I have been using Generations 8.5 for sometime (originally as reunion on a mac). I like the features of the chart program. I am now using Windows XP Pro and the colour translation to a printer does not work and the chart program is unusable. I cannot go back to an earlier operating system. I have posted a message on the forum and others are having the same problem. As far as I know the software is not be maintained or updated and no fixes are available. Does anyone know of software that works similar to the Chart program in Generations. I have tried Rootsmagic demo and it will not import my flags and notes at present. The chart features would be acceptable if I could guarantee to import all of the fields from my GEDCOM file. Thanks Peter

Peter, I fully re-installed Generations, then installed the patch for Chart, and all works just fine. If you do need to move from generations, then I'd suggest The Master Genealogist (TMG) which imports directly from Generations - rather than needing to go via GEDCOM. While it does take a bit of learning, once you are on top of it - TMG is very good. regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: Peter Abbott [mailto:PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com] Sent: 23 March 2005 14:34 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SoG] Drawing Family Trees I have been using Generations 8.5 for sometime (originally as reunion on a mac). I like the features of the chart program. I am now using Windows XP Pro and the colour translation to a printer does not work and the chart program is unusable. I cannot go back to an earlier operating system. I have posted a message on the forum and others are having the same problem. As far as I know the software is not be maintained or updated and no fixes are available. Does anyone know of software that works similar to the Chart program in Generations. I have tried Rootsmagic demo and it will not import my flags and notes at present. The chart features would be acceptable if I could guarantee to import all of the fields from my GEDCOM file. Thanks Peter

I gave up using Generations for the same reason. TWR Computing advertise a fix for this to make it compatible with XP (version 8.5a) but this appears to be out of stock - might be worth talking to them anyway - http://www.twrcomputing.co.uk/ Alternatively have a look at Genbox for particularly good charting - http://www.genbox.com - or Family Historian is also strong in this area - http://www.family-historian.co.uk/. Ruth On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:34:15 +0000, Peter Abbott <PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com> wrote: > I have been using Generations 8.5 for sometime (originally as reunion on a > mac). I like the features of the chart program. I am now using Windows XP > Pro and the colour translation to a printer does not work and the chart > program is unusable. I cannot go back to an earlier operating system. I > have posted a message on the forum and others are having the same problem. > As far as I know the software is not be maintained or updated and no fixes > are available. > > Does anyone know of software that works similar to the Chart program in > Generations. I have tried Rootsmagic demo and it will not import my flags > and notes at present. The chart features would be acceptable if I could > guarantee to import all of the fields from my GEDCOM file. > > Thanks > > Peter > >

The charting package in Reunion/ generations is actually Treedraw, which is available separately, XP compatible. When I had this problem, I abandoned Reunion and moved all my data to Legacy with no problems and now use treedraw Legacy, which reads the Legacy files direct, with no need for an intermediate gedcom. Ken Peter Abbott wrote: > I have been using Generations 8.5 for sometime (originally as reunion > on a mac). I like the features of the chart program. I am now using > Windows XP Pro and the colour translation to a printer does not work > and the chart program is unusable. I cannot go back to an earlier > operating system. I have posted a message on the forum and others are > having the same problem. As far as I know the software is not be > maintained or updated and no fixes are available. > > Does anyone know of software that works similar to the Chart program > in Generations. I have tried Rootsmagic demo and it will not import my > flags and notes at present. The chart features would be acceptable if > I could guarantee to import all of the fields from my GEDCOM file. > > Thanks > > Peter

Peter. If you have not already done so try first of all saving the chart in it's "wrong" colours then re-open the file, I seem to recall that the chart then reverts to it's true colours. Hope this helps. David Tappin d.tappin@ntlworld.com Family Personal Web Pages www.tappin.org.uk Family Genealogy Web Pages http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.tappin -----Original Message----- From: Peter Abbott [mailto:PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com] Sent: 23 March 2005 14:34 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SoG] Drawing Family Trees I have been using Generations 8.5 for sometime (originally as reunion on a mac). I like the features of the chart program. I am now using Windows XP Pro and the colour translation to a printer does not work and the chart program is unusable. I cannot go back to an earlier operating system. I have posted a message on the forum and others are having the same problem. As far as I know the software is not be maintained or updated and no fixes are available. Does anyone know of software that works similar to the Chart program in Generations. I have tried Rootsmagic demo and it will not import my flags and notes at present. The chart features would be acceptable if I could guarantee to import all of the fields from my GEDCOM file. Thanks Peter