When importing this file to Genopro It was containing some custom Tags

I would like to copy some of the data to my project file Without any traces of the custom tags.

How can I delete all traces of the custom tags from the imported file, including the properties of the custom tags. I was able to delete the data from the custom tags, but not its properties.

Even after saving again nothing had changed.

Reading file 'C:\Complete Family Trees\Complete Family Archive\Complete Updated Tree.xml'...
Validating data...
Line 2711: Creating custom tag 'CHAN.DATE' for object Individual
Line 2712: Creating custom tag 'CHAN.DATE.TIME' for object Individual
Line 2716: Creating custom tag 'OBJE.FORM' for object Individual
Line 2717: Creating custom tag 'OBJE.FILE' for object Individual
Line 2718: Creating custom tag 'OBJE._SCBK' for object Individual
Line 2719: Creating custom tag 'OBJE._PRIM' for object Individual
Line 2720: Creating custom tag 'OBJE._TYPE' for object Individual
Line 27423: Creating custom tag 'Coat_of_Arms' for object Individual
Line 27430: Creating custom tag 'CHR.DATE' for object Individual
Line 27431: Creating custom tag 'CHR.place' for object Individual
Line 27433: Creating custom tag 'REFN' for object Individual
Line 27434: Creating custom tag '_UID' for object Individual
Line 27961: Creating custom tag '_GEDCOM_ERROR.birth.DATE' for object Individual
Line 29644: Creating custom tag 'OBJE._SSHOW' for object Individual
Line 31361: Creating custom tag '_GEDCOM_ERROR.death.DATE' for object Individual
Line 31363: Creating custom tag '_GEDCOM_ERROR.death.disposition.DATE' for object Individual
Line 36498: Creating custom tag 'OBJE.TITL' for object Individual
Line 45053: Creating custom tag 'AFN' for object Individual
Line 47034: Creating custom tag 'TITL' for object Individual
Line 47036: Creating custom tag '_STAT' for object Individual
Line 59380: Creating custom tag 'birth.source.DATA.TEXT' for object Individual
Line 59389: Creating custom tag 'death.source.DATA.TEXT' for object Individual
Line 60852: Creating custom tag 'ADDR.ADR1' for object Individual
Line 61725: Creating custom tag 'death.disposition.source.DATA.TEXT' for object Individual
Line 61738: Creating custom tag '_FA13.place' for object Individual
Line 65285: Creating custom tag 'BAPM.DATE' for object Individual
Line 65286: Creating custom tag 'BAPM.place' for object Individual
Line 65297: Creating custom tag '_FA9.DATE' for object Individual
Line 66976: Creating custom tag 'occupation.place' for object Individual
Line 66984: Creating custom tag '_FA8.DATE' for object Individual
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Line 777558: Creating custom tag 'ENGA.place' for object Family
Line 777629: Creating custom tag 'ENGA.DATE' for object Family
Line 802605: Creating custom tag 'SLGS.TEMP' for object Family
Line 802716: Creating custom tag 'SLGS.STAT' for object Family
Line 802717: Creating custom tag 'SLGS.STAT.DATE' for object Family
Line 881805: Creating custom tag 'TITL' for object SourceCitation
Line 881808: Creating custom tag 'REPO.CALN.MEDI' for object SourceCitation
Line 59361: Creating custom tag 'DATA.TEXT' for object SourceCitation
Line 395359: Creating custom tag 'DATA.DATE' for object SourceCitation
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I am perhaps doing something wrong but your sugbestion doesn't seem to work even though I am using the latest Beta 18e.

Dan you may delete this message after you have seen it as it takes up a lot of space.

GenoPro will re-create the tags if there are data.  If you clear all the data, then edit the .xml to delete the custom tags, you won't see them when you re-open the .xml file using GenoPro.

To clear the data, use the Table Layout and right click on the column you want to erase.  Select the menu item Erase Column.

I did try it and it worked but is a very laborious process as I had 56 family tags and 153 individual tags  95% of which I don't understand as they are just letters which must mean something to somebody but not to me.

