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TMG v5.09 has been released
TMG v5.09.000 is now available. This release includes six new report formats and a variety other features as follows:
- New reports
- Journal Report (Ancestor and descendant varieties)
- List of Events
- List of Places
- List of Repositories
- List of Tag Types
- List of Witnesses
- Word processor output is now supported (Gold Edition only). Most report
types can be output directly to the native formats of more than 50 word
processors and versions, including Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and others.
(Word processor output for the Family Group Sheet, Individual Detail, and
Relationship Chart will be supported in the next release).
- Narrative reports that are sent to a word processor format can now
include:
- Images (including event images)
- Indexes of People, Places, and Marriages
- Table of Contents
- Bibliography
- Endnotes or real footnotes
- Output to Rich Text Format (RTF) is now supported (Gold and Silver
Editions)
- The new List of Events report now includes "Secondary Output" options
with which you can change flag values for the participants in an event.
- Added a New Project Wizard. When you create a new project through data
entry (not import), a new wizard provides a fast way to enter the first three
people.
- When "Merge All Indexes" is turned on, the position of marriages within
the index has been changed/improved in relation to TMG4.
- The list of filters on the Project Explorer is now in alphabetical order
- The Research Log now has a Copy button.
- A problem was fixed with the focus of the Research Log after editing a
task.
- Layout and surety in Name box was not shown properly after a layout
change
- Fixed a problem clearing the Pick List filter.
- The report file name now remains the same when user switches output
formats
- Fixed a problem deleting multiple citations
- Tabbing from the Sort Date field now goes to the place fields on the Tag
Entry screen.
- The Home and End keys now work properly on the Master Source List.
- Added better field labels to the Citation Entry screen and the
Repository Link screen.
- Fixed a series of keystrokes that would cause the menus to be disabled
(greyed out).
- Fixed Generation import that crashed on some uncharacteristic UDS files.
- Fixed some isolated filter problems and a variety of more esoteric bugs.
- Includes updated help files
This free v5.09 update works with any prior version of TMG v5.x. To
download and apply the update (14319620 bytes), run TMG, access the Help menu
and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose "Check for a
Program Update" from the Windows Start menu The Master Genealogist group.
The update will be applied automatically. Upon restarting, the startup screen
will reflect a version number of "v5.09.000."
Remember that the TMG v5.x Users Guide is now available for download from;
<http://www.whollygenes.com/files/tmg5ug.pdf> (991k). It is an Acrobat (PDF file) of 397 pages plus a 37 page index. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat to read the file, you can download it for free from; <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html>.
If you purchased TMG5 Gold Edition from Wholly Genes or registered it with us at <http://www.whollygenes.com/register.htm>, then a printed copy of the Users Guide will be shipped to you when the CD-ROM is ready. Both are included in the purchase price. In the meantime, we've made it available as a download in response to popular request.
TMG v5.08.000 is now available. [15 July 2003]
Per the issue of the newsletter earlier today, this update primarily fixes
an unexpected "File is in use" error that started on this date and
prevented all report output. Some of TMG's temporary file names are based
on a calculation involving the system clock but that calculation started
producing invalid results earlier today.
We think that we are very close to a release that includes word processor
output, the Journal report, and some other reports but the severity of this
problem took precedence and we made every effort to provide a fix on the
same day.
In addition to fixing the "File is in use" error, this update includes a
few new features and a variety of bug fixes as follows:
- Added a new button on the Data Set Manager to renumber a data set.
- Added new features to the Exhibit Log for External Text exhibit. An
external text exhibit can now refer to any sort of file. An effort to
"View" any non-TXT file will trigger the application that is associated
with that file extension (e.g., Excel for XLS, Word for DOC, Internet
Explorer for HTM, etc.). *NOTE*, however, that only real text (TXT) files
will be embedded in TMG reports when exhibit output is supported. Also,
Internal text exhibits can only be TXT files.
- Help files have been updated.
- Language translation files have been updated.
- Item tips no longer time out.
- Relationship tags are now included in the list of fields in List of
People filters.
- Fixed a problem viewing the Reference field when the Add Person screen is
resized.
- The death date was not updated sometimes when an existing death event was
reassigned to another person.
- Fixed the List of Source filter by Source type.
- Improved the UFT and GEDCOM imports.
- GEDCOM export: Source Compiler and Editor are now exported
- Research log now checks for (and prohibits) irregular dates
- Numeric filter values now support the [?] variable.
- The Tag Entry screen sometimes did not allow scrolling to all of the roles.
- Cancelling the Report Definition Screen deleted the Language checkmark
- F2 in a date field didn't sort dates properly
- A Relationship tag sometimes displayed a non-primary birth date for the
child.
