[Dx4win] Version 8.02 available

Paul van der Eijk pvandereijk at cox.net
Tue Sep 8 00:02:49 EDT 2009


Hi,

Version 8.02 is available for download from the website. I will update
the website next, but if you want to download already , this is the link:
http://www.dx4win.com/files/dx4w802.exe.

--Paul, KK4HD

New features and bug fixes in 8.02

General

· Fixed the bug that pressing the F1 key did not always launch the help
screen

· Fixed bug with using the mailed cutoff value.

· Made input fields for radio selection wider

· The status Mailed and Label now only apply to QSL cards

 
QSO Window

· Reworked the interface in File | Preferences | F2 key and the code for
using the F2 key 

· Improved the algorithms to retrieve Name/QTH and Frequency from the
notes.

· Setting the QSL method for a QSO in multiple QSO operations only
applies to QSOs that are not confirmed and have the label flag set.

· When adding a QSO using a double-click in the packet window will reuse
the group number from the previous QSO that was added in real-time mode.

· CR/LF characters in notes are replaced by a vertical bar (|) 

· $$ in the notes for the QSO template only adds the QSX frequency when
in split mode.

· Added Multiple QSO operation to set YL op flag

· Fixed bug with search filter for users using 0,00 for a zero
frequency. Also made the value comparison 20Kc wide.

· We can now search the Group field for 0 !0 !11 etc

· Added menu item to set all awards for a QSO to invalid

· Fixed the list of QSO fields that can be enabled/disabled using the
Tab key

Import/Export filters

· Added an import filter for DXbase 2007 that uses a utility program to
read an Access database.

· Import/export filters can now handle lines up to 999 characters long

· Fixed a problem with the import filter when the IOTA island name was
empty.

· Older DX4WIN import/export filters did not have all awards defined.

· Fixed a bug that caused a GPF when stopping on a duplicate QSO during
an import.

· When importing QSOs we use a 1 minute time window; to confirm QSOs the
time window is 10 minutes.

· Only write notes for callsigns that are part of an export operation.

· Added some more modes that can be recognized during imports like LSB,
and USB.

· The DX4WIN8 filter copied only 5 chars for the mode

LogBook Window

· LoTW date format corrected in LogBook window

· LogBook window remembers the column widths.

Radios

· Modified ICOM radio drivers to read the correct number of bytes when
executing a read mode command that includes a small delay.

· Added ICOM 7600 drivers

· Added Yaesu-FT9000PEP driver

Reports

· Report generator honors selection of band / mode and makes all award
types available at the same time.

· Deleted entities are sorted towards the end of a listing.

· Added code to protect against 'bad' award values

PSK31

· Using Alt+R in PSK31 window will no longer change the mode on the radio.

· Allow more sound cards for PSK31

Other

· Use MicroSoft DLL to process the FullList.xml; write the result to
iota.ini to make loading faster.

· There was no delay after the first character in the CW buffer 

· Fixed bug with printing SWL labels

· Update button in external data now sets the name field when available.

· WPX summary window was not always updated


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DX4WIN logging software
Paul van der Eijk, KK4HD
BrookHill Data Systems LLC
http://www.dx4win.com



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