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From: "Barbara Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:10:56 -0500


Jim, I found my problem and I'm ashamed to admit to my stupidity. I was
not saving the path before I tried to read the file, of all things. The
tilde doesn't seem to make any difference, even though it isn't in my path
name. I'm bringing up everything, now. Thanks for your help. Barb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dell, James J" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 7:47 AM
Subject: RE: [BK] What am I doing wrong?


> Barb,
> It looks like you didn't follow the old DOS rules of 8.3 in naming any
files
> that have a tilde (~) in them. Looking at the same file with windows
> explorer it probably won't have the tilde in it. Change the names to 8.3
> format and I bet BK finds them.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Johnson [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 1:10 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> Jim, I think I'm in the wrong thread, but it's about the same question.
I
> did as you suggested to find out why my Notepad txt notes wouldn't pull up
> in BK and, since I am an old Dos person, I went there to see what paths,
> etc., were showing in my text files. I found that there was a tilde 1
after
> the name I had typed, before the dot.txt, but that can't be the problem
> because I found that in two other files that were written long ago and
they
> pull up just fine. I would try to send you a copy of the text file list,
> but you wouldn't want all of that, it's too long. Any other suggestions?
> Barb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dell, James J" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 6:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [BK] What am I doing wrong?
>
>
> > 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > >
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> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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>
>
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