On 8/27/19 12:25 PM, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer wrote: > I am doing some clean-up of sources. I know there's a way to pick a source > and generate a list of record(s) it is attached to, because I did it a few > years ago, but I can't find a description of this in the documentation I > have. Can anyone remind me of how to do this? And this time, I'll add > something to the index of my book so I can find it again! > > Thanks > > Christine > Sounds like you want to run a list of citations report. -- Richard Damon

I am doing some clean-up of sources. I know there's a way to pick a source and generate a list of record(s) it is attached to, because I did it a few years ago, but I can't find a description of this in the documentation I have. Can anyone remind me of how to do this? And this time, I'll add something to the index of my book so I can find it again! Thanks Christine -- "I feel like I'm on a scavenger hunt in another time, another country, another language." --Rosie O'Donnell on NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?", 18 March 2011. "I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am. I... am a librarian." *The Mummy*, 1999. Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Hyde Park, NY Author of: Long-Distance Genealogy: Researching Your Ancestors from Home

Thank you, Lee Hoffman. Anita On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 3:13 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send TMG mailing list submissions to [email protected] > > To subscribe via email send a message with subject subscribe and body > subscribe to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe via email send a message with subject unsubscribe and > body unsubscribe to [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of TMG digest..." > > TMG Subscribe instructions: > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/tmg.rootsweb.com/ > > TMG Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Error when Making CD from Second Site (Lee Hoffman) > 2. Converting "Note" Tags to "Reference" (Greg Vaut) > 3. Re: [SS] Converting "Note" Tags to "Reference" (John Cardinal) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:05:43 -0400 > From: Lee Hoffman <[email protected]> > Subject: [TMG] Re: Error when Making CD from Second Site > To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 8/25/2019 19:12, SixthGenerationTexan wrote > >*Sorry this is so long. It's been a long time since I've made a cd from > >Second Site. John Cardinal says this is an error in my TMG Database. I > >have done the things that he suggested below. Do you have any suggestions > >that I could try to remedy this? Thank you so much for your time!* > ===clipped=== > >*From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected] > >] > >*Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2019 9:31 AM > >*To:* [email protected] > >*Subject:* RE: SS error > > > > Anita, > > > > That's not really an SS error. It's a TMG data error that SS is > detecting. > >It indicates that there is a circular relationship that makes it > impossible > >for SS to compute a relationship for the person identified in the error > >message (#157). Given the nature of how relationships work, the error > >usually applies to many people. For example, if a line goes "A son of B > son > >of C son of D son of A", then the error will occur for all the people > >involved (A, B, C, and D). > > > > > > > >It can be tedious to find where the wrong person is set as a parent or > >child. Try to use the error messages in the log to see which people are > >involved; that should get you started. > > As John said, look at the error message. It should give you a TMG > ID# somewhere that is causing the problem. You can then go up and > down the tree to identify where a parent is noted as a descendent of > that parent. What you are looking for is a person for whom you do > not have parents -- that is the person is an end-of-line > ancestor. The problem is that that person(s) will have parent(s), > but the parents are actually a descendant(s) of that end-of-line ancestor. > > Lee > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:03:51 -0400 > From: Greg Vaut <[email protected]> > Subject: [TMG] Converting "Note" Tags to "Reference" > To: TMG List <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: > < > [email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I want to change some tags from "Note" to "Reference" in TMG 9.05), but I > only want to change those tags that contain a certain string (word). I > estimate that have over 1,000 occurrences of the "Note" tags that I want to > convert in my database. I can use a filter to identify the tags to be > change. > > Will TMGU or another utility make this conversion for all Note tags that > meet this criterion without my having to change all 1,000 tags manually? > > Greg > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:19:20 -0400 > From: John Cardinal <[email protected]> > Subject: [TMG] Re: [SS] Converting "Note" Tags to "Reference" > To: "'TMG List'" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Greg, > > > > The Change Event Type feature in TMG Utility may be able to help. > Unfortunately, it does not include an option to restrict which Note events > are changed. It does have a People filter, so you can limit the Note tags > to people who match a Flag Filter. So, you might proceed like this: > > > > 1 – In TMG, add a custom flag and set it to "Y" for everyone who have a > Note event that you want to change. > > > > 2 – In TMG, add the Reference event if you have not does so already. > > > > 3 – Close TMG project. > > > > 4 – In TMG Utility, use the Change Event Type feature to change the > events. Make sure you use the "Set Flag Filter" button to limit the change > to people with the proper value in the custom flag. > > > > If some people have both a Note event that shouldn't change and a Note > event that should, you'll have some manual cleanup to do. I am guessing > that will be less work than doing all the changes by hand. > > > > John > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > To contact the %(real_name)s list administrator, send an email to > %(real_name)[email protected] > > To post a message to the TMG mailing list -- [email protected], send an > email to %(real_name)[email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > %(real_name)[email protected]%(host_name)s > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------ > > End of TMG Digest, Vol 14, Issue 408 > ************************************ >

