[Dx4win] A strange "Bug" continues

[John Shaw]

Hi Dave,

Interesting, guess I should have been a little more specific.  In my case it
was looking up the data base which had been copied from a CD ROM to my HD.
I still use the same setup today although the QRZ version is now getting
very old version and don't have any troubles.  I guess it would still happen
if I should come across the call.

Anyway for a long time I have been a happy camper.  The event had all but
been forgotten, may have been on another computer and a few versions of
DX4WIN back but when reading Ken's lament it surfaced in my mind and I
thought it might be worth mentioning and it looks like it may have helped.

I think some people have had lookup problems when using using old versions
of the dll file that I think facilitates the parsing between the two
applications but I have no experience with this so will let others comment
if appropriate.

73 John ZL1BYZ.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Sharred [mailto:g3nkc at yahoo.co.uk] 
Sent: Monday, 17 March 2008 11:51 a.m.
To: John Shaw; dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] A strange "Bug" continues

John

It's curious that you mention lock up associated with running QRZ.com...

I never have had lock up with DX4WIN, and I don't run QRZ.com (though
thought maybe I ought to....)

However; I have noticed when I fire up QRZ.COM in recent times; it often
locks up Explorer (stuck on something called googlead.....; and Explorer
doesn't respond. This happened on 2 Windows XP PC's that never did this
before.

The point is - if Explorer locks up AND you are using on line QRZ.com, just
maybe DX4WIN is locking up ..... just like if you pull the plug on rig
control ?????

Hope the comment is useful

73

Dave
G3NKC

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of John Shaw
Sent: 16 March 2008 19:38
To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] A strange "Bug" continues


Hi Ken,

I have been using DX4WIN you many years and found it a very stable program.

However I have had one instance of it repeatedly locking up.  This was on
one particular callsign, which I can't remember now but every time I typed
in the call wamo DX4WIN was toast.  In my case it was my QRZ callsign data
base that caused the problem.  If I didn't have the lookup running it was
fine, if I did there was trouble.

So while your problem sounds a little different, it does raise the point
that it could be some associated activity. If have any feature running in
DX4WIN asking it to call some other database lookup etc, turn it off and see
if the problem goes away.

73 John ZL1BYZ.

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ken Kopp
Sent: Monday, 17 March 2008 4:56 a.m.
To: Dx4win at Mailman.Qth.Net
Subject: [Dx4win] A strange "Bug" continues

My thanks to all who have responded with possible
causes, questions, etc.  Lotsa knowledge here, and
that's why I asked the question.

It seems unlikely that it's a key malfunction matter, as
it ONLY occurs with a W5Axx call entry ... not with a
5Axx or any combination of letters surrounding the
5 ... and not with any other number/letter combination.
It only happens with W5A.  Remember, I've now entered
about 15K QSO's and this is the only problem I've seen.

I haven't connected another keyboard ... I will.  The one
in use is a Logitec cordless.

Related to a key logger?  I doubt it, as the computer in
question is almost never "on line", and is used only for
DX4WIN.  The computer's OS is XP and it has Norton
2007, Spybot and Ad-Aware software that's updated and
run once a week ... about the only time the machine's
"on line".  The only other "on line" activity is to visit the
Elecraft site for updates to my K3.  The laptop that works
OK has the same OS and software ... they are almost mirror
images of each other.

I don't view the program as "crashed" as one respondent
termed it.  The "A" keystroke just instantly returns me to
the open desktop and then I can restart he program "normally"
via the DX4WIN icon.  All data is then current through the
last auto back-up no more than one minute prior to the closure.

Thank you all for your efforts ... I'll let you know what/if I find.

73! Ken Kop - K0PP
       ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
       or
       k0pp at arrl.net

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