From: Billaboard@gmail.com   
      
   In message <8s7j7et2km45948vqjt5n0aqb6gaeiqt5f@4ax.com>, Bill Day   
    writes   
   >>Tony Proctor   
   > I just found this group and read about your program It looks very   
   >interesting, but after downloading & installing it, I find (as you   
   >refer to in your FB page) that date formats are pretty carefully   
   >defined. Unfortunately, I have been creating a GED file for over 5   
   >years using a program which doesn't have strict standards. I have a   
   >very large database..over 900 names now... and I can't see any way to   
   >make a copy and convert it to a compliant date format. It would be   
   >extremely tedious to work out and manually edit it. Unless you have a   
   >better idea, I guess I am trapped. (I have 3 other programs which will   
   >process my GED file in a usable format...including 'Ahenblatt'... )   
   >   I see the value of your program, but I can't see how to make it work   
   >with what I have.  Any ideas? (I just applied for 'member status in FB)   
      
   Bill, I understand Tony is briefly out of the country, but since his   
   original contact here with me I have found him extremely accommodating   
   and helpful.   
   In my case, he looked at the date formats in my files and issued an   
   update to his program that dealt with the errors (which were also seen   
   by other genealogy programs).   
      
   The program has proved to be exactly what I was asking for and is   
   working well on my large file. The family in this country have seen our   
   "tree", as has my American cousin. All the feedback has been extremely   
   positive.   
      
   I do have a list of questions for him or the forum he runs, but am   
   awaiting his return.   
      
   The things it doesn't do include converting back to Gedcom and also   
   printing. I understand there is a protocol for SVG printing, which I   
   looked at on the internet, but found it beyond my understanding at a   
   quick glance.   
      
   I worry about security on the internet, so I have been sending the html   
   file zipped up with the individual picture files to the interested   
   parties. This has worked well across Mac and Windows.   
   Different browsers behave differently in that some offer a "view   
   picture" on right-click in each little person box, giving a full screen   
   view of each individual picture, but most don't.   
      
   HTH   
      
      
   --   
   Bill   
      
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