On 8/26/2019 11:16 AM, Toby Turner wrote: > Now that I've also gone through all my people with no relationships, I > would like to renumber my database. It would be nice if I could > remember to use the F2 key, but I rarely do. > > _I do not use the ID# as reference #s for files_. But, I am concerned > about Witness links disappearing. Will this happen? Toby, When you renumber people TMG will correctly change the Witness links so they will still refer to the same people. Terry Reigel

Toby Turner wrote: > Are there any reasons not to renumber? Toby, I think the better question is the reverse: Is there a good reason *to* renumber? Why are you doing this? To answer your question more directly, I think the main reasons not to renumber are - Breaks any connections to files, notes, etc., that use the TMG ID#. - Breaks config files for Second Site *IF* you have added links based on ID numbers. You've covered both of those. - If you have published web sites with SS, and used the "Static Page Assignments" option, renumbering people will change URLs that would otherwise not change. In my opinion, a TMG ID is a unique, meaningless identifier and I would not attach meaning to it or care about the values for some other reason. John

Thanks, John, Will give it a try and report back. Greg On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 10:23 PM John Cardinal <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg, > > > > The Change Event Type feature in TMG Utility may be able to help. > Unfortunately, it does not include an option to restrict which Note events > are changed. It does have a People filter, so you can limit the Note tags > to people who match a Flag Filter. So, you might proceed like this: > > > > 1 – In TMG, add a custom flag and set it to "Y" for everyone who have a > Note event that you want to change. > > > > 2 – In TMG, add the Reference event if you have not does so already. > > > > 3 – Close TMG project. > > > > 4 – In TMG Utility, use the Change Event Type feature to change the > events. Make sure you use the "Set Flag Filter" button to limit the change > to people with the proper value in the custom flag. > > > > If some people have both a Note event that shouldn't change and a Note > event that should, you'll have some manual cleanup to do. I am guessing > that will be less work than doing all the changes by hand. > > > > John > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

First, thanks to all who alerted me to the need to check for primary births, marriages and deaths. I was startled to learn I still had 7 non-primary marriages (all now fixed), about a dozen non-primary marriages and 6 single-spaced pages of names for non-primary births. Ouch. I thought I'd been so careful with entering data, but . . . evidently, not so much. Now that I've also gone through all my people with no relationships, I would like to renumber my database. It would be nice if I could remember to use the F2 key, but I rarely do. _I do not use the ID# as reference #s for files_. But, I am concerned about Witness links disappearing. Will this happen? I've made a list of all the ID# links I use in SS on the Main Page, as a way for people to quickly access interesting people (besides using my various indices) so I could easily replace the ID#s if I renumber. Are there any reasons not to renumber? Regards, Toby Turner

At 8/25/2019 19:12, SixthGenerationTexan wrote >*Sorry this is so long. It's been a long time since I've made a cd from >Second Site. John Cardinal says this is an error in my TMG Database. I >have done the things that he suggested below. Do you have any suggestions >that I could try to remedy this? Thank you so much for your time!* ===clipped=== >*From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >*Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2019 9:31 AM >*To:* [email protected] >*Subject:* RE: SS error > > Anita, > > That's not really an SS error. It's a TMG data error that SS is detecting. >It indicates that there is a circular relationship that makes it impossible >for SS to compute a relationship for the person identified in the error >message (#157). Given the nature of how relationships work, the error >usually applies to many people. For example, if a line goes "A son of B son >of C son of D son of A", then the error will occur for all the people >involved (A, B, C, and D). > > > >It can be tedious to find where the wrong person is set as a parent or >child. Try to use the error messages in the log to see which people are >involved; that should get you started. As John said, look at the error message. It should give you a TMG ID# somewhere that is causing the problem. You can then go up and down the tree to identify where a parent is noted as a descendent of that parent. What you are looking for is a person for whom you do not have parents -- that is the person is an end-of-line ancestor. The problem is that that person(s) will have parent(s), but the parents are actually a descendant(s) of that end-of-line ancestor. Lee

