Hello Joe, thanks for the hint, but you know using a program over a longer periode of time is kind of being married. And I doubt wether the new wife or husband always proof better than the old one. So I luckily downgraded to PAF 4.04. Best regards Ernst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Miller" <joemiller@power-net.net> To: "Ernst Dierich" <edierich@t-online.de>; <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 12:54 AM Subject: Re: [PFALZ] Misbehavior of PAF 5 > Ernst (and everyone else on the list) > > > Yesterday I downloaded, installed and run the brand new PAF 5 program. The > > new surface is quite attractive and the possibilbility of defining own > > data-entry templates has been attended for a long time. > > > > Now I ruefully came back to PAF 4. The new feature of single line names > with > > a slash before and after the surname produces a major bug with names > ending > > with 'ß' like 'Wambsganß'. The program converts the ending 'ß' into 'ss' > but > > adds additional signs (ASCII NUL and others). The combination 'ß/' seem to > > create not forseeable escape-sequences. > > > > One could ask now: Why don't you just change the endings of your names > from > > 'ß' into 'ss' ? This is a good question but you can also ask: Why should I > > use a program which is not able to cope with names existing for centuries > ? > > And there are programs which can cope with such names like PAF 4. > > I have been using Brother's Keeper for almost 9 years and am a very happy > user. I had this problem several years ago when using the DOS version and an > upgrade didn't translate characters correctly (this was YEARS ago), but > since using the Windows version, all characters are being stored correctly. > I don't have the 'ß' in any of family names but I have a lot of > MILLER/MÜLLER KRAMER/KRÄMER requiring use of the umlaud. Please note that > this shareware... you try it free for thirty days, and if you like it, then > send them some money. The URL is below: > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Brothers_Keeper/ > > Gruß, Joe aus Troy Michigan >