On 8/28/14, 7:35 AM, Barbara Zanzig wrote: > TMG outputs in ANSI, ANSEL or IBMPC. None are compatible with --not > sure with what, whether it's my Mac, my programs, the transfer over > from the PC to the Mac, or just what. But for several of my Mac based > programs (3 Mac genealogy programs, Evidentia, etc.) I have to convert > my GEDcoms to UTF-8 so that my Norwegian and German characters appear > correctly. Now that I'm getting it figured out it goes more quickly > and I've got a script, but figuring out the right parameters took a > couple of support calls and some trial and error. > > Barbara > Ok, I suspect that means that you have your PC set to use a character set other than the "Windows English Default", and TMG doesn't know (and maybe GEDCOM/your other programs don't support anything but that or UTF, will need to look at that) how to declare that. Asking, because as I mentioned on TMG-L, one project I am thinking of is a better GEDCOM export, and trying to figure out what are all the issues with TMGs to try to fix. -- Richard Damon