Greg, The Change Event Type feature in TMG Utility may be able to help. Unfortunately, it does not include an option to restrict which Note events are changed. It does have a People filter, so you can limit the Note tags to people who match a Flag Filter. So, you might proceed like this: 1 – In TMG, add a custom flag and set it to "Y" for everyone who have a Note event that you want to change. 2 – In TMG, add the Reference event if you have not does so already. 3 – Close TMG project. 4 – In TMG Utility, use the Change Event Type feature to change the events. Make sure you use the "Set Flag Filter" button to limit the change to people with the proper value in the custom flag. If some people have both a Note event that shouldn't change and a Note event that should, you'll have some manual cleanup to do. I am guessing that will be less work than doing all the changes by hand. John

I want to change some tags from "Note" to "Reference" in TMG 9.05), but I only want to change those tags that contain a certain string (word). I estimate that have over 1,000 occurrences of the "Note" tags that I want to convert in my database. I can use a filter to identify the tags to be change. Will TMGU or another utility make this conversion for all Note tags that meet this criterion without my having to change all 1,000 tags manually? Greg

Anita, Post this on the WhollyGenes list where Jim Byram lurks. He may have some ideas about fixing a project with errors. Michael SixthGenerationTexan wrote: > *Sorry this is so long. It's been a long time since I've made a cd from > Second Site. John Cardinal says this is an error in my TMG Database. I > have done the things that he suggested below. Do you have any suggestions > that I could try to remedy this? Thank you so much for your time!* > > *Anita Cooper* > > > *Houston, TX* > > > *From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2019 10:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: SS error not resolved > > Anita, > > There is definitely an error in the TMG project. The error may not be > visible when using the TMG program, but if so, it's an unusual case and > caused by index data. > > Try this: in TMG, use the File > Maintenance > Optimize command to rebuild > the indexes, then try making the site again. > > John > > *From:* Anita Cooper <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2019 11:17 AM > *To:* John Cardinal (gmail) <[email protected]> > *Subject:* SS error not resolved > > John, > > In the last few days that I have been working on making this cd, I have > made this site quite a few times without making any changes to TMG with no > error messages after making the site. All changes that I have made have > been in SS. These error messages just showed up after all the SS changes. > I have checked a few of the relationships back 6 and more generations and > can’t find any errors in relationships. > > Do you see anything in the description below that may be causing it? > > Thank you! > > Anita > > *ajc project - Log* > > *Second Site 7 v7.3.0* > > > *Copyright (C) 2019 by John Cardinal. All Rights Reserved. Registered to > Anita Cooper* > > Browse the site >> Next error > > *Options and Properties* > > - SDF File=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v8\Projects\ajc project.sdf > - TMG Project=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v9\Projects\ajc project__.pjc > - Log File=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v8\Projects\ajc project-log.htm > - Program Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site 7\ > - Theme Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site 7\Themes\Simple Blue\ > - Format Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site > 7\Scripts\Formats\Narration.xsl > - Input folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v8\Projects\ajc project-i\ > - Output folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v8\Projects\ajc project-o\ > - Exhibit folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist > v8\Projects\ajc project-o\site\exhibits\ > - OS ProductName=Windows 10 Home > - OS CurrentVersion=6.3 > - OS CSDVersion= > - People.Exclude Living unchecked > - Include Based on Flag > Flag: TMR Book > Operator: Include > Value(s): Y > - People.Limit Details for Living People unchecked > - Language.Site Language=English (U.S.) (English) > - Language.Sentence Language=English (U.S.) (English) > - Language.Default to English (U.S.)=0 > - Language.Sort Sequence=ASCII > - Person Entry Sections: > - *Subject Name* (Person Section, sn) > - *Gender, ID, Lifespan* (Person Section, ls) > - *Literal - Person Top* (Person Section, lit) > - *Family Explorer* (Person Section, fex) > - *Person Exhibits* (Person Section, pe) > - *Parent Section* (Person Section, ps) > - *Relationships* (Person Section, rl) > - *Index Membership* (Person Section, im) > - *Chart Membership* (Person Section, cm) > - *Custom Flags* (Person Section, fl) > - *Reference Field* (Person Section, rf) > - *Last Edited Date* (Person Section, le) > - *BMDB First* (Tag Group) > - *Body* (Tag Group) > - *Family Sections* (Person Section, fs) > - *Citation List* (Person Section, cs) > - *Literal - Person Bottom* (Person Section, lit) > - Page Set: Default Layout > - Layout=1 Col F Con Side-Xtra > - Menu Script=Standard > - Header Script=Standard > - Content Script=Standard > - Footer Script=Standard > - Compiler Script=Standard > - Common Script=Standard > - Head Script=Standard > - Page Set: Main Page > - Layout=Inherit > - Content Script=Main Page > - Page Set: Surname Index > - Layout=Inherit > - Content Script=Surname Index > - Page Set: Person Indexes > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Person Pages > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Source Pages > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Chart Pages > - Layout=2 Col Chart Side Con BE > - Menu Script=MenuBar Items in SideBar > - Page Set: List Pages > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Image Pages > - Layout=1 Col LC Con Side-Xtra > - Content Script=Image Page > - Page Set: User Pages > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Place Indexes > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Custom 1 > - Layout=Inherit > - Page Set: Custom 2 > - Layout=Inherit > > > > > > *From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2019 9:31 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: SS error > > Anita, > > That's not really an SS error. It's a TMG data error that SS is detecting. > It indicates that there is a circular relationship that makes it impossible > for SS to compute a relationship for the person identified in the error > message (#157). Given the nature of how relationships work, the error > usually applies to many people. For example, if a line goes "A son of B son > of C son of D son of A", then the error will occur for all the people > involved (A, B, C, and D). > > > > It can be tedious to find where the wrong person is set as a parent or > child. Try to use the error messages in the log to see which people are > involved; that should get you started. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > >

