[Dx4win] No luck at all in downloading new countries' file

[Kjell W. Strom]

Dear Mr. Mc Laughlin,

As you can see from Masa's description, it is not really that
difficult.

Please note that Jim is running this discussion list and his
support site entirely in his free time and without any
compensation, driven by what we used to call Ham Spirit. The
attitude demonstrated in your reaction is unknown in this list.

Jim is supporting us in a fantastic way and we thank him for
that and support him.

73,
Kjell, PB3SM - SM6CPI
 
 

I have 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J. C. Mc
Laughlin
> Sent: 29 January 2011 23:09
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] No luck at all in downloading new 
> countries' file
> 
> Dear Mr. Reisert:  Thank you for responding.
> 
> I gave the referenced link another try and found a dead end 
> at " Download the ZIP file from the link above.  "  No link 
> is seen.  Clicking on the blue "link above" takes me to the 
> top of the same page.  (Second sentence under 
> "Installation instructions.")    Might an actual URL be 
> available that takes 
> one to the ZIP file desired?
> 
> Your belief that ZIP files are less likely to be corrupted 
> than the actual file is truly fascinating and a novel idea 
> that I will discuss with my colleague in the Computer Science 
> department.  It would not ever have occurred to me.
> 
> The need for a matching file was not apparent.  Thank you for 
> pointing out its importance, although I have no expectation 
> of exporting information from DX4WIN other than to the 
> printer when printing labels.  The second paragraph of the 
> "Installation instructions" includes:  "Extract the ADIF.PMP 
> file from the archive and save it into the IMPORT directory." 
>  Not clear where the "archive" is to be accessed.
> 
> Thank you for your continuing assistance and patience.  I 
> will not do this difficult task again even if ARRL adds more 
> new entities.
> 
> 73,   Mac   N8TT   P.S. I am using Windows 7
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:27 PM
> To: J. C. Mc Laughlin
> Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] No luck at all in downloading new 
> countries' file
> 
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C 
> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM, J. C. Mc Laughlin 
> <jcm at power-net.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Please provided clear, step-by-step instructions for 
> installing the 
> >> revised .cty file.
> >
> > Just download the file manually by following these
instruction:
> > http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/index.htm
> >
> >> On the page just for the .cty file, I was not able to find 
> a link to 
> >> download just that file.  Please consider providing a
method for 
> >> downloading just a replacement file - no ZIP, no running a
set-up 
> >> program.
> >
> > Sorry, no. It's too easy to download a corrupted country
file that 
> > way.  Better off packaging it inside something that ZIP can 
> verify to 
> > be non-corrupt.
> 
> PLUS, you MUST download the matching ADIF.PMP that comes with 
> the country file, otherwise your ADIF imports/exports (i.e. 
> to Logbook of the World) won't work right.
> 
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
> 
> 
> J. C. Mc Laughlin
> Michigan U.S.A.
> Home: JCM at Power-Net.Net 
> 
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