[DXLog.net - Support] DXLog - CaQP Observations

[Denny Sahovic, KX7M]

I found another problem from within CA. I could not log MR - it was missing from the CQP.txt contest definition. Minor fix. The problem was when I tried to copy the modified version to a XP machine on the network (right after SW close), I could not open the DXLog.net (version 2.0.17). It was failing on the initializing contest list. There is an unhandled exception just as the program closes.

Restoring old CQP.txt, removing DXN file, and even reinstalling DXLog.net did not help. Funny is that uninstall does not completely clean all installed data. After installation, I still had my data when creating new log. Maybe there is something in registry or AppData folders left over after installation.

In any case, if interested I can send exception stack trace (in flyspray?)

Denny, KX7M

On Oct 7, 2013, at 15:18, "Dave Zeph" <zephd at indy.rr.com> wrote:

> I modified the CQP.txt Contest file to enable Prefill of the County from a
> Callsign History File supplied by W1UE.  I knew it would be necessary to
> overwrite some Counties because not everyone goes to the same county every
> year.
> 
> However I found that DXLog always automatically prefilled the callsign from
> the Callsign History File - regardless of the County entered in the Log the
> first time a station was worked.  To get the Log County entered, it was
> necessary to delete the County name that had been prefilled, and then hit
> the spacebar several times.  If this was not done, the Prefill County Name
> took precedence.  Information from the Log Database should always take
> precedence.
> 
> I often use CONTROL-ENTER to add calls of previously worked stations to the
> Bandmap.  With Win-Test, calls of previously worked stations added to the
> Bandmap are displayed with the same Font and Color of stations recently
> worked on the Band.  While recently worked stations on a Band were shown in
> Italics, previously worked stations added to the Bandmap were shown in a
> non-Italic font - the same Font & Color as NOT-WORKED stations.  Worked
> stations should be shown in the same font.  It was hard to differentiate
> between previously worked stations added to the Bandmap and NOT-WORKED
> stations "parked" on the Bandmap to be tried again later.
> 
> There's still a problem with using ones OWN CALL to overwrite the entry of a
> mislogged call.  I had a case where I added a call to the log only to find
> that the band took a big fade and the station I was working could not
> receive my report.  When I entered "W9PA/4" to overwrite that QSO, I found I
> also had to enter a Dummy Received Serial Number and Dummy County Name in
> order for DXLog to advance to the next, blank log line.  I think it ones OWN
> CALL is entered, DXLog should just add ---- to the remaining fields when
> ENTER is pressed.
> 
> Otherwise DXLog worked very well.
> 
> 
> 
> 73 -- Dave, W9PA (ex-W9ZRX)
> 
> 
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