I'm running DXBase 2006 under Vista. Last night, as I entered some QSL cards, I noticed that the QSO dates on some stations were out of proper date sequence. I remember reading that this can happen if your database hasn't been compacted in a while.
So, I made a database backup, and then tried to use the DXB Utility program to compact my al9a.mdb file. I got the following two messages from the dxbutility program: 'Database already exists.' (Well yes, I'm trying to compact it!) When I click on OK, the second message appears. 'Access to an unnamed file was denied.' Upon checking the Virtual Store path I found that my al9a.mdb file had been renamed to cutil.mdb. When I started DXB the al9a.mdb file that opened was missing 600+ QSO's! The mdb file that was being used was an older version that resided in C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2006\AL9A.mdb. The newest file was not found, having been renamed cutil.mdb. I shut down DXB went to the Virtual Store file and renamed cutil.mdb back to al9a.mdb and restarted DXB. The proper file opened with the missing QSO's once again in the database. Obviously, something is amiss in the DXB Utility for Database maintenance when running under Vista. I am concerned not only that I cannot compact the database, but should the need arise, I may not be able to repair the database either. Any one else running Vista ever see this? Any ideas on a fix? 73, Gary AL9A
