[Dx4win] Re: Able to duplicate country editor problem!

[Paul van der Eijk]

I could reproduce this and found the problem. The program has a 
variable with the index for the USA prefix; after adding another 
prefix, the value should have been updated (it was not).
Sorry for the inconvenience!
 
--Paul
> 



Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was able to duplicate the problem with adding FJ to the country database:
>
> - I started with the 11 December 2007 country file release
>
> - I followed the steps in the application note I wrote:
>
>   http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/entity.htm
>
> - After saving the country file changes, I opened my log, and sure enough, all
> QSOs with "K" had been changed to "JZ0"
>
> *** But at this point I did NOT save my log!
>
> - I then exited DX4WIN completely and restarted the program.
>
> This time, all my USA QSOs were correctly logged with the "K" prefix, and all
> states were left in-tact.
>
> The bottom line is, that after editing the country file and saving the changes,
> you MUST exit DX4WIN complete and restart it.  If you open your log immediately
> after saving the updated country file, without exiting/restarting, your logbook
> will be corrupt, and if you SAVE this corrupt log, you will potentially lose
> data, like US states.
>
> I hope Paul can duplicate the problem and find a fix!
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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