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From: "B.K.Marshall" <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Re: FTM 7 to TMG 4 (after converting to FTM 6)
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 22:30:43 -0600


Thank you -- I'll try it soon when I get the
energy. In the meantime I did a workaround by
making a small new TMG data subset from the
converted file, and then converted that to GEDCOM
and then merged the GEDCOM into the main file.
Worked fine because of course the GEDCOM did not
have any customized tags (which neither did the
orginal FTM7 file.)
Byron

Lee Hoffman/KY wrote:
>
> Byron Marshall wrote:
> >Having accomplished the conversion to TMG4, and
> >turned off the customized flags, created the
> >desired subset of data to merge into my main TMG
> >file, I NOW have a "Tag Group conflict between
> >data sets on Tag Type . . . . merge not possible"
> >Does this mean I must go through all of my
> >customized tags and add them to my subset in order
> >to merge it? That seems a very lengthy process for
> >those of us foolish enough to have created a
> >number of customized tags.
>
> I would check the Custom Tags in both datasets and see what the differences
> are. It is likely that a Custom Tag on dataset A is assigned to a
> different Tag Group than the Custom Tag by the same name in dataset B. If
> this is the case, just change the Tag Label of one of the Tags.
>
> Do this in the Tag Type list. Select the Person View, and click on the
> plus (+) icon in the left. When the Tag Type List appears, click on the
> <<< More button to display the Expanded Tag Type List. Using this, you may
> step through the list (use the down arrow key of your keyboard and quickly
> see whether the Tag is Standard or Custom. For the Custom Tags, note their
> name (highlighted in the left colum) and the Tag Group to which they are
> assigned. After you have reviewed and noted all the Custom Tags in one
> dataset. Close that screen and switch to the other dataset and do the same
> thing.
>
> When you find a Custom Tag in this dataset, check if your notes show the
> same Tag in the same Tag Group for the first dataset. If so, decide which
> one is to be changed and change the name of that Tag to something else.
> After the Tag is highlighted in the Tag Type (or Expanded Tag Type List (in
> the desired dataset), click on the Edit button. Change the Label field as
> desired and click on the OK button.
>
> If the similar Custom Tags have the same Tag Groups in both dataset,
> compare the other aspects of the similar Tags and change one to the same as
> the other.
>
> >Moreover, will I then
> >have a problem with cusomized sources, etc?
>
> Probably not, although that is possible.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> ----------
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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