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Ben, I cannot explain why that error has arisen. It has never happened before to my knowledge. Instead use Windows File Explorer to delete the ...\Public\Export\ folder contents, then run the plugin export. BTW: Have you performed all the command tasks recommended before running the plugin as advise...

Please confirm that if you use Empty Export Folder and then export the GEDCOM whether media files exist in just the FH ...\Public\Export\ folder or just the ...\Public\Export\[0]\ folder or both. None of them should have a prefix, i.e. they should all have the same filenames as your original files. ...

Have you seen the advice in Export Gedcom File (TNG) The Next Generation ? That advises to set all five Media Collection folders to media . What confused me was that FH in Windows uses a M edia folder whereas I though TNG used a m edia folder. You should copy everything in the FH ...\Public\Export\ ...

One thing that I found strange was that you implied the media files path was ...\Public\Export\Media\[0]\ Whereas it should be ...\Public\Export\[0]\ with the settings you chose, i.e. no \Media\ subfolder. There should be no media files in the ...\Public\Export\ folder. You forgot to explain why you...

KFN, your advice may be confusing because a Birth Date calculated from a Death Date in 1919 at Age 79 would be Calculated 1840.

Ben, please explain your reasons for changing the default settings for the options of Multimedia Preference: and Part Frame File Naming Format: as most TNG users seem to prefer the defaults. Currently, (FULL~LMO) only exports the full images and any part frame Link to Face/Detail settings are ignore...

FH has the =CalcDate(...) function that can be used in any Expressions such as Records Window or Query columns.
e.g.
=CalcDate( %INDI.DEAT.DATE%, -79 )

Backup is never a bad idea, but if you are only worried about losing Facts such as Adoption from Individual records the automatic Snapshots taken every day are usually enough. They can be restored uisng File > Backup/Restore > Revert to Snapshot... If you are worried about corruptions to definitions...

I'm sorry I did not recognise the cause straight away. I had lot going on yesterday.
If the error reporting had been working I'd have probably identified the problem sooner.
I assumed that any plugin involving file handling would be tested with files using non-ANSI character paths.

Rich, the flaw in your argument is that database Facts such as Adoption are attached to Individual records and not attached to Fact Type definitions. They are only associated by Name, i.e. The Fact Type definition with the same Name as the Fact is applied to that Fact. It is somewhat similar to File...

CopyCroppedFile(...) fails at the very first im.FileImageLoad(source) but the if Error then return does not report the 'Image load error ' .. Error . IMO such error reporting needs to be fixed. The failure is due to an accented UTF-8 character in my usual Project Location filepath. However, any Pro...

No, you would NOT loose any Citation nor anything else. Why would you think that?
Changing any Fact Type definitions has NO affect on the Facts data held in the Project.
The Delete operation confirms that.

With the Diagram displayed use Diagram > Options > Dimensions tab and increase the Minimum / Maximum / Standard box width values. Also look at More Dmensions... and reduce some Vertical Dimensions. Also try Diagram > Layout & Scaling > Make All Boxes the Same Width to increase them all to the la...

I'm surprised you cannot repeat the symptoms I described. I've just reset the Family Historian Sample Project to be sure we would both have the same dataset. Then run the Export Public GEDCOM File - V0-3 plugin with the settings shown below: image.png Open the exported GEDCOM standalone in FH and th...

Export Gedcom File plugin Version 5.9 Date 09 Sep 2024 is in the Plugin Store.

Export Gedcom File plugin Version 5.9 Date 09 Sep 2024 is in the Plugin Store.

Export Gedcom File plugin Version 5.9 Date 09 Sep 2024 is in the Plugin Store.

Although not a top level option it is provided via right-click Add Field > Set Flag >

That looks good

If by Add Flag you are referring to Individual Record Flags then that option would be conditional on the record type being an Individual record.
I'm not clear why adding a Record Flag would register so highly as needing its own option.

In the first bullet list 'GEDCOM' is mispelt 'GEDcom'. Throughout the article it is inferred that there is only one Repository field per Source record. That was true in GEDCOM 5.5 but in GEDOM 5.5.1 unlimited instances of Repository fields may exist per Source. Also, some Source Templates define mor...

I suspect that is to keep the coding simpler. In a Records Window tab, only one type of record can appear, so the Add Field option only needs one set of fields. In a Named List, any combination of record types can appear, so an Add Field option would need different sets of fields for each type of re...

The new link works but the plugin fails when a Media record has no FILE link: [string "C:\ProgramData\Calico Pie\Family Historian\Pl..."]:510: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value (local 'j') After fixing that by adding a FILE link, many Media Records had FILE links that included s...

Mark, that download link demands I'm signed into my Microsoft account, which I was, but fails after 3 attempts.
The earlier link to the help file works fine.

That is caused by the Fact Witness entry against the Birth Event for the mother Sarah as Informant. FH only ever displays ONE instance of a Fact/Sentence. So the 18 Sep 1842 Birth Event is overridden by the Fact Witness Informant Role/Sentence in Sarah's details. You cannot delete a child's Birth Ev...