Performance, I suspect.
-- Darrell Clive GM3POI wrote: > OK Jim, > Do you happen to know why Alt-s cannot be done automatically in the > background whenever a Q is logged. Is it a failing in the methods used in > the software? as I can't think of anything more important than being assured > that a FULL log is saved without having to do anything other than hit the > return key. Try running a pile up of callers and having to keep hitting > Alt-S to make sure it's saved in case there is a power cut or whatever. 73 > Clive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rick Murphy/K1MU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:20 PM > Subject: RE: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone! > > > >>--- Rick Murphy/K1MU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>For what it's worth (not much, after the fact) - I *always* use Alt/B >>>(Backup) and Alt/S (Save log) after I add a QSO to my log. This learned >>>from painful experience with lost QSOs after power failures. It's a >>>good habit to get into - especially when it's a new one.. >> >>ALT-S is all you need. ALT-B will create the backup copy but NOT save > > your log > >>to <CALL>.DXL. ALT-S saves the log, and removes the old (stale) backups. >> >>73 - Jim AD1C >> >> >>===== >>Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 >>USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com >>PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC >>_______________________________________________ >>Dx4win mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 7 22:13:59 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Murphy K1MU) Date: Wed Jul 7 22:16:26 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] HELP! Log gone! In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:46 PM 7/7/2004, Darrell Earnshaw wrote: >Clive GM3POI wrote: >>OK Jim, >>Do you happen to know why Alt-s cannot be done automatically in the >>background whenever a Q is logged. Is it a failing in the methods used in >>the software? > >Performance, I suspect. > >-- Darrell That's probably the case. Someone with a couple of thousand QSOs in their log (like me) won't see a performance problem with saving the log each QSO. I'll bet someone with 20,000 QSOs or more would see a noticeable delay - especially in a contest situation. -Rick
