[Dx4win] Update on Updater

[Chaz Cone]

and…… here comes Win8   :(


Chaz W4GKF
 
On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Tod Olson wrote:

> The joys of maintaining software.
> 
> Nothing seems to change does it? This was a typical problem in the 60's,
> 70's, 80's, etc. Back in the dark ages prior to 1990, people used to
> change whole operating systems when they released a new computer. Now the
> computer stays the same and they just change the operating system.
> 
> Actually, things are better on a percentage basis, but we all are doing
> more things so we are behind in terms of absolute numbers of challenges.
> 
> 73, Tod, K0TO
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> On 3/15/12 8:28 AM, "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Good news:
>> 
>> I pulled out my laptop running Windows XP which is fully up-to-date on
>> fixes and I can duplicate the problem there too.
>> 
>> Bad news:
>> 
>> The fix I tried, which makes the program work on Windows XP, does NOT
>> work on Windows 7.
>> 
>> 
>> 1.  If you have the update problem, were you running Windows XP or
>> Windows Vista/7?
>> 
>> 2.  Does anyone running Windows XP *NOT* have the problem?  This is
>> also important information.
>> 
>> 
>> I know the Perl libraries have some issues with Daylight Savings Time.
>> I thought I had fixed this last fall, but apparently not.  It may not
>> be fully fixable without re-writing the program using a Microsoft
>> compiler, which I just don't have time to do.
>> 
>> Maybe the fix is something like "if the file on the web sit differs
>> *MORE* than one hour from the file on the computer, then it needs
>> updating."  I hadn't thought of this as a possible solution until
>> right now.  This means if I release updates, they must be more then
>> one hour apart.  I think  I can live with this restriction.
>> 
>> Thanks - Jim
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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