Kathryn, You should be extremely careful making this sort of change, and you should put more effort into determining why the flag definitions are lost before you attempt to fix things. Here's the main issue that concerns me: it doesn't make sense that the flag definitions did not transfer with the project. The flag definitions are stored in the C tables, and those tables are part of the project. If you backed up on one computer, then restored on another, the flag values should have transferred with everything else. If they didn't, how come? Personally, I wouldn't start trying to fix the database until I knew more about how it got broken. To answer your specific question, the "_C" files are the only files with flag definition data. As far as I recall, the C table links to the $ (person) table only. The flag values for each person are in the $ table, but the definition of the custom flags is stored in the C table. There may be report definitions or other external files that use C table data. Those aren't part of the project database and I have never spent the time to figure out how they work. John

At 5/8/2017 14:49, Kathryn Bassett wrote >In project "Gwen" I have some flags called GuilImmigrant, GwenImmigrant, and >LauraImmigrant. The flags had values of ?, N, Y, P. I could filter for Y for >actual immigrants, N for people born in this country, and P for >pre-immigrant. On 19 Jan 2017, I backed up on one computer, and restored on >another. I just now noticed that the Flags "database" did not transfer, so >those flags have the original settings that do not include the P. They are >also at the bottom of the list instead of up higher where I had moved them. > >I did another restoration calling that project GwenJan19. The flags are >correct. I don't want to use that project, as I had made a number of edits >to the data since then. What I want to know is can I just copy C.cdx, C.dbf >and C.fpt from GwenJan19 to Gwen without messing things up? Any other files >needed? Sorry, Kathryn, but that won't work. The C (Custom Flag)-table is directly tied to the the $ (Person)-table. The C-table only defines the Flags. Then TMG matches each Flag to the person in $-table and stores the setting there for the person. Frankly, I am surprised the project even opened without the C-table. I would suggest that you print a List of Events filtering on the Last Date Edited being before you did the first Restore. This would help you to know what edits have been done to what persons. Then you can do the Restore again (or use the second Restore) and effectively only lose time since you would know what edits need to be re-done. Lee

John said: > Lee's comment makes me wonder if I misinterpreted your post. Flags in the Gwen file have only ?,N,Y and the order of the flags window shows the 3 flags at the bottom. Flags in the GwenJan19 file have ?,N,Y,P and the order of the flags window shows the 3 flags much further up. Gwen has 20 people where I've updated data (nothing to do with the flags, just tags. Since there are many hundreds of people with the specific flags changed in GwenJan19, it would probably take longer for me to figure out how to implement the utility to fix things (if I even interpreted it right) than it will take to just fix up the GwenJan19 file to reflect the changes of the 20 people. Kathryn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Lee said: > Frankly, I am surprised the project even opened without the C-table. The C table is IN Gwen, just an old version, not the version that is in GwenJan19. John said: > You should be extremely careful making this sort of change, and you should > put more effort into determining why the flag definitions are lost before you > attempt to fix things. I can only speculate at this point. Could I have restored data only? Would that have made the C tables changes have been ignored? That's rhetorical. I made data changes to 20 people after Jan 19th. There will be no further changes to this database, as Gwen has decided to no longer do genealogy and transferred all her records and books to NEHGS. The only reason I discovered the issue is that she wanted a report of all her English Immigrants. That I was able to do by using the restored GwenJan19 database, as there were no data changes involving what she wanted. So after your warnings that what I want to do won't work, I will ultimately just print out person sheets for those 20 people changed in Gwen after that date, and update GwenJan19 and make that the primary database for any future reports. Thanks for your replies, even though they weren't what I'd hoped for. Kathryn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Robin, OK. I thought you might have wanted a list because you were going to alter the format of the citations. If so, there might have been some other tools/options to discuss. John

Thanks so much, Lee! Robin in Short Pump > On May 8, 2017, at 11:24 AM, Lee Hoffman/KY <azchief@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > At 5/8/2017 07:12, Robin Kaspar wrote >> Oh shoot! #3 is what I need. I did run one like that, but again, 10,000+ tags/citations. I’ve never filtered the project explorer before so I don’t know how it works. Could I filter on the subject and then run report #3 on them? > > Filtering of the Project Explorer (PE) is the same as filtering the Picklist. Both are essentially the same as creating filters for reports -- especially the List of People (LOP) report. In the case of the PE, click on the yellow funnel icon at the top of the window to display the filter definition window. Then just create a filter as you would any other filter. > > There are two things different from the LOP filter. One is the PE can filter on Primary and Non-Primary names or both. But, the PE filter cannot include Spouses and Ancestors/Descendants as this would be redundant due to the way persons in the PE are arranged. > > Filters for the PE and for the Picklist are cleared (that is, the default settings are restored) after TMG is closed/restarted. Of course, in both cases, you can save a filter by naming and saving it. Then as you need it again, just open the filter window and [Load...] it. This allows you to use the same filter time after time over several work sessions without having to re-create it. > > Lee > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Back in the day, Findagrave didn’t have the relationship links. I want to go back to those old ones, family by family, and see if they can be linked together, if someone else hasn’t already done it. > On May 8, 2017, at 9:25 AM, John Cardinal <John@JohnCardinal.com> wrote: > > Robin, > > Why do you want a list of the FindAGrave citations? > > John > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In project "Gwen" I have some flags called GuilImmigrant, GwenImmigrant, and LauraImmigrant. The flags had values of ?, N, Y, P. I could filter for Y for actual immigrants, N for people born in this country, and P for pre-immigrant. On 19 Jan 2017, I backed up on one computer, and restored on another. I just now noticed that the Flags "database" did not transfer, so those flags have the original settings that do not include the P. They are also at the bottom of the list instead of up higher where I had moved them. I did another restoration calling that project GwenJan19. The flags are correct. I don't want to use that project, as I had made a number of edits to the data since then. What I want to know is can I just copy C.cdx, C.dbf and C.fpt from GwenJan19 to Gwen without messing things up? Any other files needed? -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn@bassett.net http://bassett.net   --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

At 5/8/2017 07:12, Robin Kaspar wrote >Oh shoot! #3 is what I need. I did run one like >that, but again, 10,000+ tags/citations. I’ve >never filtered the project explorer before so I >don’t know how it works. Could I filter on >the subject and then run report #3 on them? Filtering of the Project Explorer (PE) is the same as filtering the Picklist. Both are essentially the same as creating filters for reports -- especially the List of People (LOP) report. In the case of the PE, click on the yellow funnel icon at the top of the window to display the filter definition window. Then just create a filter as you would any other filter. There are two things different from the LOP filter. One is the PE can filter on Primary and Non-Primary names or both. But, the PE filter cannot include Spouses and Ancestors/Descendants as this would be redundant due to the way persons in the PE are arranged. Filters for the PE and for the Picklist are cleared (that is, the default settings are restored) after TMG is closed/restarted. Of course, in both cases, you can save a filter by naming and saving it. Then as you need it again, just open the filter window and [Load...] it. This allows you to use the same filter time after time over several work sessions without having to re-create it. Lee

Robin, Why do you want a list of the FindAGrave citations? John

I rely on Amazon S3 and Glacier using Cloudberry Backup as my “front end” to Amazon’s S3 and Glacier storage. The advantage to using Cloudberry (Windows only so far; I did not have luck with their new product for a Mac) is that 1) your files are encrypted before they are sent to the Cloud; and, 2) you can “see” them when you click on your storage. I can thusly delete old backups as needed. I’ve used Cloudberry to restore a TMG backup after a problem and it worked beautifully. I keep rarely used files in Glacier (slower recovery) and TMG, of course, is at S3 which means almost instant retrieval. I use Arq for uploading my Mac data to Amazon S3 (the same “bucket”). This works well EXCEPT you cannot “see” your files to delete, etc. I have not had to use this side to restore anything. I would prefer using Cloudberry, but just could not make their new version work (hopefully, in the future?). This is not free storage, but my costs run just over $5.00 a month which I find reasonable for both Windows/Mac backups. That said, uploading files will raise the cost: I recently deleted Arq’s storage (when I was trying to get Cloudberry’s Mac backup to work) and then had to re-upload it so that month’s cost was just over $11. Using Amazon’s S3 and Glacier, your fully redundant data is stored with servers around the world which gives you high uptime and durability. Amazon S3 and Glacier are a bit daunting to figure out without using a “front end” application such as Cloudberry. I don’t worry about Amazon going out of business. I have set Cloudberry for manual backups to avoid any chance of the program trying to backup TMG while it is writing to the database. The only problem I have (probably due to my legacy Windows OS) is that I have to keep updating the Windows' clock so it matches the Mac’s . . otherwise Amazon will NOT accept the backup. Regards, Toby Turner

