[Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater re-write and feature request

[OZ0J Joe]

Jim

->     –auto : run Updater Program without graphical interface

I have the DX4WIN Data Updater (shortcut) with -auto at my Start folder in Windows. I would like to have the -auto feature in the future, because I forget to run the Data Updater regularly.

I can live without the -auto feature, but it help me a lot to update DX4WIN, so I always have the latest version from the Data Updater.

Thanks for the bit work you are doing.


73 and HNY

Joe, OZ0J


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Fra: DX4WIN [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] På vegne af Jim Reisert AD1C
Sendt: 28. december 2016 17:16
Til: DX4WIN Reflector <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Emne: [Dx4win] DX4WIN Data Updater re-write and feature request

Hi Folks,

I'm considering re-writing the DX4WIN Data Updater (porting from Perl to C/C++).  The main reason is to reduce the program (file) size from approx 5MB to something under 300KB (about 6% of the original size), as well as making it easier to debug.  I'll be cleaning up a lot of the code, and removing some features that I never finished or that never worked right.  I'll change it so that a failed download (like
eQSL) won't stop the update process to wait for user input before it can continue.  Plus, I can use a free compiler to build the program.

Is anyone using any of the following features in the Updater?  If not, then I will not implement them in the new version.

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater/index.html#options

    –prompt : ask before updating each file

    –auto : run Updater Program without graphical interface

    keep-alive functionality.  I have never thought this worked very well,
        the VE7CC user program does a much better job of this.

I'm considering adding the options described at the URL above as some sort of configuration menu  that you can access from within the program, but that's a low-priority item right now.  Getting the existing functionality working again is most important.

Here is a screenshot of what the new Updater may look like, subject to change, of course.

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/new_updater.png

I may have trouble supporting Windows XP, but Windows Vista and later should be fine.  If this is a deal-breaker for you, let me know.

If there are new features you want, please let me know and I'll try to implement them.  One new feature I want to add is a "Reset" button that removes all the downloaded files from the UPDATE directory.  This will force the Updater to download all the latest files if things get out-of-sync.

Support for ARRL National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) will be left in for the time being, but be disabled.  The framework I created (i.e.
sub-menus for Calendar and Membership Lists) is useful for adding similar features.

Please do not ask me when it will be ready.

73 - Jim AD1C

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