From al9a at mtaonline.net Fri Feb 5 21:54:31 2016 From: al9a at mtaonline.net (Gary AL9A) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:54:31 -0900 Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase 2007 install on new Win 10 computer Message-ID: <575A03230F454AAF80EF93875328006F@DESKTOPD0V483N> The day of dread has finally arrived! My old creaky Dell 32 bit laptop running Vista developed some problems last week, enough to convince me it was finally time to get off the dime and upgrade the hardware and OS. I now have a new desktop machine with Win 10 and today my old laptop came back from the repair shop with a new monitor screen and hard drive to keep it breathing just a bit longer. Now I am preparing to go through the agony of installing all my ham programs onto the new machine. I just went to Neal?s web site and downloaded the DXB2007.zip file and the Documentation pdf file. In the DXB2007.zip file is a pdf file of instructions for the ?Installation Procedure for DXBase 2007?. Is this the latest and greatest installation procedure that includes Win 10 installs? If not what is different and where may I find those instructions? Since my old computer is still running I have all the files from that installation. Where can I find the reg file on that machine. I have an old email from Joe describing how to modify it so it will work on a Win 10 machine, but at the moment can?t seem to locate the file. Anyone have a clue where I should look? Any other hazards to be aware of before diving into the deep end? 73, Gary AL9A From wa6axe at verizon.net Sat Feb 6 19:06:35 2016 From: wa6axe at verizon.net (Joe Glockner) Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:06:35 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase 2007 install on new Win 10 computer Message-ID: <23966545.2796997.1454803595179.JavaMail.root@vznit170128.mailsrvcs.net> Gary, The PDF you saw is the last one Neal placed into the big zip file ... It should guide you all ok - even for Windows 10 -- just IGNORE the part about the HELP FILES - as we can not make the Help files work under Windows 10. On the reg file -- the CONTENTS of your reg file is placed into REGISTRY. So, the quickest and easiest way is to obtain a NEW REG file from Neal. Take the leap of faith Gary!! You will be ok!! 73 Joe wa6axe On 02/05/16, Gary AL9A wrote: The day of dread has finally arrived! My old creaky Dell 32 bit laptop running Vista developed some problems last week, enough to convince me it was finally time to get off the dime and upgrade the hardware and OS. I now have a new desktop machine with Win 10 and today my old laptop came back from the repair shop with a new monitor screen and hard drive to keep it breathing just a bit longer. Now I am preparing to go through the agony of installing all my ham programs onto the new machine. I just went to Neal?s web site and downloaded the DXB2007.zip file and the Documentation pdf file. In the DXB2007.zip file is a pdf file of instructions for the ?Installation Procedure for DXBase 2007?. Is this the latest and greatest installation procedure that includes Win 10 installs? If not what is different and where may I find those instructions? Since my old computer is still running I have all the files from that installation. Where can I find the reg file on that machine. I have an old email from Joe describing how to modify it so it will work on a Win 10 machine, but at the moment can?t seem to locate the file. Anyone have a clue where I should look? Any other hazards to be aware of before diving into the deep end? 73, Gary AL9A ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From al9a at mtaonline.net Mon Feb 8 14:39:55 2016 From: al9a at mtaonline.net (Gary AL9A) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 10:39:55 -0900 Subject: [Dxbase] New install on Win 10 update Message-ID: Many thanks to Neal for his documentation on how to install DXBase 2007 on a Win 10 machine. I just skipped all the sections about doing the weird stuff to get the Help to work since I know that doesn?t apply to Win 10. Also thanks to Neal again for quickly getting me a new reg file to do the install when I was unable to locate my previous reg file and edit it to work under Win 10. DXBase is now installed and functional despite some pilot error on defining the radio control port correctly which interfered with the WinKeyer in my MicroHAM microKEYER II. Once I corrected the port assignment problem everything straightened out, except for my rotor control. Still trying to figure that one out. Using the same Lat. and Long. numbers, including the + signs, that were used on my old machine, but when using the shortcut key (Ctrl + `) to turn the rotor to the short path it starts turning toward the long path. If I use another shortcut key (Ctrl+D) and enter the degrees directly the rotor turns correctly. Using the Green Heron RT21 controller on a Alpha-Spid that worked correctly before so apparently I?ve messed something up. Another question, perhaps for Joe? On my previous machine I had a lot of stuff in the pending labels file and had also modified some standard QSL card labels to my liking. I have the files available on my old machine and would like to port them over to the new installation, but don?t know what files I should be looking for. Any help here appreciated. 73, Gary AL9A From wa6axe at verizon.net Mon Feb 8 14:49:34 2016 From: wa6axe at verizon.net (Joe Glockner) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:49:34 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Dxbase] New install on Win 10 update Message-ID: <20169190.2710492.1454960974323.JavaMail.root@vznit170184.mailsrvcs.net> Gary, On your label files, you are the only person who will know which label/QSL files you modified/used routinely ... you will need to simply copy and paste the lbl, lbv, and lbp files for each of the label/qsl files from your old machine's LABELS directory of DXbase2007 to your new machine's LABELS directory. On your label pending database - once you bring over the AL9A.mdb file from your old machine - the QSOs that were in the Labels Pending Database will still be there -- they are part of your mdb file .. 73 Joe wa6axe On 02/08/16, Gary AL9A wrote: Many thanks to Neal for his documentation on how to install DXBase 2007 on a Win 10 machine. I just skipped all the sections about doing the weird stuff to get the Help to work since I know that doesn?t apply to Win 10. Also thanks to Neal again for quickly getting me a new reg file to do the install when I was unable to locate my previous reg file and edit it to work under Win 10. DXBase is now installed and functional despite some pilot error on defining the radio control port correctly which interfered with the WinKeyer in my MicroHAM microKEYER II. Once I corrected the port assignment problem everything straightened out, except for my rotor control. Still trying to figure that one out. Using the same Lat. and Long. numbers, including the + signs, that were used on my old machine, but when using the shortcut key (Ctrl + `) to turn the rotor to the short path it starts turning toward the long path. If I use another shortcut key (Ctrl+D) and enter the degrees directly the rotor turns correctly. Using the Green Heron RT21 controller on a Alpha-Spid that worked correctly before so apparently I?ve messed something up. Another question, perhaps for Joe? On my previous machine I had a lot of stuff in the pending labels file and had also modified some standard QSL card labels to my liking. I have the files available on my old machine and would like to port them over to the new installation, but don?t know what files I should be looking for. Any help here appreciated. 73, Gary AL9A ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From n4cc at windstream.net Mon Feb 8 15:15:43 2016 From: n4cc at windstream.net (Greg) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 13:15:43 -0700 Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE Message-ID: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> I constantly admire WA6AXE - Joe's continuing willingness to help DXBase users with many issues. Joe, we don't say it often enough, but thank you for your service to this group. Your knowledge and expertise with DXBase (and computers in general) are much appreciated. 73, Greg-N4CC From gyates at dreamscape.com Mon Feb 8 16:30:29 2016 From: gyates at dreamscape.com (gyates at dreamscape.com) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:30:29 -0500 Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE In-Reply-To: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> References: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> Message-ID: <000901d162b7$f0372ca0$d0a585e0$@dreamscape.com> I second that statement!!!!!!! Greg WB2BIN -----Original Message----- From: Dxbase [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 3:16 PM To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE I constantly admire WA6AXE - Joe's continuing willingness to help DXBase users with many issues. Joe, we don't say it often enough, but thank you for your service to this group. Your knowledge and expertise with DXBase (and computers in general) are much appreciated. 