and…… here comes Win8 :(
Chaz W4GKF On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Tod Olson wrote: > The joys of maintaining software. > > Nothing seems to change does it? This was a typical problem in the 60's, > 70's, 80's, etc. Back in the dark ages prior to 1990, people used to > change whole operating systems when they released a new computer. Now the > computer stays the same and they just change the operating system. > > Actually, things are better on a percentage basis, but we all are doing > more things so we are behind in terms of absolute numbers of challenges. > > 73, Tod, K0TO > > > > > > > On 3/15/12 8:28 AM, "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good news: >> >> I pulled out my laptop running Windows XP which is fully up-to-date on >> fixes and I can duplicate the problem there too. >> >> Bad news: >> >> The fix I tried, which makes the program work on Windows XP, does NOT >> work on Windows 7. >> >> >> 1. If you have the update problem, were you running Windows XP or >> Windows Vista/7? >> >> 2. Does anyone running Windows XP *NOT* have the problem? This is >> also important information. >> >> >> I know the Perl libraries have some issues with Daylight Savings Time. >> I thought I had fixed this last fall, but apparently not. It may not >> be fully fixable without re-writing the program using a Microsoft >> compiler, which I just don't have time to do. >> >> Maybe the fix is something like "if the file on the web sit differs >> *MORE* than one hour from the file on the computer, then it needs >> updating." I hadn't thought of this as a possible solution until >> right now. This means if I release updates, they must be more then >> one hour apart. I think I can live with this restriction. >> >> Thanks - Jim >> >> -- >> Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us >> ______________________________________________________________ >> DX4WIN mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
