FTM Version problem

[Doug]

Hello and happy holidays.

Recently, I had to reinstall my computer due to a host of issues. I then
re-installed my version of FTM version 7 (7.0.185.0) and the software won't
open my FTW file because the file is a newer version than my software.

I must have upgraded at some point, but I don't have the upgraded nor do I
have any information as to what version the file is. I tried to find an
email address for support, but couldn't find one on the genealogy.com site.

I plan to upgrade at some point to 2005, but can anyone tell me how I can
determine what version my FTW file is?

Thank you!
Doug

[DakaT]

Doug spake of :

Hello and happy holidays.

Recently, I had to reinstall my computer due to a host of issues. I
then re-installed my version of FTM version 7 (7.0.185.0) and the
software won't open my FTW file because the file is a newer version
than my software.

I must have upgraded at some point, but I don't have the upgraded nor
do I have any information as to what version the file is. I tried to
find an email address for support, but couldn't find one on the
genealogy.com site.

I plan to upgrade at some point to 2005, but can anyone tell me how I
can determine what version my FTW file is?

Thank you!
Doug

You could try this


http://www.mudcreek.ca/genviewer_overview.htm


The other way would be to chuck it into a hexeditor and the headers
might give you a version number.



--
what has an IQ of 100
100 M$ appologists of course.

[Helen Castle]

Most programs should have this info in Help, About on the menu at the top of
the page.

Helen Castle
Narangba
"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hello and happy holidays.

Recently, I had to reinstall my computer due to a host of issues. I then
re-installed my version of FTM version 7 (7.0.185.0) and the software
won't open my FTW file because the file is a newer version than my
software.

I must have upgraded at some point, but I don't have the upgraded nor do I
have any information as to what version the file is. I tried to find an
email address for support, but couldn't find one on the genealogy.com
site.

I plan to upgrade at some point to 2005, but can anyone tell me how I can
determine what version my FTW file is?

Thank you!
Doug

[John Cordes]

Helen Castle <[email protected]> wrote:

"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hello and happy holidays.

Recently, I had to reinstall my computer due to a host of
issues. I then re-installed my version of FTM version 7
(7.0.185.0) and the software won't open my FTW file because the
file is a newer version than my software.

I must have upgraded at some point, but I don't have the
upgraded nor do I have any information as to what version the
file is. I tried to find an email address for support, but
couldn't find one on the genealogy.com site.

I plan to upgrade at some point to 2005, but can anyone tell me
how I can determine what version my FTW file is?

Thank you!
Doug

Most programs should have this info in Help, About on the menu
at the top of the page.

Helen Castle
Narangba

Helen,

I think the problem which Doug has is with the FTW file which
won't open, not with the *program*; so I don't think looking at
Help-About is going to answer his question.

I just had a look at one of my FTW files (v10) with a binary
editor (and the 'strings' command in Linux for good measure) and
couldn't see anything which looked like a version number.

I don't have any other ideas for finding out which version the
file was created under. Maybe upgrading to 2005 is a good idea!

--
John Cordes

[Doug]

Thanks all. Yes, the problem is that I have the FTW file, and the file was
made with a newer version than the FTM software I have. I think I'm going to
upgrade to 2005. I was probably ready to do it anyway. I must have
downloaded an upgrade along the way that converted my FTW file to the newer
version.

Question: I see that there are a few different boxed versions of FTM 2005.
You can order just the program from http://www.ftm2005.com/ for $30, or, I
can buy the retail boxed version of which there's a $49 version, and a $99
version. Any big advantages to going with the $49 over the $30 version? .

Thanks!
Doug

Thanks again for the help.
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Helen Castle <[email protected]> wrote:
"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hello and happy holidays.

Recently, I had to reinstall my computer due to a host of
issues. I then re-installed my version of FTM version 7
(7.0.185.0) and the software won't open my FTW file because the
file is a newer version than my software.

I must have upgraded at some point, but I don't have the
upgraded nor do I have any information as to what version the
file is. I tried to find an email address for support, but
couldn't find one on the genealogy.com site.

I plan to upgrade at some point to 2005, but can anyone tell me
how I can determine what version my FTW file is?

Thank you!
Doug

Most programs should have this info in Help, About on the menu
at the top of the page.

Helen Castle
Narangba

Helen,

I think the problem which Doug has is with the FTW file which
won't open, not with the *program*; so I don't think looking at
Help-About is going to answer his question.

I just had a look at one of my FTW files (v10) with a binary
editor (and the 'strings' command in Linux for good measure) and
couldn't see anything which looked like a version number.

I don't have any other ideas for finding out which version the
file was created under. Maybe upgrading to 2005 is a good idea!

--
John Cordes