FW: [Dxbase] problem with DXB2006

[Alan Leith]

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Leith [mailto:aleith at syd.eastlink.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:44 PM
To: 'Jack'
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] problem with DXB2006

To be more precise, Jack and Firebrick, the message says changes would
create duplicate files... and when I click OK it then starts to list the
callsigns in alphabetical order and this does indicate to me that the file
is corrupt.  When I do as you suggest, since I do not have a backup .mdb
file after Feb 10, will I have to type in the "new" QSOs?

And, BTW, thanks for the quick reply.

73

Al, VE1AL



-----Original Message-----
From: Jack [mailto:jack at dxbase.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:34 PM
To: Alan Leith; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] problem with DXB2006

Alan,

I don't know what you mean when you say, " unable to initialize files"? 
What happens?

My guess is that you select the "initialize tables" routine from the main
DXbase menu and you get some kind of a error indication about statistics? 
If that is true, then you probably have a corrupted statistics table in your
database .mdb file.

To correct this condition, refer to the help file under the contents tab for
"error messages", "entry not found in numeric statistics".  Essentially
you'll be creating a new empty QSO database, then using DXB Import, you'll
import the data from your old .mdb into the newly created one.  Afterwards,
you'll use the new one and discard the old one and you'll intialize tables
to get your statistics back.

Regards,
Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Leith" <aleith at syd.eastlink.ca>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:18 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] problem with DXB2006


>I seem to have had a power bump this afternoon and my DXbase was open.  
>I  didn't realize it because it was so quick my clocks were not affected.
> When
> I made a log entry this evening I tried to add the island number for 
>IOTA  and got an error message.  So now I have a backup of my .mdb and 
>.ref  files  up to Feb.10 and perhaps 50-60 QSOs since then.  I am 
>unable to initialize  the files and I cannot locate the CD onto which I 
>loaded the 2006 program.
> Also, in the last few weeks, since I added a new monitor and now feed 
>my  old  monitor for hamming, every time I close and re-open the 
>computer and  DXbase,  I have to reset all the icons and the log 
>format.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions?  WPX is coming up and I want to be in it 
> with a working logging program.
>
> 73
>
> Al, VE1AL
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