73, Greg-N4CC ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7357 / Virus Database: 4522/11580 - Release Date: 02/08/16 From w5ua at juno.com Mon Feb 8 16:55:22 2016 From: w5ua at juno.com (Joe Milam) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 15:55:22 -0600 Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE In-Reply-To: <000901d162b7$f0372ca0$d0a585e0$@dreamscape.com> References: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> <000901d162b7$f0372ca0$d0a585e0$@dreamscape.com> Message-ID: <1EB8C00E-BE8F-4A25-A217-4F13E558CF31@juno.com> I third it!! W5UA Sent from Joe's iPhone > On Feb 8, 2016, at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > I second that statement!!!!!!! > > Greg > WB2BIN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dxbase [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 3:16 PM > To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE > > I constantly admire WA6AXE - Joe's continuing willingness to help DXBase > users with many issues. Joe, we don't say it often enough, but thank you > for your service to this group. Your knowledge and expertise with DXBase > (and computers in general) are much appreciated. 73, Greg-N4CC > _____________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________________ Citi?? Double Cash Card Earn Cash Back Twice on Purchases Earn 1% When You Buy, 1% As You Pay http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56b90ecc3c556eca0ef1st03duc From bud at wf2b.com Mon Feb 8 17:44:08 2016 From: bud at wf2b.com (Bud Hovey) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 17:44:08 -0500 Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE In-Reply-To: <1EB8C00E-BE8F-4A25-A217-4F13E558CF31@juno.com> References: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> <000901d162b7$f0372ca0$d0a585e0$@dreamscape.com> <1EB8C00E-BE8F-4A25-A217-4F13E558CF31@juno.com> Message-ID: <83ECD3E5-2824-4D3C-873F-C18EB06244BB@wf2b.com> Joe has helped me more than once, including him making a phone call to me to straighten out one of my problems. But, I have reached a point where if Neil doesn't come out with a clean and new program instead of all the cobbled up changes I might consider migrating to DX 4 Windows which many of my friends are using. Bud Hovey Sent from my iPad > On Feb 8, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Joe Milam wrote: > > I third it!! > > W5UA > > Sent from Joe's iPhone > >> On Feb 8, 2016, at 3:30 PM, wrote: >> >> I second that statement!!!!!!! >> >> Greg >> WB2BIN >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dxbase [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg >> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 3:16 PM >> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net >> Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE >> >> I constantly admire WA6AXE - Joe's continuing willingness to help DXBase >> users with many issues. Joe, we don't say it often enough, but thank you >> for your service to this group. Your knowledge and expertise with DXBase >> (and computers in general) are much appreciated. 73, Greg-N4CC >> _____________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________________ > Citi? Double Cash Card > Earn Cash Back Twice on Purchases Earn 1% When You Buy, 1% As You Pay > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56b90ecc3c556eca0ef1st03duc > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From wa6axe at verizon.net Mon Feb 8 17:49:50 2016 From: wa6axe at verizon.net (Joe Glockner) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:49:50 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Dxbase] Update ---- Re: Re: DXBase 2007 install on new Win 10 computer Message-ID: <19597045.2718414.1454971790138.JavaMail.root@vznit170184.mailsrvcs.net> Gary, I forgot that K9TRV had posted an email to the DXbase reflector about how you CAN get the Windows 10 Help Files to work all ok.. His email was dated January 14, 2016 and here are the contents of that email: //quote// I have found a way to install and run WinHlp32 on Windows 10. In my case it is Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. It allows DXBase 2007 to open its help for the user. Roughly: >From this webpage: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/winhlp32-do -we-have-to-go-through-this-again/ddcc2f40-e4f3-407b-9672-ee8a2b08a71e Here is a solution (thanks to Komeil Bahmanpour): Go to his site: http://www.komeil.com/blog/windows-help-program-winhelp-winhlp32-exe (he has a blog posting on 2015/12/31 saying that he's working on a revised