[Dxbase] DXB 2K7 and Windows 7/64 Head Aches

[Dave ve3wej]

check the setup window for dxbase

tools ... options... useroptions label tab, check signature. I assume that 
is where you mean that aa4lu shows up??





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Drake" <aa1qd at comcast.net>
To: "DXBase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] DXB 2K7 and Windows 7/64 Head Aches


>
>
> I am continuing to have nuisance problems with DXBase 2007 installed on my
> Windows 7 PC.  The latest problem is that when I went to print QSL labels
> the program used AA4LU for "mycall" despite the fact that the call sign in
> the Select Label Type window and user seetings correctly showed my call as
> AA1QD.  Along with all of the other nuisance problems, like some window
> column widths not being remembered and the default QSL via in the log 
> being
> wrong (set correctly in user options) it’s quite aggravating.  I ended up
> editing the label file to hard code my callsign and had to reprint a big
> batch of labels. When I make changes in DXBase it appears that the
> DXB2007.INI file is being updated but from what I've read I'm thinking 
> that
> when DXbase is starting up the operating system seems to be forcing it to
> use registry entries rather than INI file info and the registry entries
> apparently aren't getting updated.  I thought that maybe running DXbase 
> "as
> administrator" might solve the problems but it doesn't.  Also trying 
> various
> "compatibility" modes to run it doesn't seem to help either.
>
> Can anyone help me understand better what Windows 7 really does wrt the 
> INI
> file info.  If I have to go in to edit the registry I can do that but 
> would
> rather not risk it.
>
> Hopefully the new version of DXBase that Santa brings will solve all these
> problems. I really like Dxbase and don't want to have to go through the
> learning curve of new software and end up using another program that I 
> like
> less than Dxbase.
>
>
>
> tnx
>
> Dale, AA1QD
>
>
>
>
>
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