Today I reported the problem I'm seeing (described below) to RM support. They had me send a copy of my database, and a short time later sent me a workaround that I've since tested and found to work. So, I guess my database is "not" the problem. In case anyone else encounters the problem, here's the workaround that Terri sent: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wanted to get back to you and give you some instructions to have you try. Testing your file out and running the descendant list report it gave me a "Range Check Error" message. Usually when you get this type of error message its because your trying to generate a report that is HUGE!! I was able to get around this error and generate a report for 9 generations. Here are the instructions that I would like to have you try: 1. Open up the Descendant List report to the main settings screen. 2. Click on the Numbering Style button and select Outline from the options 3. Under the generations you will first need to select 7 generations 4. On the Spaces to Indent Each Generation I need for you to set that to 6 5. Uncheck the options bellow for: a. Print Color Coding b. Print Place Details c. Print Private Facts d. Print Preparer Information 6. Once you have done all of this you will need to generate the report The report will open up and you will have about 339 pages on this report. Here is what you will need to do to get 8 generations: 1. Once you have generated the 7 generations with 339 pages you will need to click on the settings button located in the upper left corner of the report viewer screen. This will take you back into the Descendant List report settings screen. 2. When you get into this screen you will need to increase the generations from 7 to 8 3. Then generate the report again. When you do this it will generate the report and it might take a while depending on your computer. Most likely towards the end it will try to bring up a RootsMagic Error screen. When you see this screen come up it might be blank and you might not see the report message this time. Leave this screen sitting there for a good minute. Then click on the red button with the white x mark on it located in the upper right corner of the screen. This will close that error screen out. Then the report will open up with the additional pages. With 8 generations I was able to generate 532 pages. That was a huge leap from the 7 generations with 339 pages. So you can see this is why you kept running into the error. Now, if you want to add a 9th generation to the report you will need to repeat those last steps all over again by clicking on the settings button in the top left corner of the screen and bumping the report up to 9 generations. Then generate the report again. If the RootsMagic Error screen opens up again wait a good minute and close out if it. Then this should bring up the 9 generations with 541 pages this time. Do not try and bump the report up to 9 generations all at one time. If you do it might give you that error again and you might have to start generating the report all over again from scratch. Just generate the report one generation at a time starting with generation 7 and bump it up one generation at a time from that point on. Let me know if you run into any issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------- As I mentioned, I ran the report and was successful in generating a 10 generation descendant list ( I only have 10 generations so far from my original Hoffpauir ancestor). The report is large, 2206 pages of descendants, but I asked for an index as well, which increased the total length of the report to 2486 pages. I was able to save the report as a PDF after following all the steps in the workaround. > > Anyone else having this kind of problem? I know RM has had problems in > the past with large descendants lists, but I thought they had been > corrected in earlier versions (I'm using 7.2.0.1) The program seems to > complete the generation of the list, but when I go to view or save it, > it simply locks up and I have to go to Task Manager to close RM. I don't > know how large the list is because I haven't been able to view it all, > but the screen shows nearly a thousand pages, even thought it's locked > up and I can only view page 1. > > -- > Charlie Hoffpauir > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://my.rootsmagic.com/CRHoffpauir/ http://sites.rootsmagic.com/CharlieHoffpauir/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Hoffpauir