G'day Peter, On 1/9/06, Peter Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > G'day from Perth, > > During the night a cooperative distant family member / genealogist has > emailed me 2 GEDCOM files which apparently include a lot of extra > information to what I already have. > > However, (after retrieving them from my junk mail folder - where they > mysteriously went) I'm not yet able to open them via the email attachment. > (My IT man - who does not know about GEDCOM's like me was not able to offer > a reason or solution so I turn to you folks. > > The attachments are unopenable because > 1) "Operation failed. An Object could not be found" > 2) The body of the emails included characters that appeared to be the > code and some of the field contents. > > Peter Holmes > Western Australia
I am unsure how you are trying to open the ged files. You cannot open them directly from Legacy - you need to import them into Legacy. Alternatively, save the ged files to an appropriate folder and try to open them with Wordpad or another text editor. As ged files are simply text files, this will show if the files are corrupt or not. If I've got the bull by the horns come back to me and I'll try again. If you wish, you could email the ged files privately to me, NOT to the LUG. I will delete the files promptly after I see what could be the problem. Cheers, -- Stuart Also in Perth Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