I have managed to reduce the family ones to 11 but haven't yet tackled the individual ones as it will take me days to delete each of the 153 columns for a tree with 20000 names !

<tags>Coat_of_Arms,AFN,CHAN.DATE,CHAN.DATE.TIME,_GEDCOM_ERROR.death.DATE,

CHR.DATE,CHR.place,_GEDCOM_ERROR.birth.DATE,OBJE.FORM,OBJE.FILE,OBJE._SCBK,

OBJE._PRIM,OBJE._TYPE,source,TITL,REFN,_UID,OBJE._SSHOW,

_GEDCOM_ERROR.death.disposition.DATE,OBJE.TITL,_STAT,source.PAGE,Hobbies,

Other_Interests,Interests_continued,New_Tag,occupation.DATE,occupation.place,

EDUC.DATE,EDUC.place,_DEG.DATE,_DEG.place,RESI.DATE,RESI.place,ADDR,PHON,

birth.source.DATA.TEXT,CONF.DATE,CONF.place,BAPM.DATE,BAPM.place,NAME.source,

NAME.source.DATA.TEXT,death.CAUS,CENS.DATE,CENS.place,BAPL.DATE,BAPL.source,

BAPL.source.DATA.TEXT,death.disposition.source.DATA.TEXT,death.source.DATA.TEXT,

ENDL.DATE,ENDL.source,ENDL.source.DATA.TEXT,SLGC.DATE,SLGC.source,

SLGC.source.DATA.TEXT,EVEN.TYPE,EVEN.DATE,EVEN.place,ALIA,CHR.source,

CHR.source.DATA.TEXT,BAPM.source,occupation.source,occupation.source.DATA.TEXT,

BAPM.source.DATA.TEXT,NAME.source.PAGE,RESI.source,RESI.source.PAGE,

RESI.source.DATA.TEXT,WILL.place,_MDCL,RELI.place,_MILT.place,EVEN.source,

EVEN.source.DATA.TEXT,CENS.source,CENS.source.DATA.TEXT,EMIG.place,_FA2.DATE,

_FA2.place,_FA3.DATE,_FA3.place,_FA4.DATE,_FA4.place,_FA5.DATE,_FA5.place,

_FA6.DATE,_FA6.place,_FA7.DATE,_FA7.place,_FA7.source,_FA8.DATE,_FA8.place,

_FA9.DATE,_FA9.place,_FA10.DATE,_FA10.place,_FA11.DATE,_FA11.place,_FA12.DATE,

_FA12.place,_FA13.DATE,_FA13.place,ADDR.ADR1,ADDR.CITY,ADDR.STAE,ADDR.POST,

ADDR.CTRY,ADDR.ADR2,ORDN.place,birth.source.comment,_FA11.source,birth.source.PAGE,

CENS.source.PAGE,OC.UPATIONS,FA.C,FA.S,OBJE,OBJE._ASID,MARR.DATE,MARR.place,

EMIG.DATE,source.QUAY,EVEN,EVEN.comment,RETI,RETI.DATE,RETI.place,CENS,

NAME.source.QUAY,birth.source.QUAY,death.source.PAGE,death.source.QUAY,

CHR.source.PAGE,CHR.source.QUAY,ADOP.DATE,ORDN.DATE,RELI.DATE,IMMI.place,

PROB.DATE,PROB.place,NAME.source.comment,BAPM.comment,CONF.ADDR,CONF.comment,

CHR.comment,NAME._USED,death.ADDR,CHR.source.DATA.DATE,birth.ADDR,

death.disposition.comment,CHR.ADDR,CHR.source.comment,comment.source,BAPM.ADDR,

EMIG.comment,EMIG._PLAC,comment.source.comment,death.disposition.source.PAGE,

death.disposition.source.comment,death.disposition.AGE,source.comment,

occupation.comment,IMMI.DATE,IMMI.source,EMIG.source,_MILT.DATE,death.CAUS.source,

