[Dx4win] Does dx4win.cty automatically update?

[Larry Alkoff]

I have worked K1B from my shack computer and changed
the country to KH1.  All of my contacts there are being properly reported as
Baker-Howland.

I routinely export from the shack computer as ADIF
and import that file into my house computer which is 200 yards away.
The house computer is where I log in QSL's, print lables and make reports.
My preferences under "imports" is set to accept imported values.
The contacts import properly as KH1 Baker-Howland.

My question is - has the house dx4win.cty been properly updated for the K1B exception
with this procedure?

In a related case about 1000 QSO's from way back were imported into DX4Win.
Originally there were errors reported and I went through the log and changed each country and zone
to it's proper value.  I assume that updated the dx4win.cty file but later I "refreshed" DX4Win
and by mistake installed the current 5.03 dx4win.cty file.  However the imported QSO's did
not change - however about 75 contacts were marked "error" in the notes field.

My related question is - did the virgin dx4win.cty file somehow "automagically"  get modified  to reflect the changes
in the related case?

Based on the above behavior it seems to me that dx4win.cty always changes to reflect the country and zone information
in an existing or imported file.  Why then is there a "merge" facility and when is it necessary to do this?
I have never done the merge thing and my log _seems_ to be accurate.

73, Larry Alkoff N2LA








Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX