[Dx4win] Lost QSO

Jim Reisert AD1C jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Thu Apr 27 15:54:09 EDT 2006


--- Garry Shapiro <garry at ni6t.com> wrote:

> I have had several entered QSO's go through the "Modified" sequence --and
> then be lost when something rebooted Windows. The termination backup did not
> save the QSO's. Is there an antidote, or must one manually save the log at
> all times?

Sorry to hear that Garry.

As far as I know things DO get backed up.  I.e. the "modified" meter doesn't
lie.  And if DX4WIN crashes, you *should* get a prompt the next time you start
it, to try to recover the backup file.

There are 3 possible places to look for your missing QSOs:

   dx4win/save/NI6T.~XL
   dx4win/dx4win.dxb
   dx4win/dx4win.~xb

You must copy these to a file named <something>.DXL then open each one in turn
and see if you can find the missing QSOs.  The file with the most bytes may
have them.

I started an app. note about DX4WIN and backups but it spiraled out of control
and I have not had the chance to edit it down.

73 - Jim AD1C

p.s. Ann WA1S showed the K7C video Tuesday night and I saw your picture!


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