Timeline for How can I find loops in GEDCOM files?
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May 13, 2013 at 23:33 | comment | added | Enno Borgsteede | Follow-up: After discovering that the freeze was probably caused by a long calculation, not a loop, I used PAF to create a large loop, and then fed that PAF gedcom to Gedcom Validator. The program then complained that it did not support GEDCOM version 5.2.18.0. And those familiar with PAF know that that's the PAF version! PAF writes gedcom 5.5, and puts that number in the gedcom too, but gedcom validator doesn't seem to recognize which version number belongs to PAF and which to GEDC ... | |
May 13, 2013 at 6:43 | comment | added | Colin | Enno, glad it triggered the thought process but sorry you haven't found the problem. | |
May 12, 2013 at 20:02 | comment | added | Enno Borgsteede | Gedcom Validator is a nice tool for technical things like the proper use of tags, but as far as I can see it doesn't check for the kind of loops I'm looking for. The good thing is that your answer triggered me to read an article on GEDCOM Validation by Tamura Jones, and that article lists one tool that is supposed to do the job. It's called Genealogica Grafica, and the download link is at the bottom of the page. To my regret, it didn't find any in my own GEDCOM file though, so I don't really know how good it is. | |
May 12, 2013 at 6:12 | history | answered | Colin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |