[Dx4win] EXT DATA Mystery

[Tony Lord]

Joe,

I agree with Ernie, that's exactly what I had to do!

Good luck

Tony G8DQZ

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ernie Howard
Sent: 07 September 2004 12:08
To: k2xx at swva.net; dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] EXT DATA Mystery

Move your 'callbk' directory to the root of C drive, "C:/callbk". Then
set in 
prefrences for "QRZ CD ROM", and data directory as "C:" with nothing
else. It 
will then find the data.

73 Ernie W8EH


Joe Giacobello wrote:

> 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
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