death.CAUS.source.DATA.TEXT,_MDCL.source,_MDCL.source.DATA.TEXT,OBJE.comment,

NAME.comment,EDUC.source,CENS.comment,RELI,RELI.source,EDUC,WILL.DATE,

WILL.comment,RETI.comment,WILL.source,TITL.source,BAPM.source.PAGE,RFN,

occupation.source.PAGE,RESI.comment,WILL.source.PAGE,comment.source.PAGE,

TITL.source.PAGE,RETI.source,RETI.source.PAGE,EDUC.source.PAGE,EVEN.source.PAGE,

NAME._MARNM,ENDL.TEMP,RESI,IMMI.source.PAGE,PROB.source,PROB.source.PAGE,

NAME._AKA,FAMC.PEDI,FAMC.PEDI._HUSB,FAMC.PEDI._WIFE,FCOM.DATE,FCOM.place,

ADDR.PHON,ARVL.DATE,ARVL.place,CHAN.source,CHAN.source.DATA.TEXT,

WILL.source.DATA.TEXT,EMIG.source.DATA.TEXT,EDUC.source.DATA.TEXT,ARVL.source,

ARVL.source.DATA.TEXT,CONF.source,CONF.source.DATA.TEXT,RELI.source.DATA.TEXT,

_MILT.source,_MILT.source.DATA.TEXT,PROP.place,PROP.source,PROP.source.DATA.TEXT,

IMMI.source.DATA.TEXT,EMIG.source.PAGE,RELI.source.PAGE,IMMI.comment,BAPL.TEMP,

SLGC.FAMC,SLGC.TEMP,BAPL.source.comment,ENDL.source.comment,SLGC.STAT,

SLGC.STAT.DATE,SLGC.source.comment,BAPL.STAT,ENDL.STAT,BAPL.STAT.DATE,

ENDL.STAT.DATE,BAPL.place,DSCR</tags>
  

When I deleted from the xml,  only the tags containing info were re-created when I re-open the xml and so remaking a gno file.

I am just wondering why there are so many tags, where they come from and what is the use of most of them which have strange names which mean nothing to me.

I didn't have to touch the xml file at all.  I have never tried to access the .xml file though, so I know nothing about that part of it.

Thanks for the tip !

IainTait (9/26/2006)

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I have just noticed an interesting side effect of my tag removal as now my tree is saved much quicker than when I had  the 300+ tags !

Previous versions of GenoPro were creating a lot of custom tags because the import module was unable to import inline objects.  For instance:

In the past, GenoPro would have created a custom tag BIRT.SOUR.PAGE and DEAT.SOUR.PAGE.  Now, the PAGE is now imported as a tag of the Source object rather than a tag of the Individual.  If you re-import some old Gedcom files, you will notice the number of custom tags has been greatly reduced.

As Dan has mentioned above, he has made improvements to the Gedcom import routine, so now many of these tags are imported into standard GenoPro fields instead of being held as Custom Tags.

So so for those of you like me who have already imported Gedcom data prior to GenoPro 2.0 Beta 18d, I have discovered a method to take advantage of the improved Gedcom import without having to reimport the original Gedcom files. Simply export your existing GenoPro data to (pseudo) Gedcom format using GenoPro's File/Export mechanism, edit the output .ged file and delete '1 TAGS' and subordinate records (i.e level 2 and 3 records following the '1TAGS') and then open the resulting .ged file using GenoPro (N.B. Open not Import). You will then find that Custom Tags such as birth.source.PAGE and birth.source.QUAL have now been incorporated into a new source citation record referencing the original source and they no longer appear as Custom Tags and you have not lost valuable information from the Gedom import and you retain all additonal information, positioning etc. that you have added after the original import. You can then save the file as a standard .gno file.

A couple of examples :-

The "AFN" tag had "F945C1953C1DD843A743E12DFAEBC97B297E" what does that mean ?

The "_UID" tag had the same thing and there were several CHAN.DATE which only had the date of the last info input which has no pertinance for the tree for me.

Then there were the series _FA2.DATE and _FA2.Place up to 13, then ADDR.ADDR1 etc!

250 is far too many as there were duplicate  and hundreds of entries like this @S003663@

in lots of tags which has no meaning for me.

This is why I remove most of the tags and only keep those such as BAPT.DATE etc.from where I transfer the info into it's rightfull place in the birth tag etc.