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From: "William M Roberts" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Can't import directly from PAF
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:56:42 -0400
References: <200610031520.k93FKLc4004432@mail.rootsweb.com> <006001c6e74e$1fedc7a0$640fa8c0@Villandra2> <00d701c6e74f$7dc9fd20$6601a8c0@charliexvi> <006e01c6e751$92995f50$640fa8c0@Villandra2> <6.2.3.4.2.20061003220545.034b4408@mail.earthlink.net> <001301c6e7b1$60d46e00$640fa8c0@Villandra2> <002901c6e7e4$f67c5160$6501a8c0@HPP3000> <006f01c6e818$116be2a0$640fa8c0@Villandra2>


Dora

The error log is on your computer and no one can read it unless you send it
to them.

Myrnice


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dora Smith" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Can't import directly from PAF


> The procedure I've tried several times is exactly what you specified.
>
> Did anybody actually read the error log to see what the problem is?
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William M Roberts" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [TMG] Can't import directly from PAF
>
>
>> Dora
>>
>> Open TMG and You should get a "Welcome" window. If this window is not
>> there and a project opens instead, select "File > Preferences > Program
>> Options > Startup and Exit" and put a check mark in the "Show Welcome
>> window" box. Click OK and exit TMG. If the Welcome window is there
>> continue with the following instructions (you do not need to open TMG
>> again).
>>
>> Open TMG again and select "Import...". Lets try the simple Wizard first
>> and see if it works for you, click Next. On the Step 2 window, scroll
>> down and select "Personal Ancestral File v3-5.x (*.PAF)". At this point
>> you can either manually locate the PAF file you wish to import or let TMG
>> "Autosearch" for all of the *.PAF files on your computer and select the
>> one you want. When you have selected the PAF file, click "Next".
>>
>> On the Step 3 window you need to enter the name of the TMG project you
>> wish to create and select the folder where you wish to put the project.
>> (Leave the Collate sequence set to "MACHINE". Click on the "Next" button.
>>
>> In step 4, click on the "Finish" button to start the conversion.
>>
>> When the import finishes, open TMG and see if the results are what you
>> expected. If not we can reimport using the "Advanced" features to put the
>> PAF data in different locations in TMG.
>>
>> Myrnice
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dora Smith" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 8:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TMG] Can't import directly from PAF
>>
>>
>>> Can someone please quit questioning why I'm not doing something
>>> different instead, and help me get importing from PAF to work?
>>> According to the documentation, it is supposed to work.
>>>
>>> Does TMG provide actual support that actually ANSWERS questions and
>>> problems instead of arguing with every single thing one asks?
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>> Dora Smith
>>> Austin, TX
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dennis Lee Bieber" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:11 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TMG] Can't import directly from PAF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
> ==== TMG Mailing List ====
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