[Dx4win] DX4WIN_TOP_OF_SCREEN

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 10:33 AM 12/4/2005, George K wrote:

>What does the "MODIFIED" mean at the top left of the screen and what 
>does the numbers counting down mean? Does this have something to do 
>with the "backup" facility?

Hi George,

I have written about this before an have a note to develop this into 
an application note, but here goes.

If you see the word "Modified" in RED, this means that your most 
recent log changes are in the computer RAM memory only, not written 
to disk.  It is my personal policy to NEVER walk away from the 
computer in this case without first saving the log, or waiting for it 
to turn black (see next item).

If you see the word "Modified" in BLACK, this means that DX4WIN has 
written your log (with the changes) to a DX4WIN.DXB backup file in 
the directory ABOVE your SAVE directory.  If DX4WIN crashes, and upon 
restarting finds a DX4WIN.DXB file, it will prompt you to save this 
file, since it is the most recent copy of your log.

Once you save the log (either through File -> Save or ALT+S), then 
the word "Modified" will go away.  If you have chosen to back up DX 
spots (File -> Preferences -> Packet1), then the word "Modified" will 
re-appear as the packet spots file (DX4WIN.PUT) is updated, but it 
will be in BLACK, not RED.

The (number) next to the word "Modified" indicates the number of 
seconds left before the data is written to disk.

There are a couple more files involved here:

- when you save your log (as W2YJ.dxl in your case), DX4WIN will 
rename the previous saved log to W2YJ.~xl

- when DX4WIN writes the backup log, it will rename the previous 
backup log to DX4WIN.~XB

73 - Jim AD1C


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