[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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