it simply import the data into the open database (why I said to be careful). You can also right click on the file and select notepad or word pad to open the GED file. That will show you the ASCII content of the GED file. The different versions on the left of the Export window provide you GED files for different standards of the GED definition. Sometimes it is worth being able to go backward for other folks. If you get nothing, try it with all selected rather than a select set of folks to check the process. If this latter step works, then you need to review how you are selecting folks for export. Remember, you have to actually select them in the select window, not just chose an option (but execute it also). Bill > What am I doing wrong? I would like to export gedcom. I click on file, > then on export. In the window that opens, I click on paf5 in the right > hand side and in the left hand side I click on the bolocks I want to > be included e.g. notes included/not included. At the bottom I select > all individuals and click on export. A window opens and closes with a > great speed showing that info colected and then a window opens "export > file as" - I click on save in desktop, click on new file, and then on > export and nothing happens. I find the new file on my desktop but with > nothing in it. What am I doing wrong? > > kind regards > > Mark Barker

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] WHAT AM I DOING WRONG - GEDCOM > Mark, > <snip> > > With PAF closed (an important step if you want to try this process), > I double clicked on the GED. That brings up PAF and asks if I want > to create a new database to import the data into. Although there is the possibility if there is some other program on his computer (GenViewer, Family Tree Maker...) that gedcoms may not be associated with PAF. If that happens, start a new database in PAF and Click File_Import. > I say yes and it > imports it. If you leave your database open before you double click, > I have found that it simply import the data into the open database > (why I said to be careful). And Mark, to add to what he is warning about, if you import back into the existing database you will create duplicates. Easy to merge them based on the UID number, or restore from your backup, but better to avoid. Gary