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18 Feb. 1994 PAF 2.3
Problems reported by phone and testing
One of the first problems we have found is that the manual and\or
Readme file does not reflect the 2.3 steps, screens, and menus
especially in installing and configuring
INSTALL
Some people are confused when, after the installation of 2.3 they
still have the printer list for 2.2. The first installation of 2.3
over 2.2 keeps the 2.2 printer list.
Hard Drive
Run-time error when PAF tries to add C:\PAF to the PATH statement in
AUTOEXEC.BAT - this is not consistent on all computers
Sometimes PAF incorrectly adds the C:\PAF to the PATH or does not
format the PATH statement correctly - seems to depend on how the PATH
statement
Dual Floppy
Previous 5 1/4 working diskettes need to be formatted before
installing release 2.3.
CONFIGURATION
Using the number 26 anywhere in configuration setup will cause the
error "Could not find configuration file. Using defaults. Press ENTER"
when starting to run PAF 2.3 programs.
Hard Drive
Does not easily accommodate multiple PAF programs to be installed
and configured.
Dual Floppy
Does not update 5 1/4 working disks number two and three with the
PAFCONF.DAT file.
There isn't enough room on the help disk for the GIE help and FR
help indexes.
FAMILY RECORDS
Some XTs and other computers must disable the mouse function with
the -m switch or the computer will lock up when trying to run FR or
GIE. This appears to be some incompatibility with earlier versions of
DOS or computers and the way PAF initializes the mouse.
Unable to change name case by just retyping it. You have to clear
out the field, move the cursor out of the field, move the cursor back
in the field, retype the name and then press ENTER.
Ditto from previous entry while toggling between two databases work
to ditto dates, but because the name codes are being dittoed when you
ditto name or places between the databases you will get the names or
places that are assigned to the name codes being dittoed.
If you choose "Check Data" from the backup reminder screen, then
after the check choose "Backup Data", then without a disk in the
backup drive specified press F1 to make the backup, BROTHERNEPHEW
appears at the bottom of the screen instead of ABORT or RETRY.
When printing an ahnentafel chart w\o enough memory the message "not
enough memory to print pedigree chart" appears.
If a family that has parents is displayed in the pedigree search
screen and then a family with one or both parents missing is called up
by MRIN, the screen displays the parent(s) of the previous family.
When the alpha browse is being rebuilt, pressing Ctrl-C should
cancel the rebuild. Apparently it is only suspending the rebuild
because if you choose alpha browse again after pressing Ctrl-C the
rebuild continues from where it left off.
When rebuilding alpha browse file the message "Press Ctrl-C to quit"
is displayed over the top of data if the rebuild was cancelled and
then restarted (see previous problem).
Printer timeout errors are still occurring. Most can be corrected
by setting the Printer Timeout Value to a value higher that 0 or by
setting it to 0 with the printer port number to 0. Bad cables have
also been found to be the problem even if other programs are printing
okay.
If "Select pages to print" in the "Select Printing Option" menu is
used to print a single page from a range of pages then that page will
print the number of times these are pages in the total printout. For
example if you choose page 2 to page 2 and then print a FGR that has
three pages, page 2 will be printed 3 times.
In range print of FGRs if the last MRIN in the range to print is
also the last MRIN in the database, the last FGR will not print.
Putting a comma after the last MRIN in the range seems to be the work-
around.
Relationship calculator does not work correctly in instances of
in-laws.
Searches or Focuses using just the wildcard (*) alone finds everyone
in the database and not just those with something in the field where
the wildcard was used.
Wildcard does not work in the ID field because it is a literal field
stored in the INDIV2.DAT file and not a name from NAME2.DAT file.
GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE
See Mouse problem under FR
If focus results were saved and then some of the individuals in
those results deleted and if those focus results are used to create a
GEDCOM file, the "Selection Results" screen will display the total
number of records that were in the focus results. The GEDCOM file can
still be created successfully.
GIE on a dual floppy 5 1/4 system had many display problems.
If while using PAF 2.2 temple submission option the statements
regarding whether the temple or the patron will provide proxies for
ordinances were answered with "N", PAF 2.3 picks up this information
and asks for which ordinances the patron will proved proxies.
Deleting the GIEDEF.DAT file from the data directory corrects this
problem.
RESEARCH DATA FILER
Sort command locks up computer.
The Ditto function doesn't work.
MISCELLANEOUS
Starting the programs with the -r switch to specify B: for the drive
for the program disk still checks A:.