*Sorry this is so long. It's been a long time since I've made a cd from Second Site. John Cardinal says this is an error in my TMG Database. I have done the things that he suggested below. Do you have any suggestions that I could try to remedy this? Thank you so much for your time!* *Anita Cooper* *Houston, TX* *From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2019 10:31 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: SS error not resolved Anita, There is definitely an error in the TMG project. The error may not be visible when using the TMG program, but if so, it's an unusual case and caused by index data. Try this: in TMG, use the File > Maintenance > Optimize command to rebuild the indexes, then try making the site again. John *From:* Anita Cooper <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thursday, August 08, 2019 11:17 AM *To:* John Cardinal (gmail) <[email protected]> *Subject:* SS error not resolved John, In the last few days that I have been working on making this cd, I have made this site quite a few times without making any changes to TMG with no error messages after making the site. All changes that I have made have been in SS. These error messages just showed up after all the SS changes. I have checked a few of the relationships back 6 and more generations and can’t find any errors in relationships. Do you see anything in the description below that may be causing it? Thank you! Anita *ajc project - Log* *Second Site 7 v7.3.0* *Copyright (C) 2019 by John Cardinal. All Rights Reserved. Registered to Anita Cooper* Browse the site >Next error *Options and Properties* - SDF File=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v8\Projects\ajc project.sdf - TMG Project=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v9\Projects\ajc project__.pjc - Log File=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v8\Projects\ajc project-log.htm - Program Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site 7\ - Theme Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site 7\Themes\Simple Blue\ - Format Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Second Site 7\Scripts\Formats\Narration.xsl - Input folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v8\Projects\ajc project-i\ - Output folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v8\Projects\ajc project-o\ - Exhibit folder=C:\Users\Anita Cooper\Documents\The Master Genealogist v8\Projects\ajc project-o\site\exhibits\ - OS ProductName=Windows 10 Home - OS CurrentVersion=6.3 - OS CSDVersion= - People.Exclude Living unchecked - Include Based on Flag Flag: TMR Book Operator: Include Value(s): Y - People.Limit Details for Living People unchecked - Language.Site Language=English (U.S.) (English) - Language.Sentence Language=English (U.S.) (English) - Language.Default to English (U.S.)=0 - Language.Sort Sequence=ASCII - Person Entry Sections: - *Subject Name* (Person Section, sn) - *Gender, ID, Lifespan* (Person Section, ls) - *Literal - Person Top* (Person Section, lit) - *Family Explorer* (Person Section, fex) - *Person Exhibits* (Person Section, pe) - *Parent Section* (Person Section, ps) - *Relationships* (Person Section, rl) - *Index Membership* (Person Section, im) - *Chart Membership* (Person Section, cm) - *Custom Flags* (Person Section, fl) - *Reference Field* (Person Section, rf) - *Last Edited Date* (Person Section, le) - *BMDB First* (Tag Group) - *Body* (Tag Group) - *Family Sections* (Person Section, fs) - *Citation List* (Person Section, cs) - *Literal - Person Bottom* (Person Section, lit) - Page Set: Default Layout - Layout=1 Col F Con Side-Xtra - Menu Script=Standard - Header Script=Standard - Content Script=Standard - Footer Script=Standard - Compiler Script=Standard - Common Script=Standard - Head Script=Standard - Page Set: Main Page - Layout=Inherit - Content Script=Main Page - Page Set: Surname Index - Layout=Inherit - Content Script=Surname Index - Page Set: Person Indexes - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Person Pages - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Source Pages - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Chart Pages - Layout=2 Col Chart Side Con BE - Menu Script=MenuBar Items in SideBar - Page Set: List Pages - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Image Pages - Layout=1 Col LC Con Side-Xtra - Content Script=Image Page - Page Set: User Pages - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Place Indexes - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Custom 1 - Layout=Inherit - Page Set: Custom 2 - Layout=Inherit *From:* John Cardinal [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2019 9:31 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: SS error Anita, That's not really an SS error. It's a TMG data error that SS is detecting. It indicates that there is a circular relationship that makes it impossible for SS to compute a relationship for the person identified in the error message (#157). Given the nature of how relationships work, the error usually applies to many people. For example, if a line goes "A son of B son of C son of D son of A", then the error will occur for all the people involved (A, B, C, and D). It can be tedious to find where the wrong person is set as a parent or child. Try to use the error messages in the log to see which people are involved; that should get you started. John

