TC Cottrell observed: > ... We have the last and latest version of TMG installed... > the GED files appear to export without error. However, they will not > import into any program... I get errors that the file is incomplete... This is almost always a factor of what folder is specified for where the GEDCOM file is to be created. The two most common problems with the folder are: - this folder is not on your main hard drive, but on a removable media - this folder is included as a folder for automatic background backup by some backup program like Dropbox, or Cloud, etc. So the first suggestion is to ensure that the folder being used does not have either of the above conditions. Either will interfere with the creation of the file and can cause it to halt without being complete. A GEDCOM file is simply a text file, so you can check whether the file is complete by opening it with any text editing program, like Notepad or Wordpad. The very last line in the file should be: 0 TRLR If it is not, then the file is incomplete. Hope this gives you ideas, Michael

TC - When you are creating a GEDCOM, make sure other programs - especially McAfee - are not running, and you are not syncing with a cloud service like Dropbox. There have been many reports on the WG forum of incomplete GEDCOMs related to other programs running at the same time. Virginia On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Michael J. Hannah via <tmg@rootsweb.com> wrote: > TC Cottrell observed: >> ... We have the last and latest version of TMG installed... >> the GED files appear to export without error. However, they will not >> import into any program... I get errors that the file is incomplete... > > This is almost always a factor of what folder is specified for where the > GEDCOM file is to be created. The two most common problems with the > folder are: > - this folder is not on your main hard drive, but on a removable media > - this folder is included as a folder for automatic background backup by > some backup program like Dropbox, or Cloud, etc. > > So the first suggestion is to ensure that the folder being used does not > have either of the above conditions. Either will interfere with the > creation of the file and can cause it to halt without being complete. > > A GEDCOM file is simply a text file, so you can check whether the file > is complete by opening it with any text editing program, like Notepad or > Wordpad. The very last line in the file should be: > > 0 TRLR > > If it is not, then the file is incomplete. > > Hope this gives you ideas, > > Michael > 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