- All Reports: the name of a Selected Focus Group was not saved with the
Report Definition.
- The "no sureties" warning was triggered when in Beginners data entry mode
- Visual Chartform: fixed a problem with siblings on an ancestor box chart
- Default styles weren't applied to the Add Person window
- Fixed Backup-wrong message when the floppy disk was missing.
- Fixed some isolated filter problems and a variety of more esoteric bugs.
From the Whollygenes newsletter;
TMG v5.07.000 is now available. This release does not yet include any new
reports but simply fixes a number of bugs that were discovered after the
release of v5.06.000 as follows:
- Fixed a font problem encountered by some users who had 200
or more fonts on their system.
- Fixed a variety of circumstances that would cause the mouse
cursor to temporarily disappear.
- The program now recognizes keystrokes that were made before
the window opened (aka "typeahead").
- When moving people between data sets, new tag types would
sometimes be created (e.g., Education2) instead of using the
existing one.
- The Find/Replace functions are now available in the Sentence field.
- There were some circumstances in which duplicate places were
not removed by the Optimize feature.
- And/Or connectors were not saved properly under some
circumstances in a report filter.
- Fixed a handful of filter conditions that did not work.
- The count of witnesses was sometimes wrong on the
Project Information report.
- The right-click options for embedded citations did not work.
- The Timeline edit process did not respect the Timeline path set
in Preferences
- The List of People report would sometimes appear to lock up
the program when output to a file.
- It was sometimes not possible to add the number of
generations to search on a report filter.
- Fixed some translation issues for researchers in other languages.
- On the Add Person Template, the custom place style
sometimes did not stick
- After changing principals of a marriage, the program was
sometimes confused about who was the last viewed spouse.
- Using the List of People report to copy people to a different
project, sometimes neglected to copy custom flags.
- Box Charts and Fan Charts did not honor the program language.
- Added an hourglass cursor for some operations that didn't
have one while the program was busy.
- On the Project Information report, the number of places
was off by 1
- Fixed an error message when clicking on the father's ID
column in the Expanded Picklist.
- Shortcut keys did not work if Caps Lock was on.
- The vertical scrollbar on the Expanded Picklist was misaligned
- Fixed the display of surety values after using the Cite a
Source Globally feature
- Fixed some rare problems when importing from UFT
- After starting the Relationship Calculator there was a line
thruough the Calculate button
- The bottom of the Master Place List column headings
were cut off
- Fixed an occasional error message when opening a research
task attached to a person or to a disabled data set.
- Fixed an erroneous warning message that popped up in
some circumstances when adding a son or daughter.
- The internal spelling checker did not always work properly
on tag sentences
- Fixed some screen distortion issues when windows are resized
This free v5.07 update works with any prior version of TMG v5.x. To
download and apply the update (12046157 bytes), run TMG, access the Help
menu and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose "Check
for a Program Update" from the Windows Start menu > The Master Genealogist
group. The update will be applied automatically. Upon restarting, the
startup screen will reflect a version number of "v5.07.000."
Under cover of darkness (in the UK), V5.06,
all 15MB of it, was slipped in. It has Individual Detail and List of Tasks
reports. At last!
Version 1.4 (Build 0) of Second Site is now available!
With this free upgrade you can now create charts that are integrated with the rest of your site. Names in the chart are links to the narrative or grid entry for that person. The update includes a couple of other new features as well as fixes and tweaks. Read all about it in the current edition of Second Site News:
http://www.johncardinal.com/ss/ssn010.htmThe newsletter includes the download link and other important details (New build 7 now available)
Win 98 users who have had trouble with reports in PDF format in TMG 5.05. Bob Velke sent a message to this group earlier today in which he said, inter alia: "We've developed an update which seems to resolve the problem. We're preparing a public update (v5.06.000) which we hope will be released within the next week. It will primarily include bug fixes and, with any luck, the List of Tasks report."
Version 5.05 released : This release includes the report formats that were
most requested by users as well as some additional reports and new features as
follows: (from the TMG Newsletter)
o Family Group Sheets
- Optionally supports pictures
- Many other options for configuring fonts, memos, sources, etc.
o List of People report
- Optional output to Excel, dBase, and other spreadsheet and database
formats
- Secondary Output options allow you to use the selected group of people
to:
o Create a new project
o Lock timelines globally
o Unlock timelines globally
o Change flags globally
o Individual Detail report
- Optionally supports pictures.
- Output flag values
- Output timelines
- Many other options for configuring fonts, tags, dates, places, etc.
o Distribution of People report
- Produces a frequency distribution of a specified characteristic.
- For instance, get a list of states and the number of people named SMITH
who were born there.
