[Dx4win] Lost the spot window

[Paul Van Der Eijk]

Next time when you are willing to do a complete reinstall, delete the config.dat file and restart. Typically takes care of most strange stuff! —Paul

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> On Jun 12, 2018, at 5:20 PM, N4QS, Dave Perry <n4qs at vci.net> wrote:
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> Fixed!  It took a complete reinstall of 9.03 and then an update to 9.04.  I then loaded the config file from the previous install and when the windows loaded -- there was the DX Spot window!
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> That only took about five hours to figure out!  Despite battery backup, a long power failure yesterday seemed to mess up the computer.  DX4 was not running, but when I tried to start it last night everything blew up.
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> Seems to be all okay now.  Back to working DX.
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> 73,
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> Dave, N4QS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of N4QS, Dave Perry
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 3:27 PM
> To: 'Paul van der Eijk' <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'DX4WIN Reflector' <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Lost the spot window
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> Hi Paul,
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> I just tried closing the log.  Only the radio frequency control window is left open – and the top banner.  And the packet window is minimized.
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> Nothing else is visible.  I am using version 9.0.4.1176 and dual monitors.  When the log is open all other windows are displayed in the correct positions across both monitors.
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> Dave
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> From: Paul van der Eijk <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 3:17 PM
> To: N4QS, Dave Perry <n4qs at vci.net>
> Cc: DX4WIN Reflector <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Lost the spot window
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> Dave,
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> When you close your log there will be fewer windows open; it may have been covered by another window?
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> --Paul
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> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:54 PM, N4QS, Dave Perry <n4qs at vci.net <mailto:n4qs at vci.net> > wrote:
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> I had a major corruption on my main pc.  Have restored config settings but cannot get the Spot window to display.  I tried resetting W-SPOT in the config file to top=0 and left=0, but still cannot see/find spot window.
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> Packet window at start up works fine and it logs into localhost:7300 and displays first 25 spots.  But no Spot window.  And no bandmap.  I need to see the spot window to bring up bandmap.
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> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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> Thank you.
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> Dave, N4QS
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