Gedcom Import Monitor

Gedcom Import Monitor
Summary	Provides options to monitor the status of the Gedcom Import in more detail.
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Mod Updated	15 May 2018
Download link	v12.0.0.4.zip TNG 12.0 v10.1.0.3p TNG 11.0 TNG 10.1.0
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Author(s)	Robin Richmond
Homepage	Robin Richmond's Genealogy Database
Mod Support	My Mod Support form or TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	My Mod Support form
Latest Mod	v10.1.0.3p & v12.0.0.4
Min TNG V	10.1
Max TNG V	at least 12.0
Files modified	admin_dataimport.php, admin_gedimport.php, gedimport_people.php, gedimport_families.php, gedimport_misc.php, English/data_help.php, English cust_text.php
Related Mods	Gedcom Import Mediatype, Gedcom Import Purge, Gedcom Import Second Name
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Purpose of the Mod

To provide more thorough and accurate monitoring of the Gedcom Import process. The progress bar that pops up during the Gedcom Import process hides error messages, and provide some inaccurate or misleading counts. And the "old" method that doesn't hide errors produces too much information. This mod provides

Mod Parameters

admin_dataimport.php (the Gedcom Import kickoff form) has two parameters:

1. $oldstyleimportParam (defaults to false) is a flag that tells the Gedcom Import process whether to use the pop-up dashboard (which kind of spoils the point of this mod) rather than the more detailed Import Monitor log.
2. $frequencyParam (defaults to 'low') indicates how often progress messages should be logged to the screen.

Compatibility And Dependencies

This mod is compatible with all known mods that affect the same programs (listed as Related Mods)

Related Mods

• My Gedcom Import Mediatype and Gedcom Import Purge mods are both independent of Gedcom Import Monitor but each also affects the Gedcom Import form and the Gedcom Import process.
• My Gedcom Import Second Name mod also affect the Gedcom Import process, but not the Gedcom Import form.
• This mod saves information that can be used by Show Mod Names - if Show Mod Names is installed.

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager.
• You should backup files listed in the panel on the right.

Installation

1. Remove and delete previous version of this mod.
2. Backup the files updated by this mod. They are listed in the panel at the upper right.
3. Download the .zip file, and extract its .cfg file to the mods folder.
4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files.

In the event of a problem

1. Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
2. Contact me through My Mod Support form.

Visualization of this Mod

Admin>>Import/Export - The Gedcom Import Kickoff Form BEFORE INSTALLATION:
Admin>>Import/Export - The Status Progress Screen BEFORE INSTALLATION: There are two status options; a pop-up "dashboard" with a progress bar, and the "old style import, without the progress bar. You can click on each image to reads its notes.
Admin>>Import/Export - The Gedcom Import Kickoff Form AFTER INSTALLATION:
Admin>>Import/Export - The Status Progress Screen AFTER INSTALLATION:
You can still use the pop-up dashboard monitor, which looks essentially identical to the old dashboard shown above, or the "Scrolling Progress Listing" that has three frequency choices. Low (the default) shows a different set of counts than the old scrolling progress listing. It just shows scrolling counts of zero-level records in the Gedcom file, and then some summary counts. Medium shows essentially the same listing as the old scrolling progress listing, but only shows every 100 tags of a given type.. It also breaks up that list each time the import transitions to a different kind of zero-level record. (Gedcom files essentially always put all INDI records first, then FAM, NOTE, SOUR, REPO, and OBJE records.) High is identical to Medium, except that, like the original scrolling status listing, it shows every 10 tags of a given type.

Revision History

Mod Version	TNG Version	Date	Note
12.0.0.4	12.0+	15 May 2018	No functional changes; made compatible with TNGv12.
10.1.0.3	10.1+	10 Jun 2017	Added some counters. Show Mod Names is now optional.
10.1.0.3p	10.1+	07 Nov 2017	Removed the second line from the cust_text.php target location search string
10.1.0.1	10.1-10.1.3	6 Feb 2016	New mod.

Sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your site to the table below.

URL	User	Note	Mod-Version	TNG-Version	User-language
Robin Richmond's Genealogy Database - admin function; not visible.	Robin Richmond	Mod developer	10.1.0.3	11.1.1	English