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 command. Enter the name you desire to change in the empty field. Press and the NAME CODE will be displayed. Write this code number down. Then press again to return to the name. Enter the NEW NAME in that field, exit the field, re-enter the field, press and read and log the NAME CODE for the NEW NAME. Press 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