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From: "Rob Halvorson" <<A HREF="mailto:"></A>>
Subject: RE: TMG-L: PAF 4.0
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:35:59 -0500


Mine was set to Ansel and I got the same dumping action. I know that the
gedcom is good because I imported it into Family Origins, Family Tree Maker
(where it put slashes around the surname) and to Myfamily.com. I really
don't need PAF 4.0 so I gave up.

Rob Halvorson
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Del Rio, TX 78840
> Mary Lou Bailey wrote:
> > After reading all the rave reviews, I downloaded PAF 4.0 out of
> >curiosity, and it has treated me very rudely!!! Two attempts to import a
> >32 person GEDCOM from TMG resulted in messages, "Critical Error
> >anselcmp. String parameters too long." Not satisfied to politely shut
> >itself down, PAF proceded to produce the dreaded Fatal exception blue
> >screeen.
>
> Just out of curiosity, what Character Set was selected in your GEDCOM
> export? The default from TMG is ANSEL (the preferred GEDCOM character
> set). But if you selected ANSI or IBMPC, then possibly PAF doesn't allow
> for that (although it should since the GEDCOM specifications provide for
> it). The Character Set option is made on the General tab of the GEDCOM
> Report Definition Screen in TMG.
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