Thank you so much Kathryn, that worked very nicely. Ran the Log only...looked good so ran the full program and bingo, in one minute it was all done and all my exhibits were good to go. And thank you John Cardinal for your great program TMG Utility. It made my day! Ron Chénier http://chesnay.homestead.com/ http://www.bertrandchesnayfrancais.homestead.com -----Original Message----- From: Kathryn Bassett <[email protected]> Sent: August 25, 2019 5:06 PM To: 'The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List' <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Re: Transferring TMG 9.5 Exhibits From Desktop To Laptop I encountered this when moving stuff from another person's computer to my own (mine now being the primary). I think that I solved it using John Cardinal's utilities. Under Functions, you want Other > Find and Replace. In my own example I used: Field to change: External Exibit File Paths Find what: C:\Users\Gwen\ (etc) Replace with: C:\Users\Kathryn\ (etc) As usual, you want to make sure there is a checkmark in Log Only the first time you try this, to make sure it will do what you want it to do. Kathryn _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I encountered this when moving stuff from another person's computer to my own (mine now being the primary). I think that I solved it using John Cardinal's utilities. Under Functions, you want Other > Find and Replace. In my own example I used: Field to change: External Exibit File Paths Find what: C:\Users\Gwen\ (etc) Replace with: C:\Users\Kathryn\ (etc) As usual, you want to make sure there is a checkmark in Log Only the first time you try this, to make sure it will do what you want it to do. Kathryn

I did some more varied tests to try to get my exhibits to show up. !. I uninstalled TMG 9.05 and did a new re-install. 2. Copied my Genealogy Exhibit folder from my PC to my Laptop. 3. Viewing ALL my exhibits under the dropdown menu I noticed many exhibits were displayed, but just as many were not displayed (frowning icon), even after the re-install. This was also happening before I did the re-install. I said I had 3184 exhibits in my folders, but the VFI said that 4414 external exhibits were checked but 1093 were not found. It also said Validation complete. No problems found. I suppose many of my exhibits are used multiple times, the reason for 4414 exhibits. So...I don't know what is going wrong! Ron Chénier http://chesnay.homestead.com/ http://www.bertrandchesnayfrancais.homestead.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Chenier <[email protected]> Sent: August 25, 2019 11:25 AM To: 'The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List' <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Transferring TMG 9.5 Exhibits From Desktop To Laptop On my Desktop PC my Exhibits are at: C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits On my Laptop they are at: C:\Users\Ron\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ When I open TMG on my Laptop I get an error message: "C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\" was not found. When I use "Validate File Integrity" it does not capture the exhibits as the "User name" is now different. I have 3184 exhibits. How can I fix this? Ron Chénier _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Hi Damon, Done that! I have 8 separate folders and all were selected, with one folder having the option to select a subfolder. Ron -----Original Message----- From: Richard Damon <[email protected]> Sent: August 25, 2019 1:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TMG] Re: Transferring TMG 9.5 Exhibits From Desktop To Laptop On 8/25/19 10:08 AM, Ron Chenier wrote: > Yes I did select "Search for missing external exhibits" > And in Preferences>Current Project Option>Advance>Exhibit Folder I > pointed to where the Exhibits were situated (missed this option before): > C:\Users\Ron\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ But still not luck. > > As per Damon's suggestion I copied the Exhibits to a new folder: > C:\Genealogy\Genealogy Exhibits\ > Ran the VFI again, but again still not luck. > > Looking at the TMG properties for the exhibits, they each refer to: > C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ Seems the TMG file > references are hard and fast to the user name "ronch". > > I thought just by "pointing" to where the files are would do the trick > but apparently not. > > So...I still wondering how to fix this. > "Re-pointing" each individual exhibit...surely not?! > > Ron Note, the preferences don't control where VFI will search for exhibits. Under the Search for missing external exhibits is a button to take you to a screen to define where VFI should search, you need to add the new folder to the list there and then run the VFI -- Richard Damon _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/[email protected] Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

