[Dxbase] Fw: DXBASE BUTTON SAGA!

[alex]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joe WA6AXE 
To: w2ox at verizon.net 
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:20 PM
Subject: RE: DXBASE BUTTON SAGA!


Alex,

"If"  you really wanted this email to GO TO THE DXBASE Reflector -- it DID NOT ... it only came
to me ..

Joe 



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From: w2ox at verizon.net
To: wa6axe at hotmail.com
CC: w2ox at verizon.net
Subject: DXBASE BUTTON SAGA!
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:52:13 +0100


AS I REPORTED, THE DXBASE TOPLINE TOOLBAR BUTTONSWENT NUTS.  BASIC CAUSEIS THAT WHEN DXBASE CLOSES ITSAVES THE SCREEN CONFIG IN THE DXBASE.INI FILE IN WINDOWS. THIS SAVE /WRITE FEATURE DID/DOES NOTWORK PROPERLY IN ONEOFMY FOUR DELL LATITUDE C840 LAPTOPS.

WHAT I DID IS AS FOLLOWS:

STEP ONE:  AS PER WA6AXE INSTRUCTIONS  I WENT TO THE WINDOWS DXBASE.INI FILE,BROUGHT ITUP AND DELETED ALL THE [DT...] ENTRIES AND ALL THE CONFIG 
ENTRIES BETWEEN EACH  [DT...] SECTION.PLUS DELETED ALSO THE DXB2007.INI.BAK FOLDER ENTIRELY,U MUST DO THIS!!
STEPTWO: RESTARTED  DXB2007--EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL SINCE THE FALLBACK OR STORED ENTRIES ARE RESTORED.
STEP THREE:  CLOSED DXBASE AND RESTARTED IT--BUTTONS WENT NUTS AGAIN

OK:   USING THE REINSTALL DIRECTIONSIN THE HELP FILE--I METICULOUSLY REMOVED/DELETED ALL DXB2007 PROGRAMS,INI FILES ETALL.
RESTARTED AND REINSTALLED DXB2007 FROMA ZIPMASTERFILEI HAD.  HAD TO REINSTALL THE REGISTRY DATA AS WELL.  BUT---I COPIED THE MDB FILES FROMA SECOND COPUTER RUNNING DXB2007 WHICH WAS/IS WORKING JUST FINE.  BEWARE THAT SOMETIMES THE FILES COPIED FROM THE MASTERAND THE MDB DATA ARE
READ ONLY AND U HAVE TO BEAWARE OF THIS AND CORRECT THIS.

I THEN RAN EACH OF THESEVEN LOG.MDB DATABASES AND EACH ONE WAS FINE----UNTIL--I EXITED AND STARTED DXBASE AGAIN--ONCE AGAIN THE SAVE/WRITE TO DXBASE.INI WAS FAULLTY AND THE BUTTONS WERE ONCE AGAIN MISPLACED/REAARANGED ETC.  EVEN WITH A COMPLETE NEW DXBASE PROGRAM INSTALLED.

WHAT TO DO? 
1- IF U OPEN THE CUTOMIZE FEATURE--BEWARE THERE IS ONE UNDER TOOLS--THAT HAS 2 TOP CHOICES-TOOLBAR/COMMAND. UNDERTOOLBAR THERE ARE  3 MENU OPTIONS--"SHOW TOOLBARS, COOL LOOK, LARGE BUTTONS AND 2 OPTIONS-- "NEW"& RESET..  UNDER COMMAND THEREIS A BUTTONBOX AND A NOTE--SELECT A CATEGORY [--WITH A LISTOF CATEGORIES] THEN CLICK A BUTTON TO SEE ITS DESCRIPTION.DRAG THE BUTTON TOANY TOOLBAR."  TRY AS IMAY I CANNOT FATHOM WHAT THIS THIS CUSTOMIZE FEAUTURE WITH ALLOF THESE  OPTIONS ACTUALLY DOES!!! 
2-IF U GO TO   VIEW  AND CLICK ON    TOOLBAR   U HAVE A MENU OF SELECTIONS WITH CHECK BOXES..  WHAT I HAVE DONE IS UNCHECKED ALL---ALL--OF THE BOXES AND THIS REMOVED ALL THE BUTTONS FROM APPEARING AT THE TOP.

NOW WHEN I EXIT THE PROGRAM--WITH ALL THE BUTTONS REMOVED  THERE IS NO DISPERSION OF BUTTONS ETC ON EACH AND EVERY DATA LOG.MDBON THIS ONE COMPUTER DXBASE2700 PROGRAM..

SINCE I ONLY WANT THE DXBASE TO BE LOGGING PROGRAM AND SO FAR HAVE NOT USED IT ON THE AIR AS YET, AND SINCE I HAVE 3 THREE OTHER LAPTOPS WITH
DXBASE RUNNING AND KEPT UP TO DATE--THIS ONE WITHOUT BUTTONS IS FB WITH ME.

THIS HAS BEEN A REAL PAIN--I STILL DO NOT UNDERTSTAND WHAT AND HOWTOUSEEITHER THE VIEW-TOOLBAR OPTION OR THE TOOL-CUSTOMIZE OPTION.

IF SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN EXPLAINI HOW THESE SELECTIONS/MENU/OPTIONS WORK  WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

BY THE WAY I AM RUNNING DXB2700 V1.05

SORRY TO BE WINDY--BUT I FIRMLY BEL,EIVE IN  EXPERIMENT, AND ACTUAL OBSERVED RESULTS AS OPPOSED TO THEORY.

ALLCOMMENTS    THANKS FER LISTENING  ALEX