version that doesn't need to be edited to work on Windows 10 (and may not also for Windows 8/8.1 as well. Keep checking!) Download winhlp32-windows-7-x86-x64-komeil.cab: http://www.komeil.com/download/1230 I needed a solution in order to get help working for Delphi Studio Architect on Windows 10. Komeil's install.cmd file didn't work as is (its pre Win10) so I simply modified it. Unpack the download (Install.cmd, winhlp32.exe, winhlp32.exe.mui) to a new directory. Edit the install.cmd and add the following two lines to the 'settings' section: set WindowsVersion=7 goto :BypassVersionError (yes, 'WindowsVersion=7' is correct.) Save the file and execute as administrator. All should go without error. Delphi help, and every other help file I've tried, now works exactly as it should! ___________________ I would add: 'execute as administrator' means: open a command prompt window AS ADMINISTRATOR (right click, run/open as administrator), change directory to where the Install.cmd file is located, along with the 2 WinHlp32 files, (use 'CD' to do that), then run Install.cmd. If you have this instructions file, the above-described changes have already been made to Install.cmd. They are provided in case you want to go back to the source (www.komeil.com), get the latest, and do it yourself. I have made a modified version of install.cmd that I could provide, but the suggested mod goes early in the file, just after the ':: setup' line. 73, George K9TRV //end of quote// 73 Joe wa6axe On 02/06/16, Joe Glockner wrote: Gary, The PDF you saw is the last one Neal placed into the big zip file ... It should guide you all ok - even for Windows 10 -- just IGNORE the part about the HELP FILES - as we can not make the Help files work under Windows 10. On the reg file -- the CONTENTS of your reg file is placed into REGISTRY. So, the quickest and easiest way is to obtain a NEW REG file from Neal. Take the leap of faith Gary!! You will be ok!! 73 Joe wa6axe On 02/05/16, Gary AL9A wrote: The day of dread has finally arrived! My old creaky Dell 32 bit laptop running Vista developed some problems last week, enough to convince me it was finally time to get off the dime and upgrade the hardware and OS. I now have a new desktop machine with Win 10 and today my old laptop came back from the repair shop with a new monitor screen and hard drive to keep it breathing just a bit longer. Now I am preparing to go through the agony of installing all my ham programs onto the new machine. I just went to Neal?s web site and downloaded the DXB2007.zip file and the Documentation pdf file. In the DXB2007.zip file is a pdf file of instructions for the ?Installation Procedure for DXBase 2007?. Is this the latest and greatest installation procedure that includes Win 10 installs? If not what is different and where may I find those instructions? Since my old computer is still running I have all the files from that installation. Where can I find the reg file on that machine. I have an old email from Joe describing how to modify it so it will work on a Win 10 machine, but at the moment can?t seem to locate the file. Anyone have a clue where I should look? Any other hazards to be aware of before diving into the deep end? 73, Gary AL9A ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From al9a at mtaonline.net Mon Feb 8 19:19:31 2016 From: al9a at mtaonline.net (Gary AL9A) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 15:19:31 -0900 Subject: [Dxbase] New install on Win 10 update In-Reply-To: <20169190.2710492.1454960974323.JavaMail.root@vznit170184.mailsrvcs.net> References: <20169190.2710492.1454960974323.JavaMail.root@vznit170184.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <53F336516102432FA7C62834DF60BD78@DESKTOPD0V483N> Joe, Mucho thanks again my friend. I managed to figure out how to find all my modified label files to copy from old to new machine. Look at the dates of last modification. Most of the labels from the install were dated in 2005 or so. My were much more recent 2012 - 2014. After copying I opened two File Explorer windows, one on each machine, and searched for a partial label name 5161, 8160, etc. and compared the counts on each machine. Found I had missed a few so went back and got them too. Thanks for the tip on how to go after the Help file info. It sounds a bit complicated so will wait til I get a lot of other things going. Hope to be complete enough by this weekend to work in the WPX RTTY contest. Thanks again and take care Joe. 73, Gary AL9A -----Original Message----- From: Joe Glockner Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 10:49 AM To: al9a at mtaonline.net ; dxbase at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dxbase] New install on Win 10 update Gary, On your label files, you are the only person who will know which label/QSL files you modified/used routinely ... you will need to simply copy and paste the lbl, lbv, and lbp files for each of the label/qsl files from your old machine's LABELS directory of DXbase2007 to your new machine's LABELS directory. On your label pending database - once you bring over the AL9A.mdb file from your old machine - the QSOs that were in the Labels Pending Database will still be there -- they are part of your mdb file .. 