Oh shoot! #3 is what I need. I did run one like that, but again, 10,000+ tags/citations. I’ve never filtered the project explorer before so I don’t know how it works. Could I filter on the subject and then run report #3 on them? Robin > On May 7, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Lee Hoffman/KY <azchief@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > At 5/7/2017 16:25, Robin Kaspar wrote >> I would like to create a list of Findagrave memorials. I have a Findagrave source, with the memorial information in the citation and I also have a Findagrave flag set to yes for those with that source if that would make things easier. I’m having a hard time finding the right report format for this. Seems like the reports that give me the right output don’t let me filter by subject. 1. I would like to be able to filter by subject and include his/her descendants to keep the report manageable. I have over 10,000 tags with the Findagrave source, apparently. 2. Desired output columns would be something like ID Number; Name: Last, Given; Citation Detail. I only need to report on the burial tag, not all the tags sourced. > > There are a number of possibilities -- > 1. List of People report filtering for: > FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y END > to get a list of people with the Flag set to Y. > > 2. List of Events report filtering for > Any citation... Src Number =Equals [?] OR > Principal1... FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y OR > Principal2... FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y END > This is essentially the same thing except it would include persons/Tags having the FindAGrave Source attached. > > 3. List of Citations report filtering for: > Source Number =Equals [?] END > This last is the only one that you can set to include the Citation Detail in the output. > > Lee > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 5/7/2017 16:25, Robin Kaspar wrote >I would like to create a list of Findagrave >memorials. I have a Findagrave source, with the >memorial information in the citation and I also >have a Findagrave flag set to yes for those with >that source if that would make things easier. >I’m having a hard time finding the right >report format for this. Seems like the reports >that give me the right output don’t let me >filter by subject. 1. I would like to be able to >filter by subject and include his/her >descendants to keep the report manageable. I >have over 10,000 tags with the Findagrave >source, apparently. 2. Desired output columns >would be something like ID Number; Name: Last, >Given; Citation Detail. I only need to report on >the burial tag, not all the tags sourced. There are a number of possibilities -- 1. List of People report filtering for: FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y END to get a list of people with the Flag set to Y. 2. List of Events report filtering for Any citation... Src Number =Equals [?] OR Principal1... FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y OR Principal2... FINDAGRAVE =Equals Y END This is essentially the same thing except it would include persons/Tags having the FindAGrave Source attached. 3. List of Citations report filtering for: Source Number =Equals [?] END This last is the only one that you can set to include the Citation Detail in the output. Lee

I would like to create a list of Findagrave memorials. I have a Findagrave source, with the memorial information in the citation and I also have a Findagrave flag set to yes for those with that source if that would make things easier. I’m having a hard time finding the right report format for this. Seems like the reports that give me the right output don’t let me filter by subject. 1. I would like to be able to filter by subject and include his/her descendants to keep the report manageable. I have over 10,000 tags with the Findagrave source, apparently. 2. Desired output columns would be something like ID Number; Name: Last, Given; Citation Detail. I only need to report on the burial tag, not all the tags sourced. Thanks! Robin Kaspar Short Pump, Virginia

