Hi Joe
Thanks for info your end waiting on my upgrade licence file to come
through 2005 >2006 and will give it a try again when I receive it but in the
unregistered ver I start qso then wait a while it changes the start time to the
same as end time.
Rgd Raymond GM0VRP
Joseph Glockner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Raymond,
Running WindowsXP and a Pentium4 at 2.4Ghz - and can not
reproduce the situation you are talking about.. I entered
a "dummy qso" with start time of 14:39:04 and then a bit
later, right-clicked on the endtime column and the updated
endtime was populated as 14:40:12 -- with the starttime
"remaining" at 14:39:04 ... wish I could reproduce it here
too - but mine works perfectly.
73 Joe wa6axe
Raymond Phillips wrote:
> Hi All
> Been trying out the new feature ENDTIME in the log which is a requirement for
> your log in the UK
> When I start a qso and move to the next field obviously you have a start time
> in the log but when you have finished your qso and rightclick and hit the qso
> end time field it changes the start time also ,so both are the same.
> Can anyone explain how this feature is supposed to work?
>
> Rgds Raymond GM0VRP
>
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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 2 10:53:50 2005
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Dougherty)
Date: Mon May 2 11:02:06 2005
Subject: [Dxbase] Thoughts on DX Base 2006
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I bought the upgrade yesterday and spent a few hours in front of the screen
getting everything "just so."
Initial thoughts: LOTS of marvelous goodies this time around! It seemed the
last two years were more focused on LoTW and digital modes than increasing
usability for more traditional DX, and I felt disappointed on the whole.
Not this year...many of the improvements I'd begged for (as did others)
finally showed up and they look to have been "done right." My personal
favourite is a little one, the DX time field. Thank You, Jack!
I'm also very glad to see the end of that awful column order utility, but
the new one isn't as friendly as I'd like to have seen. Additionally, at
least on my own installation, the new .CO utility crashed when I tried to
save a DX Base .CO file from 2005's version, so I had to re-do all of my
.COs again, but hopefully for the last time!
Oh, and can the "white text on yellow" in the utility app be changed to
black on yellow or anything actually readable?
I love the new update-data-fields-only-if-needed option; I didn't
understand it at first, but once I turned it on and saw it in action the
thought came to mind that it should be on by default.
The resizeable windows for label projects, previous QSOs, etc....THANK YOU!
Some disappointments, though, too:
Still not a painless install (I had to re-do my .CO files as mentioned),
and I like to keep custom colours as well. I had about 40 keyboard
shortcuts that all had to be re-done (what a pain in the rump *that* was,
but I'm now used to it....shouldn't have to be). Had to re-organize my
toolbars too. Still better than it had been, if memory serves, but I'd
rather it have gone smoother. Ideally, I was hoping the app had gotten to
the point that an upgrading user just installs over the top of the previous
one and that's that. Nice if I I didn't have to copy/paste my custom label
files, custom folders, etc.
I had a really nice hosts file. Had being the operative word. It re-wrote
the file on installation of the upgrade. I thought it only did that to
virgin hosts files, not to already customized ones. That was a nasty little
surprise.
Still can't scroll with a scroll wheel in the active window if a
highlighted line is visible on the screen. Needs mouse-up/down to hide the
line, then scroll away. This is very annoying.
Can't clear "announce" messages except by closing the app and re-opening.
That would be a nice right-click or context-menu button option.
Can't auto-reconnect to the cluster if connection is lost. No biggie to me
since I connect through ve7cc's magnificent AR Config utility, but still.
STILL can't key CW using a RigBlaster interface. This is now old, mature
technology that works with just about every other logger....why not DX Base?
Was really hoping for a direct interface to MMTTY and MMSSTV! Maybe next year?
Wish the time field was *easily* configurable with 4-character being the
default, but 6 available to those who need it. Might make re-doing my
custom labels a pain.
Well, that's it, really. A terrific upgrade, WELL worth the money and time
spent re-configuring everything. Lots of marvellous new goodies but a few
groans as well. In all, though, yeoman's work and deserving of a hearty
CONGRATULATIONS. Thank You, Jack.
- pjd
W2IRT
