Download Help

The Download view allows you to download a GEDCOM file into FamViewer from web sites on the internet. You may also be able to download a GEDCOM file from your desktop computer if it has a web server installed and you have a local wireless network.

To download a file tap the URL text box at the top of the Download view and enter the URL of your GEDCOM file. Example: www.example.com/MyFamily.ged.
You may use the tilde '~' button or .ged button to add text to the URL. It's not necessary to type the leading http://.
Tap Done.
Tap Get File, and FamViewer will download the file and import it.

FamViewer will remember the files you've downloaded and display them in a list. To download a file again that's shown in the list, tap the file in the list. This will display the file in the URL text box. Tap Get File. You may delete entries from the list by tapping the Edit Button.

On Macintosh you can use Web Sharing to allow FamViewer to download a file from your Macintosh if you have a local wireless network.

Open System Preferences and choose Sharing.
Click on Web Sharing to enable this feature.
Take note of the URL for your personal website.
To make a GEDCOM file available from Web Sharing place a copy of it in the Sites folder in your home directory on your Macintosh. Example: /Users/myusername/Sites
Enter the URL of the GEDCOM file in the URL text box in the Download view. Example: 192.168.1.101/~myusername/my.ged
Tap Get File.
You may turn Web Sharing off once you've downloaded your GEDCOM file or leave it on.

For Windows or Linux, if you have a web server installed place the GEDCOM file into the folder that the server is serving. Enter the URL of this file in the URL text box and tap Get File.