I use the List of Citations report output to an Excel file. If you have only the one FindAGrave source, then the filter is: Source Number = Equals [?] (to repeat with different source or enter your FindAGrave source number) AND Linked Event... Tag Type Label = Equals [?] (to repeat with different tag type or enter Burial) END. In the Report Options "Output Columns" tab, enter the columns in the order you choose, probably: Linked Record; Subject 1; ID - Linked Record; Subject 1; Last, First - Citation Detail. You can sort and filter easily in Excel. Susan Johnston On 5/7/2017 2:25 PM, Robin Kaspar wrote: > I would like to create a list of Findagrave memorials. I have a Findagrave source, with the memorial information in the citation and I also have a Findagrave flag set to yes for those with that source if that would make things easier. > > I’m having a hard time finding the right report format for this. Seems like the reports that give me the right output don’t let me filter by subject. > > 1. I would like to be able to filter by subject and include his/her descendants to keep the report manageable. I have over 10,000 tags with the Findagrave source, apparently. > > 2. Desired output columns would be something like ID Number; Name: Last, Given; Citation Detail. I only need to report on the burial tag, not all the tags sourced. > > Thanks! > > > > > > Robin Kaspar > Short Pump, Virginia > > > > > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 5/7/2017 14:07, deblack@juno.com wrote >what is the best free cloud storage for my tmg data ? If you are speaking of a place to keep your project(s) while using TMG -- then none are good.. No TMG data folders should be linked to the Cloud. Do Backups/Restores from normal TMG folders (unlinked to the Cloud). The copy the SQZ file to/from a folder that is linked to the Cloud for security purposes But do not try running TMG with data folder linked to the Cloud. As for the "best" Cloud service, that is kinda like saying which is the best computer (assuming they are equal or nearly so). In my opinion, they are pretty much the same. The minor difference are more often personal preference. Lee Lee

Thanks to all. I'm going to have to start paying more attention . Greg On May 6, 2017 20:54, "John Cardinal" <jfcardinal@gmail.com> wrote: > Greg, > > > > I don't think Windows has a filename length limit. Windows does have a > path-length limit, and I think that is 240 characters or so. The path > includes the filename/file extension. > > > > If your site is published on Linux, then Linux restrictions matter, too. > If I recall correctly, the max filename in Linux is 255 characters, and the > max path is 4096 characters. Those are higher than Windows, so in practice > the Windows restriction will matter most. > > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Second Site" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ss-l+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >

JohnH Thanks it worked! I'm going to save your email reply in case I forget it again Jim Payne New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: TMG [mailto:tmg-bounces+familytreesearching=gmail.com@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JEH Sent: Saturday, 6 May 2017 7:22 p.m. To: 'The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List' <tmg@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TMG] Red "Filtered" ? Jim Sounds like you have the Details window filtered for a particular type of Tag. Right click on the window, in the new window hover over "Filter for" and deselect any of the choices that have a tick mark next to them. JohnH ________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: TMG [mailto:tmg-bounces+jeheckels=gmail.com@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of James Payne Sent: 06 May 2017 06:30 To: TMG Subject: [TMG] Red "Filtered" ? I have been having trouble with my TMG program, when I just noticed that a red "Filtered" was above the tags on the Detail section of the Standard Screen that is probably causing my problems Could one of the readers please tell me how to get rid of this red "Filtered". I'm not sure though I used to know! TIA Jim Payne New Zealand The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 05:24 PM 5/6/2017, Greg Vaut wrote: >Is there any character length limit on file names for TMG exhibits when >using SSG? There is a limit inherent in Windows itself... I've had times when I've had to rename a mid-level directory to the top-level of the directory tree in order to navigate to files further down within it. Normal paths (using "drive letter" format) is about 259 characters, but the X:\ will take up three of those, and any single component is limited to 255. If using UNC ( \\?\ ) notation, the newer versions of Windows can take around 32K for the total path . -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

On 5/6/17 5:24 PM, Greg Vaut wrote: > Is there any character length limit on file names for TMG exhibits > when using SSG? > > Greg I am sure that TMG has a character length limit for file names, but I am not positive what it would be. Windows had a 255 (or so) character length limit for file names, Foxpro may have had a shorter limit. -- Richard Damon