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You can read more about this feature here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/shadowcopy.mspx If you're running Vista and your log was corrupted, you might be able to recover it this way. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C/?, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 27 19:24:41 2007 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jose ct1aoz) Date: Thu Dec 27 19:25:24 2007 Subject: [Dx4win] New application note: Adding a New Entity References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Jim Don't appologize your fantastic work... I really thank you for the great work in keeping the CTY files for all of us... Seasons greetings and have a very Happy New Year and please keep the good work... 73 de Jose CT1AOZ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:39 PM > Subject: [Dx4win] New application note: Adding a New Entity > > >> Hi Folks, >> >> First a couple of comments about the recent problems. If you want to >> skip the >> comments, skip the next few paragraphs for the URL of the new application >> note. >> >> First of all, I was on vacation when FJ was added to the DXCC Entity >> list, >> otherwise I would have released the country file sooner. However, while >> not >> straightforward, I believe that it is possible to successfully edit the >> country >> file and not cause data corruption. >> >> Second, I work with raw country file data in text format outside the >> DX4WIN >> program. I have a special utility that Paul wrote to generate DX4WIN.CTY >> from >> this raw data. So my method of editing country file data is much >> different >> than what a user would do. >> >> I'm sorry if people suffered data corruption while editing their country >> files. >> I can't say specifically what caused the problems, but what appeared to >> happen >> is that the addition of "FJ" pushed all the subsequent entities down by >> one, >> thus linking United States to "JZ0" instead of "K". Since JZ0 doesn't >> have >> states, state data in the logbook may have been lost. I can only see >> this as >> being a problem if the logbook is OPEN while editing the country file, >> but >> DX4WIN does not let you edit the country database unless the logbook is >> closed. >> Again, this is just a theory, and I can't actually explain what happened. >> >> I hope this unfortunate incident has impressed on you the need for >> regular >> backups. I have previously written a long application note on DX4WIN >> backup >> strategies, and I suggest you read it again: >> >> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/backup.htm >> >> Unfortunately, this is like closing the barn door after the horse >> escapes. >> >> If you have upgraded from another DX4WIN version in the past, it's >> possible >> that you can recover some of your missing/corrupted logbook data from an >> earlier installation of the program (look at the dates of your old .DXL >> files). >> Note that there is a known import bug 7.03 which caused imported QSOs in >> the >> DX4WIN# (.DXQ) format to all be marked as Invalid. There is no multiple >> QSO >> operation to change these QSOs to invalid, however. Paul is aware of the >> problem and it should be fixed in the next version. >> >> >> Today, I have written the following application note describing how to >> add a >> new entity: >> >> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/appnotes/entity.htm >> >> I would appreciate if a few people could apply these instructions to the >> *previous* country file (that does not contain FJ) that you can download >> from: >> >> http://www.country-files.com/dx4win/download/DX4WCTY_20071211.zip >> >> and let me (or the reflector) know of their experiences (i.e. did I leave >> out >> any crucial steps?). >> >> I empathize with those of you who lost data, but there's not much I can >> do to >> help you recover it. Read the backup application note; there's a chance >> that >> you may find one of DX4WIN's internal log backups from before you made >> the >> country file change. Or you might have a log from an earlier version of >> DX4WIN >> that you can use to help restore the missing data. >> >> If you have any questions, please reply to the reflector. >> >> 73 - Jim AD1C >> >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C/?, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us >> _______________________________________________ >> Dx4win mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > > -- > Jag anv?nder gratisversionen av SPAMfighter f?r privata anv?ndare. > 8606 spam har blivit blockerade hittills. > Betalande anv?ndare har inte detta meddelande i sin e-post. > H?mta gratis SPAMfighter h?r: http://www.spamfighter.com/lsv > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > >
