Lockups upon importng gedcoms with notes - Categorized in: Report a Problem

I've run into a minor problem with loading gedcoms that include certain gedcom key symbols in a note field. If things like @ or / are included in a NOTE, Behold locks up. Eliminating those symbols from the NOTE in the gedcom solves the problem for me, but others may not know how.

I've also run into another lockup problem that I haven't pinpointed yet. It only happens while importing multiple gedcoms together. Loading any one of the same gedcoms individually works fine.

I'm using Behold version 0.98.5 Alpha.

Max haiflich, Jr.

Louis,

Not a problem. Here it is:

1 SOUR @S01@
2 PAGE Alan Senescal Of Dol 1020 AF Walter Stewart abt 1180.ged
2 DATA
3 TEXT Alan, Senescal Of Dol SEX M
4 CONT TITL Senescal Of Dol
4 CONT AFN HPFN-02
4 CONT BIRT 1020? Of, Dol-De-Bretagne, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France
4 CONT FAMS @F4708041@
3 DATE 5 Jan 1998

On the next to last line, I forgot to exclude the @ symbols in the FAMS IDN. When I loaded a gedcom similar to this (it also had the @ symbols around the AFN # in it), Behold locked up.

When I eliminated the @ symbols Behold loaded it just fine.

However, now that I think about it, that may have been before I updated to the newest version. It was a minor glitch that I worked around and then put off reporting for a while.

The other problem, i haven't fully figured out yet and haven't had much time to study it.

Max

Louis,

Sorry, the original files that I had the problem with have already been changed and I can't recreate the lockup as Behold handles the other files with the @ symbols with no problem. Maybe, it was a glitch in my computer at the time and it corrected itself on the next restart.

I can recreate the other problem and will send you files that do it and explain what's happening. But, it has nothing to do with symbols or notes, as far as I can determine.

Max

I just today downloaded Behold Version 98.5 and after looking over the Quick Start and playing around with the Clinton.GED, I downloaded one of my GED files. While browsing through the various features, the file stopped responding. I have no idea why this happened, however, the Microsoft troubleshooting service (the little box that pops up, notifying you that an error has occurred and a report is being prepared to be sent to Microsoft) provided several bits of information which I PrintScreened and pasted into Word. I have tried unsuccessfully to track this error report through Microsoft, but apparently lack the expertise to know how to do this. Their site states that if the error involved third party vendors the report would be sent to them. Since you indicated you were especially interested in resolving lockup problems with Behold, and since there is a report reflecting exactly what happened, I thought you might want to check it out.