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ABBREVIATE COUNTRIES
20 Feb 1994
Copyright (c) 1994 Jack J. Chandler
This program is designed to assist in the conversion of full country
names or old country abbreviations in the events Birth, Christening,
Death, and Burial levels 3 and 4 field to new country abbreviations as
outlined in the "PAF Documentation Guidlines, 1993 Edition" published
by the Silicon Valley PAF Users Group.
This program will make changes to LEVEL 3 or 4 names in the BIRTH,
CHRISTENING, DEATH, and BURIAL events only. It has the capability to
change from any name to any other name.
ABBRCOUN.EXE requires some initial research and input by the user. Inputs
are the NAME CODES rather than the names themselves. This requires some
investigation of your PAF data files prior to running ABBRCOUN.EXE.
To get the NAME CODE for the name you wnat to change and the NAME CODE for
the new name enter FR and select any record that has a blank name or place
field. The title field can also be used.
Locate an individual with some empty name fields. Select the <EDIT> command.
Enter the name you desire to change in the empty field. Press <CRTL><N>
and the NAME CODE will be displayed. Write this code number down. Then
press <CRTL><N> again to return to the name. Enter the NEW NAME in that
field, exit the field, re-enter the field, press <CTRL><N> and read and
log the NAME CODE for the NEW NAME. Press <CTRL><N> to return back to the
name. Repeat this for all the names you wish to change. End with a name
in the field, delete the name, and then exit the record without saving the
changes.
Run ABBRCOUN.EXE. Select level 3 or level 4 in which you want the names
changed. Enter the paired NAME CODES separated by a comma on each line as
prompted. Only one pair of codes to a prompt. Be sure to enter the NAME
CODE to be changed first, the new NAME CODE second. You may enter up to 5
pairs. If you have less than 5 then enter 0,0 in the next prompt.
ABBRCOUN.EXE will make the changes in both the INDIV2.DAT name pointers and
in the MARR2.DAT pointers for the new names. The OLD NAMES still remain in
the NAME2.DAT file. The NEW NAMES will be added to the NAME2.DAT file if
they did not already exist. If desired, run NAMCLEAN after ABBRCOUN.EXE
to remove any deleted names from your NAME2.DAT file. ABBRCOUN.EXE will
only change the names in the level you select in the BIRTH, CHRISTENING,
DEATH, and BURIAL fields. No other names are effected and no change is
made by ABBRCOUN.EXE to your NAME2.DAT file.
Do not run ABBRCOUN.EXE if your PAF data has been modified by FRCHK -f option
or other program such as NAMCLEAN, or RECLAIM after you have located and
logged your NAME CODES without locating the new NAME CODES that may have
been changed.
Always work with a BACKUP set of your PAF data files or have a current
BACKUP available.
ABBRCOUN.EXE is released as freeware. The author holds no liability
for any problems with your database as a result of running ABBRCOUN.TXT.
Be sure you have a recent backup available in case of problems.
A copy of the "PAF Documentation Guidelines" may be obtained by
contacting the Silicon Valley PAF Users Group at:
4417 Pitch Pine Court
San Jose, CA 95136
Jack J. Chandler
812 Vermillion Dr.
Henderson, NV 89015