[Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater

[ALAN ZACK]

I was honored to sit at the Banquet table with Jim at the last INTL DX
Convention at Visalia and happy to see he was recognized by all present for
all his hard work.

I have my F3 lookup window linked to QRZ.COM and the GOLIST. (GOLIST data
appears in the F3 window, I get a QRZ.COM lookup by clicking on the callsign
in F3) so if I am sending a QSL I double check what is in the QSL MGR window
against that info and if it is different I change what is in the QSL MGR
window so I guess it doesn't really matter. But whatever changes/additions I
make are added to Jim's list when I do this. It's just if I changed
someone's address for some reason I have it saved in my own address file. I
did do the merge using instructions from the old stand alone CTY update page
but in the future I won't. One thing I noticed was before my merge the first
address listed was for a call starting a 2-something, after my merge my
added address for 1A0C was now at the top so I did make some additions to
Jim's list. During the merge procedure there was a window that told me about
dupes and additions but I didn't write down the numbers. But in the future I
won't bother merging my own stuff with Jim's list. As Dan pointed out Jim's
list is highly accurate so needs no additions.

Alan, K7ACZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Art - W6KY [mailto:w6ky at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:29 AM
To: Dan Violette; Jim Reisert AD1C; k7acz at cox.net
Cc: DX4WIN Group
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater

It has been rumored that Jim never sleeps and that he actually knows every
line of the DX4WIN code.

I, for one, believe it!!!

73, Art  W6KY
www.w6ky.com
CQP This Weekend
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----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Violette <danki6x at socal.rr.com>
To: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>; k7acz at cox.net
Cc: DX4WIN Group <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, October 3, 2012 7:26:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater

I sent Alan a message that did not make it to the group.

Basically:  Jim's list is so accurate any personalized QSL Manager file is
most likely useless for anyone.  Jim has all someone would have personalized
into their file and has more accurate dates for manager changes.  I gave up
doing my own a few years ago and leave it to Jim since he is so selfless
doing all the work!  I wish I had another way to thank him than just written
kudos.

Dan KI6X

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:29 PM
To: k7acz at cox.net
Cc: DX4WIN Group
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:14 PM, ALAN ZACK <k7acz at cox.net> wrote:

> This QSL Manager data file saving old data and merging is not 
> mentioned in the instructions for using the DATA UPDATER program. It 
> is something I remember from the old method of updating CTY files as 
> on http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/index.htm.

It is not, and can not be supported.  The updater over-writes your existing
country file, which contains the QSL managers.  You would have to export the
QSL managers before the update (and only DX4WIN can do that), update, then
import them into the new country file.  There is no way for the updater to
"call" DX4WIN to do the export and import.

- Jim