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From: Ben Hines <>
Subject: Re: MacBMD - Help, my data has disappeared!!
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:21:22 -0800


Well, i'm not really sure how this could happen either to tell you
the truth. I've never heard anything like it. Which version were you
using? I'm sorry to say that if your file is zero k then there is
nothing to be recovered.

Also, after only one page your certainly shouldnt be running out of
memory - thats only 300 entries! I've transcribed thousands into
MacBMD and had no memory problems at all. Anyway, if you get "you are
running low on memory" you should quit MacBMD and reopen it.

However if you are using the 1.6 this _could_ be a problem with the
new interface, perhaps I am leaking memory or something. Were you
using the new middle name boxes at all?

-Ben

At 6:08 PM -0500 1/6/01, Nancy Visima wrote:
>I have just spent all afternoon keying my first page--several hours
>work--into MacBMD. I got a message saying memory was low, then the MacBMD
>application gave an error message and suddenly quit. Upon reopening my data
>file, it was completely empty!! I had been saving after every few names so
>where's my data? The file size shows zero k. My son, who is a Mac expert,
>has used all his tricks but there appears to be no temp file or otherwise
>to recover.
>
>Any suggestions out there? I am completely frustrated by this and not too
>keen on continuing if this could happen again. I don't understand how all
>the data in a file that has been saved could suddenly disappear and be
>unrecoverable.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>Nancy Visima
>Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
>
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