- 200+ fields from which to choose.
o Output to PDF (Acrobat) format
- Now available for all supported report types.
- A PDF file is an easy way to share your data by e-mail.
o Performance Recommendations
- This new option under File > Maintenance gives advice about how to
improve the program speed.
o Image Thumbnails
- This option (Preferences > Current Project Options > Advanced) takes a
little more disk
space but improves performance of the Exhibit Log.
- Allows backups to include a small version of each image without
embedding the full image file.
o Filter progress window
- Shows the result of each filter clause as it is being calculated
- Shows the combined effect of multiple filter clauses
o Other miscellaneous new/improved features:
- Even better imports from Legacy and Generations
- The Bookmark Manager is no longer limited to 25 bookmarks
- Improved localization (for users of TMG in other languages)
- A variety of new options for Preferences, filters, history tags, and the
custom toolbar.
- Updated help file
o ...plus a number of bug fixes as reported to us by users.
With this release, TMG v5 supports 20 report formats - but there are more to
come. We want to thank the many users who have taken the time to send
encouraging words of support to us as we struggled through many unexpected
problems and delays. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we
appreciate the patience, faith, and good wishes from the growing TMG community.
We owe a special thanks to our dedicated beta testers who got much more than
they bargained for <b>.
To download and apply the v5.05 update (10360627 bytes), run TMG, access the
Help menu and choose "Check for an update." Alternatively, you can choose
"Check for a Program Update" from the Windows Start menu > The Master
Genealogist group. The update will be applied and TMG will be re-launched
automatically, reflecting a version number of "v5.05.000" on the startup screen.
Presentation which Caroline Gurney gave last November to the TMG-UK Users
Group meeting
about my UK Source templates.
It has some general stuff about the meaning of the terms Repository, Source
and Citation in TMG, as well as the building blocks which TMG uses to create
a source (source elements, source element groups and source templates).
These might be especially helpful to new users having a hard time getting
their heads round the concepts.
20 Feb 2003 A separate page of timeline files for your use
News via the network, Bob says next version only a few days away
5 Feb 2003- Hosted by a supplier of TMG in the UK since it's inception the web site now has a new home within the pages of The Featherstone One Name Study pages please feel free to look. The UK group now hope to change the focus of the pages to reflect the changes in the program.
The web site will be updated slowly so keep coming back for more- if you would like to add your bit please contact the web master.
Although infrequent of late I hope to be able to add new reports as they happen.
Date: 26-Sep-97 23:13:26 From: Paul Featherstone Subj: TMG USER GROUP UK
Just a short report on the last meeting [13 Sep 1997]:
A disappointing turn out, I had to change the booking to a small room on the Friday before the event. However the quality of the event was not spoilt by the quantity of people present.
One had travelled all the way from Plymouth by train, and left early to catch a train home.
We talked over citation values, and the benefits of using the witness function for census returns.
We looked at how far one could go in recording information, a new member had brought along his dataset on disc, so we could discuss, his problems, he had gone to great lengths to produce sources, and repository information, and since I had introduced him to the program at the SOG fair back in May, I was quite impressed at his progress, I wish my database was in such condition.
Some members present thought that he was taking it to the Nth degree, but the majority felt that he had used the program to it's fullest extent to good effect and that if his descendents can run the program they should not have difficultly following his lines of research.
We again touched on the Custom Report Writer, which most of us felt was a tool we yet had to come to grips with, and many went away determined to get more use out of it. In fact we all promised to come to the next meeting armed with a useful report, which we found useful.
We looked at the F2 button and how we could sort, and focus, on various pieces of information on the list. of people, which some members present did not know was possible, in fact some actually exported information in the form of a GEDCOM file imported into another program to get out the report they needed, when we looked at the search faculties within the program they came to realise that it was possible and they would go home and play, and come back next time and report.
The recording of baptisms, as against actual birth was discussed and some people realised for the first time that if when creating a person, from the create person field, that if you selected baptism instead of birth date then this date was displayed in the pick list.
The next meeting was planned for early December, however room rates are to be increased at The Bear, and so we are looking for a new location, I have asked Keith Rookledge to look at a venue in his neck of the woods, he will be back, I am sure, soon, to give me details, will keep you posted.
Regards
Paul in sunny Surrey
TMG@featherstone-society.com
----- Forwarded Message -----
Hi Paul,
It sounds like you have great plans for the TMG User's Group! The TMG/Win Reference Manuals are back from the printer but the shipment is being held up so that it goes with the CD which still might be a couple of weeks. but I'm rushing a copy of the TMG/Win Reference Manual to you this date in consideration of your good work and in hopes that you can show it off at the meeting.
-Bob
E-mail from: Bob Velke, 03-Feb-1997