73 Joe wa6axe On 02/08/16, Gary AL9A wrote: Many thanks to Neal for his documentation on how to install DXBase 2007 on a Win 10 machine. I just skipped all the sections about doing the weird stuff to get the Help to work since I know that doesn?t apply to Win 10. Also thanks to Neal again for quickly getting me a new reg file to do the install when I was unable to locate my previous reg file and edit it to work under Win 10. DXBase is now installed and functional despite some pilot error on defining the radio control port correctly which interfered with the WinKeyer in my MicroHAM microKEYER II. Once I corrected the port assignment problem everything straightened out, except for my rotor control. Still trying to figure that one out. Using the same Lat. and Long. numbers, including the + signs, that were used on my old machine, but when using the shortcut key (Ctrl + `) to turn the rotor to the short path it starts turning toward the long path. If I use another shortcut key (Ctrl+D) and enter the degrees directly the rotor turns correctly. Using the Green Heron RT21 controller on a Alpha-Spid that worked correctly before so apparently I?ve messed something up. Another question, perhaps for Joe? On my previous machine I had a lot of stuff in the pending labels file and had also modified some standard QSL card labels to my liking. I have the files available on my old machine and would like to port them over to the new installation, but don?t know what files I should be looking for. Any help here appreciated. 73, Gary AL9A ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From bparry at rgv.rr.com Mon Feb 8 23:50:13 2016 From: bparry at rgv.rr.com (Bill Parry) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 22:50:13 -0600 Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE In-Reply-To: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> References: <001501d162ad$7ed9eb10$7c8dc130$@net> Message-ID: <001901d162f5$5d848310$188d8930$@rr.com> I agree that Joe is a cool guy. Add me to the FAN GROUP! Bill W5VX -----Original Message----- From: Dxbase [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 2:16 PM To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Dxbase] Thanks to WA6AXE I constantly admire WA6AXE - Joe's continuing willingness to help DXBase users with many issues. Joe, we don't say it often enough, but thank you for your service to this group. Your knowledge and expertise with DXBase (and computers in general) are much appreciated. 73, Greg-N4CC ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From wa6axe at verizon.net Fri Feb 12 15:08:54 2016 From: wa6axe at verizon.net (Joe Glockner) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:08:54 -0600 (CST) Subject: [Dxbase] Heads-up on operations using the callsign TX2AH (Ambiguous Prefix) Message-ID: <10551035.230961.1455307734568.JavaMail.root@vms170033.mailsrvcs.net> Just a heads-up about a callsign that are in the AMBIGUOUS category for Prefixes ... // TX2AH // Just saw that the callsign TX2AH from Mangareva (OC-063), French Polynesia on 17-28 August 2016. This callsign will default to France(F) because of the Alias Map table mapping. This callsign is not currently MAPPED in the CALLMAP table -- so, if you want, simply make a dummy QSO with this callsign and change the PREFIX column of your logbook mdb file to FO and then when the pop-up asks you if you want to save this TX2AH mapped to FO -- say YES/OK ---- Then delete that dummy QSO .. The CALLMAP table will now be updated in advance so that if you work this station -- it will have the correct PREFIX in your logbook QSO window ... 73 Joe WA6AXE From merlebone at charter.net Wed Feb 17 15:54:53 2016 From: merlebone at charter.net (Merle Bone) Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:54:53 -0600 Subject: [Dxbase] New DXBase Release Message-ID: Neal, Are you still on schedule for a new DXBase release for the time of this year?s Dayton Hamvention? Thanks, Merle W0EWM