[Dx4win] EXT DATA Mystery

[Joe Giacobello]

I have been successfully using the RAC (Flying Horse) database on my 
hard drive for several years to look up call signs through DX4WIN's EXT 
DATA routine.  This weekend I picked up a copy of QRZ's current database 
and attempted to do the same thing, i.e copy the database to my HD and 
access the callsign info from the HD.  For some mysterious reason that 
doesn't work.

Although I have declared C:\program files\qrz ham radio\callbk as my 
data directory in the preferences>EXT DATA menu, I get a "database not 
found" error.  However, if I put the original CD ROM in my ROM drive, it 
returns the proper information.  In other words, despite my declaring 
the C: drive as the data drive, DX4WIN is getting the data from the CD 
ROM and refuses to access the C: drive when the CD ROM is removed.

I switched back to use the RAC database on my HD and that works fine.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

Tnx es 73 de Joe