On 8/25/19 10:08 AM, Ron Chenier wrote: > Yes I did select "Search for missing external exhibits" > And in Preferences>Current Project Option>Advance>Exhibit Folder I pointed > to where the Exhibits were situated (missed this option before): > C:\Users\Ron\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ > But still not luck. > > As per Damon's suggestion I copied the Exhibits to a new folder: > C:\Genealogy\Genealogy Exhibits\ > Ran the VFI again, but again still not luck. > > Looking at the TMG properties for the exhibits, they each refer to: > C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ > Seems the TMG file references are hard and fast to the user name "ronch". > > I thought just by "pointing" to where the files are would do the trick but > apparently not. > > So...I still wondering how to fix this. > "Re-pointing" each individual exhibit...surely not?! > > Ron Note, the preferences don't control where VFI will search for exhibits. Under the Search for missing external exhibits is a button to take you to a screen to define where VFI should search, you need to add the new folder to the list there and then run the VFI -- Richard Damon

Yes I did select "Search for missing external exhibits" And in Preferences>Current Project Option>Advance>Exhibit Folder I pointed to where the Exhibits were situated (missed this option before): C:\Users\Ron\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ But still not luck. As per Damon's suggestion I copied the Exhibits to a new folder: C:\Genealogy\Genealogy Exhibits\ Ran the VFI again, but again still not luck. Looking at the TMG properties for the exhibits, they each refer to: C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ Seems the TMG file references are hard and fast to the user name "ronch". I thought just by "pointing" to where the files are would do the trick but apparently not. So...I still wondering how to fix this. "Re-pointing" each individual exhibit...surely not?! Ron -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> Sent: August 25, 2019 12:03 PM To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Subject: [TMG] Re: Transferring TMG 9.5 Exhibits From Desktop To Laptop At 11:25 AM 8/25/2019 -0400, Ron Chenier wrote: >When I use "Validate File Integrity" it does not capture the exhibits >as the "User name" is now different. >I have 3184 exhibits. > >How can I fix this? > Did you [X} Search for missing external exhibits and [Specify the folders to search...] giving it the new path?

At 11:25 AM 8/25/2019 -0400, Ron Chenier wrote: >When I use "Validate File Integrity" it does not capture the exhibits as >the "User name" is now different. >I have 3184 exhibits. > >How can I fix this? > Did you [X} Search for missing external exhibits and [Specify the folders to search...] giving it the new path?

On 8/25/19 8:25 AM, Ron Chenier wrote: > On my Desktop PC my Exhibits are at: > C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits > > On my Laptop they are at: > C:\Users\Ron\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\ > > When I open TMG on my Laptop I get an error message: > "C:\Users\ronch\Pictures\Genealogy Exhibits\" was not found. > > When I use "Validate File Integrity" it does not capture the exhibits as the "User name" is now different. > I have 3184 exhibits. > > How can I fix this? > > Ron Chénier > This is a fundamental problem with placing your TMG files in your user directory. TMG will store the full absolute path of exhibits, so if you transfer a file set that refers to things that move you need to fix all those links. You should be able to use VFI, the one key thing is that on your laptop you will need to reset the directory it is looking for the exhibits to the new path. The way I get around this is that I don't place my files in the C:\Users area, but created a directory C:\Genealogy, and place my files under that. That way everything is in the same place when I change machines, so no 'file not found' issues. If you do this, you will have to fix things up, once. -- Richard Damon