[Dx4win] HELP! Log gone!

[Dan Violette]

There is a backup created at all times.  That is the red/black countdown
numbers after you make a change.  It stores it as ".~xl" I think.  If you
lose power and you run DX4WIN again, it will tell you you have a backup and
whether you want to save it under a new filename.  You can test it if you'd
like.  Of course it saves on the same hardrive and does not protect against
hard drive crash.

Dan KI6X

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Darrell Earnshaw
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:47 PM
To: Clive GM3POI
Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone!


Performance, I suspect.


-- Darrell


Clive GM3POI wrote:

> OK Jim,
> Do you happen to know why Alt-s cannot be done automatically in the 
> background whenever a Q is logged. Is it a failing in the methods used 
> in the software? as I can't think of anything more important than 
> being assured that a FULL log is saved without having to do anything 
> other than hit the return key. Try running a pile up of callers and 
> having to keep hitting Alt-S to make sure it's saved in case there is 
> a power cut or whatever. 73 Clive
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "Rick Murphy/K1MU" <k1mu at arrl.net>
> Cc: <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone!
> 
> 
> 
>>--- Rick Murphy/K1MU <k1mu at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>For what it's worth (not much, after the fact) - I *always* use Alt/B
>>>(Backup) and Alt/S (Save log) after I add a QSO to my log. This 
>>>learned from painful experience with lost QSOs after power failures. 
>>>It's a good habit to get into - especially when it's a new one..
>>
>>ALT-S is all you need.  ALT-B will create the backup copy but NOT save
> 
> your log
> 
>>to <CALL>.DXL.  ALT-S saves the log, and removes the old (stale) 
>>backups.
>>
>>73 - Jim AD1C
>>
>>
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