I got the import to work (pilot error). But it didn't help. Looking at the gedcom the <b> text </b> are still there, ie. they didn't get converted.
What's the difference between the <b> and the double bracket codes <<b>>. Should I be seeing those instead? Was there any changes regarding this in the latest release of Legacy 7.5 (?). I believe the old file was from 7.5 but it's possible I hadn't updated yet on the old system. On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Dave Keeney <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your efforts Ron. > > No backup, no USB, etc. > I just added a new drive to my computer and installed Win7 on it. > Since the old drive was still in the system I just copied fdb from the old > drive to the new c: drive after installing Legacy. > > I do use IDrive to backup my files to the Internet. > As another test I downloaded the most recent backup from IDrive and tried > that. The result was the same. > > I believe all drives are NTFS. > > No, I'm not using a gedcom to import although I'm trying that to see if I > can get something to work. I typically have used export gedcom with the > convert to html option for import to TNG and that has always worked great > too. But since I don't have TNG reinstalled yet I haven't tried that. But I > was going to try the same export option and reimport to Legacy to see if > that helps. > > But I'm having a problem there right now too. I exported "all", UTF-8, > "Convert formatting codes to HTML". When importing back it appears to import > all of the file (# of people, families, etc.) but the importing dialog box > never goes away. It looks like it's complete but but there's no "complete", > "done", etc. button, only "Cancel". > > Dave > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Dave, >> >> I’m afraid that I am not totally clear here – are you copying the .fdb >> file (or back-up) to a USB stick and then plugging that into your Win7 >> machine and dragging the file from the stick to the C Drive? >> >> I am at something of a loss if that is the case – it’s a process which I >> use regularly without problem. I wonder if your USB stick may be using a >> different File System ie. FATS whilst your PCs are using NTFS, or some other >> variation of the two, although I would not expect that to cause a problem. >> If you are copying the .fdb file, have you tried copying the back-up and >> using File>File Restore to get it into your Win7 installation? I freely >> admit that I am on a fishing trip here! >> >> Another thought which comes to mind, although a little more messy would be >> to use Dropbox, or load it into the Cloud eg. MSN Skydrive (I think it’s >> still around) and copy that way. >> >> Like Dennis thought, when I got into bed I was wondering if you were using >> a GEDCOM, but apparently not. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> > <SNIP> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
