[Dxbase] "No Current Record" after Win10 auto-update

Mon Dec 14 17:11:18 EST 2015

Its in reference to a database record, not really a term that a user
 should see!

Christmas Sale in Progress!

Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Walter Miller, AJ6T <aj6t at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Neal,
> Yes, I am very sure I am using the new database.  My old database was
> AJ6T.mdb, and the new one is AJ6T-Recovered.mdb.
>
> What is the meaning of the "Current Record?"
> 73,
> Walt, AJ6T
>
> On 12/14/2015 1:39 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:
>
> Walt
>
> The procedure Joe suggested is the fix for this (create a new database in
> DXBase, quit DXBase, start the DXBase Import program, migrate the old log
> into the new database, start DXBase using the new database, recalculate the
> numbers).
>
> Are you sure you started DXBase back up with the new database instead of
> the old one?
>
> 73
>
> Christmas Sale in Progress!
>
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Walter Miller, AJ6T <aj6t at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Joe (and Neil),
>>
>> After a bunch more playing around with DXBase after the import to the
>> virgin database as Joe suggested, I have determined that the HF and VHF/UHF
>> Statistics work OK for all categories except the HF countries category.  In
>> other words, the zones/states/WPX/IOTA/etc all work, but the HF Numeric
>> Stats (for countries ONLY) crashes DXBase.  And, as mentioned below, the
>> program does seem to know what band-countries I need as evidenced by
>> correctly alerting from Internet spots.....but DXBase just cannot generate
>> the table of that same information in the HF Numeric Stats window.  This is
>> very strange.
>>
>> Just to cover all bases, the REG file does include my AJ6T callsign as
>> indicated by the DXBase HELP-ABOUT option.
>>
>> Neil.....what do you suggest?
>>
>> 73,
>> Walt, AJ6T
>>
>> On 12/14/2015 12:06 PM, Joe Glockner wrote:
>>
>>>   Nevermind -- dummy-me!! You already told me you had initialized
>>> tables...
>>>
>>> I have never heard of anyone (who had initialized tables) not being able
>>> to
>>> run HF Numeric Stats ... The only thing that I can recall which would
>>> BOMB-OUT the DXbase2007 program itself - was if your REG file
>>> did not have your callsign in it ....
>>>
>>> You might want to send another email to the DXbase reflector and this
>>> time maybe Neal will answer-up.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>>>
>>> On 12/14/15, Walter Miller, AJ6T wrote:
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>> Thanks for your very quick reply. It's reassuring to know that my data
>>> is secure. However, I never did bother to make the DXBase help files
>>> work on Win7 (let alone Win10), so I can't refer easily to the Help
>>> procedure you referenced. I dug through the DXBase reflector messages
>>> and found Neil's PDF version of the Help file, and I followed the
>>> procedure on page 172 there. I needed to use the Ugdxbase.exe file you
>>> mentioned rather than following this step in the PDF since I don't seem
>>> to have a DXBase Program Group on this machine:
>>>
>>> /4.From the DXbase Program group, run the DXB Import utility. The TARGET
>>> will be the newly created database//
>>> //that you created in step 1 above. The SOURCE will be the original
>>> database that is now corrupted. The import type//
>>> //will be version of DXbase you are running./
>>>
>>> I also did not see the "Load All Records" option in the import program,
>>> but in any event the program did seem to properly import all 25,000+
>>> QSOs with the exception of five that had oddball prefixes (Z6 and T1)
>>> that were not recognized. After this process I was able to initialize
>>> tables.
>>>
>>> However, when I try to run my HF Numeric Statistics, DXBase crashes and
>>> exits, and Windows10 presents a message to that effect.
>>>
>>> DXBase does seem to know about my HF statistics since it properly issues
>>> alerts for needed DX from the Internet Cluster window.
>>>
>>> Any further troubleshooting suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Walt, AJ6T
>>>
>>> On 12/14/2015 10:09 AM, Joe Glockner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Walt,
>>>>
>>>> You are ok -- just do the routine spelled out in the Help files
>>>> under the title of Database Repair -- This is where you will
>>>> import (using the DXB Import - Ugdxbase.exe) your logbook mdb
>>>> file into a VIRGIN mdb file ... Then you will be all ok - nothing is
>>>> lost
>>>> of any QSOs.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/14/15, Walter Miller, AJ6T wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I thought my PC and DXBase were OK after a recent forced update (thanks
>>>> Microsoft) from Windows 7 to Windows 10 while DXBase was running, but
>>>> after the dust settled I cannot initialize tables. When I attempt to
>>>> initialize the DXBase tables a "No Current Record" error message pops
>>>> up, and after closing that window DXBase stalls with a short green bar
>>>> in the Creating Statistics Tables window. I can close the Initialize
>>>> Table Data window, and the logging window appears intact (I can see my
>>>> recent QSOs). Attempting to display my DXCC statistics (Output, HF
>>>> Numeric Statistics) results in that same "No Current Record" pop-up
>>>> window followed by a blank listing (as if I have no QSOs at all) in the
>>>> DXCC Statistics window.
>>>>
>>>> How can I recover from this mess?
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Walt, AJ6T
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