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[Dan Yaklin]

I am trying to generate a modest descendant narrative report in a RootsMagic 7 database. The report is for 4 generations. I have tried on a Mac and the process seems to hang, without generating the report. I moved the database to a PC with 32 GB of RAM and tried to generate the same report. It ran for minutes and finally came back with a popup that says "Out of Memory". In looking in task manager I have plenty of memory available.

 

I have another much larger database, and I can generate a 18 generation descendant narrative report in a few seconds on the PC.

 

What could be the issue here?

 

Dan Yaklin

[Renee Zamora]

Trying running the File>Database Tool after a fresh start of RM and see if that makes a difference.

 

Also check if changing sources to Endnotes makes a difference. 

[Dan Yaklin]

Running File>Database Tools after a fresh start did not make a difference. Changing from "Footnotes printed at the bottom of each page" to "Endnotes printed at the end of the document" generated a report in a reasonable time.

 

Is there an issue with printing footnotes on each page?

 

Dan

[Renee Zamora]

The only times Footnotes become an issue is if you have too many citations that need to fit on the page. This can happen when you have a lot of sources, or the text in the Research Notes and Comments cause it to overflow the footnote area. 

[Dan Yaklin]

That makes sense. Thanks