[Dxbase] [DXbase] Call/Portable Database

[Richard Solomon]

>From all I have gleaned, the answer is simple ... MS file names cannot use
the "/" character (amongst others).

So, W1AW it is.

Thanks for all the replies.

73, Dick, w1KSZ


On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 4:35 AM, Fred Handscombe <fredch57 at emirates.net.ae>wrote:

> Hi Dick
>
> Apart from all the other helpful replies, some of which seem less than
> factual, I believe your problem is a simple one
>
> The character "/" is not allowed in a file name
>
> In all my logs I use an "_" instead
>
> Try W1AW_7
>
> 73 Fred
> A65BD
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Solomon
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 6:16 AM
>
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dxbase] Call/Portable Database
>
> If I try to create a new database ... W1AW/7 ... the program
> barfs. How are folks who participate in the ARRL Centennial
> handling this ?
>
> Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ
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