[Dx4win] 6.04 -> 7.02.15 migration

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Hi Mike,

I think you made the migration harder than you had to.

All you had to do was copy your DX4WIN.CTY and WA0SXV.DXL files from your 6.0x
SAVE directory to your 7.0x SAVE directory.  DX4W70x can read those files
directly, there was no need to export/import.  In fact I see no mention of
importing QSOs or country file data on my web page.

It's not too late to do this, you can add any new QSOs in manually, or find a
way to export them before copying the log file over.

The spot coloring problem is because you are probably only accepting W/VE
spots, which needs to be changed in the preferences to K/VE spots (if you are
using the new country file).  If copying your old country file, no change
needed.

Finally, let me know which card is in dispute, if there is an IOTA number I can
try to resolve the difference.  I need exact call, date, and any QTH
information on the QSL.

73 - Jim AD1C

--- Mike Mellinger WA0SXV <wa0sxv at mellinger.com> wrote:

> Well, I finally bit the bullet and upgraded.  Was scared away initially by
> all of the problems in early 7 releases as well as the usual messes made
> with DXCC counts due to old stations that weren't in the old country file.
> I used the migration instructions by Jim, AD1C (thanks!!!) and when finished
> my country counts only differed by 1 -- which was traced to a card that the
> ARRL accepted as different from the country file.  I suspect that the ARRL
> and I goofed but I'll confirm that next time I can check the physical cards.
> 
> I also got bagged by the use of "K" versus "W".  A very slow edit of a CSV
> file resolved this.  It SHOULD have been handled automatically by the
> conversion.
> 
> Two issues remain:
> 
> 1.  The migration procedure did not migrate GROUP NAMES and SELECTIONS.  I
> finally handled this by taking a log file with the correct GROUP NAMES and
> SELECTIONS, deleting all but one entry (DX4WIN doesn't want to store an
> empty log) and then migrating in the cleaned-up log from the migration.
> Worked fine.
> 
> 2.  Virtually all SPOTS are showing as grey where many showed as black in
> 6.04.  Not sure that this is an issue but I do know that stations never
> worked before are showing in grey which is a nuisance.
> 
> All else seems well.  Better be -- my backup copy got zapped someplace
> during the migration.


--
Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us