[Dx4win] Unhappy with DX4WIN

[Tom Branch]

Mike,

I've been a user since 0.93B--pretty much since the beginning.  I don't know
why you're having problems with country files.  I simply replace my existing
file with latest AD1C version, check the DXCC summary to make sure nothing
changed, and all is good to go. Perhaps you are trying to merge the country
files? There may be a good reason to merge your country files if you have
some unique callsign mappings or QSL managers not in the AD1C release.
Personally I gave up merging years ago and simply use the AD1C release "as
is".

I'm not sure that the country file actually changes anything in the log file
but I could be wrong.  I've never tried to go back to an older country file
but may try it just to see what happens.

73 de Tom, K4NR

  

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Mellinger WA0SXV [mailto:wa0sxv at mellinger.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:25 PM
To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx4win] Unhappy with DX4WIN


<FLAME ON>

I have been a user for at least 8 years.  But I may not be much longer.

I tried to add FJ.  Interesting results including index out of range error.
Had to restart DX4WIN.

But it added FJ.

So I tried adding TO5FJ.  Index out of range error.  QSO added.  Had to
restart DX4WIN.  Deleted QSO.

Now I'm missing a lot of state information, a lot of county information, a
few CONF flags.

Fortunately I had a backup from February, so I can reconstruct the 250
confirmations for my New Mexico WAS.

Now I get to do the same for my Missouri WAS.

This is ridiculous.  A bug like that should have been resolved years ago.
And problems with the country database should not foul the actual log
information -- which should be sacred.

I suggest that we be provided ASAP with a utility to compare two logs and
correct the missing information.

And I suggest some time be spent not on minor features but on making the
actual log file secure from country information problems.  This has been a
problem since the beginning and I dread every country file update because I
have to do a dump of the old file in ASCII, update the country file, and do
another dump to see which of my DXCC confirmations have disappeared.

<FLAME OFF>

73,
Mike WA0SXV




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