[Dx4win] 6.04 upgrade problems

[F6EXV]

One mistake, Wayne,
DX4Win is not one of the best logging programs, it is THE best !!!

73
Paul F6EXV

Wayne wrote:

> Jim and Floyd,
>
> Am I mistaken, or if Floyd had copied his DX4WIN.CTY file AND his .DXL 
> file into the 6.04 save folder for DX4WIN 6.04 all would have stayed 
> the same in his country count and listings?
>
> Also if he had MERGED the Country files would he get the notices of 
> the differences he is looking for?
>
> Jim, I for one really appreciate the time and effort you are taking 
> into getting the CTY file up to date. This is an enormous project and 
> one that I'm sure has lots of "what in the heck did I start this for" 
> thoughts! <G>
>
> DX4WIN is one of the best logging programs out there and as such has a 
> great deal of information the user needs to learn in order to get as 
> smooth a transition to newer releases as possible. I am still learning 
> all the intricacies of the program and have fought with my own lack of 
> knowledge in getting some things done.
>
> Always remember to make a backup of all log data before moving on and 
> you can always try different methods of upgrading to see which works 
> best for you as well as returning to what you had before the upgrade. 
> No one has to upgrade.
>
> Jim has a lot of good information on his web site and anyone making 
> changes to his log or upgrading it, should take the time to read all 
> the  information they can find about the process before doing it.
>
> Thanks for all your help and work with DX4WIN Jim.
>
> 73,
>
> Wayne  WA1PMA
>
>
> At 08:12 AM 2/23/2005 -0800, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>
>> --- Floyd Sense <fsense at copper.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Now, here's the new problem.  While trying to reconcile differences 
>> in the
>> > country counts on all bands, I've run into a number of QSOs for 
>> which DX4WIN
>> > erased the country name and prefix (that means they are now 
>> blank).  One
>> > such QSO was for a contact logged as c/ZL3HI on Chatham Is.  That 
>> is the way
>> > the call was sent, so that's the way it was logged.  However, in 
>> the country
>> > file, it's entered as: ZL3HI/C.  It's probably not reasonable to 
>> have it
>> > both ways in the country file, but it also is not reasonable to 
>> have DX4WIN
>> > arbitrarily blank the country and prefix fields without any 
>> indication that
>> > it happened.
>>
>> If DX4WIN can't determine the country from the callsign, the prefix 
>> will be
>> blank. Try entering FR7AA/E or ZL4BO/C and see what happens.  You can 
>> probably
>> guess where these are, but the program can't guess.  The same goes 
>> for the
>> various X5-callsigns that don't count for DXCC.
>>
>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
>> USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>
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