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From: "Dell, James J" <>
Subject: RE: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:52:21 -0400


Barb,
My guess is that the Notepad files are not named exactly as you think. In
Windows Explorer make sure you have the display full name and path turned on
and the hide options turned off. Then in the folder that you have store one
file that works and one that don't very carefully comparing the two noting
and periods in both. If you are a old DOS person, go to DOS get to the
directory where the files are stored, do a dir command, copy and paste it in
to a e-mail message for us to review.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From:Barbara Johnson [SMTP:]
> Sent:Thursday, July 27, 2000 2:26 AM
> To:
> Subject:Re: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
>
> Jim, I don't quite know how to answer that. I use the same path for the
> ones that work as I do for the new ones, using Notepad, that don't work.
> I
> keep my database in a separate directory from the program and don't use
> numbers for the file name, I use name abbreviations, so an example is:
> $$C:\BK5DATA\BARB\LeviEvil.txt That path works for everything but
> Notepad text notes. I have about 12 different databases, all under
> separate
> names in one BK5DATA directory. I prefer to use name identification for
> the
> files so that I can look at them easily and copy them off for someone if I
> want to, or just refer to them if I'm not in BK. I have never understood
> why people use numbers instead of some identifying file name when they
> save
> a file. When I get a gedcom using numbers, I find it very confusing and
> it
> doesn't always work, but nobody has ever had any problems with my gedcoms.
> They will have now, if I don't figure out what I'm doing wrong when I try
> to
> use Notepad. Barb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dell, James J" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> > Barb,
> > Give me the full name with extension and path of one that works and one
> that
> > don't.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Barbara Johnson [SMTP:]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:37 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [BK] Wht am I doing wrong?
> > >
> > > I have always before done my text for my ancestors in my word
> processor
> > > (Word) and never had any problems other than it was a nuisance to
> handle.
> > > Someone suggested that I use Notepad instead. Well, I tried that and
> it
> > > doesn't work for me. I changed the options in BK to Notepad and then
> did
> > > up
> > > several text items in it and now they won't come up in BK. I know
> they
> > > are
> > > there in the database because I've gone to look at them through
> Explorer,
> > > but they won't come up in BK. I checked my path many times, just to
> make
> > > certain I haven't pulled a booboo, but can't find anything wrong. I
> can
> > > still pull up all former text notes, but not the new ones done in
> Notepad.
> > > I can even bring my old ones up with the BK text editor marked in
> options,
> > > but not my new ones. Can anyone figure out what I'm doing wrong?
> Barb
> > >
> > >
> > > ==== BK Mailing List ====
> > > To contact your Brother's Keeper List Administrator
> > > send message to Dick Rose <>
> >
> >
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> > To contact your Brother's Keeper List Administrator
> > send message to Dick Rose <>
> >
>
>
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