No, this was a clean install originally, on a new PC. Mark (K2AX) put DX Base in using the default settings but nothing was working. I went in remotely and un-installed DX Base and re-installed it in a directory under root (C:\DX Base). It got to the point it is now. Figuring it may play better in the Users directory, I removed DX Base once again using the control panel and did a third install to C:\Users\<username>\DXBase. Same problems.
I went through the registry looking for any instance of "Scientific Solutions" or "refdata.mdb" and found nothing. No reference to refdata.mdb in the Dxbase2007.ini file either. So now, the only way he can get DX Base running under Win7 is by getting a #...@^ UAC prompt every startup, every time by running DX Base as administrator. Don't get me wrong, I adore Windows 7 and can't wait to convert every machine I have to that OS, but my own shack PC will absolutely stay with WinXP until a version of DX Base is released that is fully Win7 compliant. I've got at least 10 hours worth of tinkering and off-line research into this already and it's not even my own machine. ----------------------------------- Regards, Peter, W2IRT From: Neal Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 10:27 AM To: Jack Cc: Peter Dougherty; Mark O'Brien; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dxbase] New Win7/32 user problems Was this an "upgrade" installed version of Win7 versus a fresh install by any chance? Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Jack <[email protected]> wrote: In DXbase 2007, the code expects that refdata.mdb is located in the same folder as the program executable. It expects that the refdata.mdb has full read/write permission. If the refdata.mdb was copied from a backup CD, there is a chance the file properties are set to readonly which would be a problem and require that the user modify properties for read/write. It expects that it is the correct version of refdata.mdb for the version of the program being run... in other words, the refdata.mdb is not a copy from some other version of DXbase. The only place that the C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2007 path is coded is in the installation process and it is the default path unless the user changes to something else. There is nothing in DXbase 2007 itself that has the path hard coded. I'm betting that Win7 didn't like everything about the installation process or some such thing... But in any case, the solution to the issue originally reported will come from figuring out how to set permissions on the DXbase files so that Win7 allows them to be opened without the prompts.. I don't think there is anything in DXbase itself that is going to solve this one. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Dougherty" <[email protected]> To: "'Jack'" <[email protected]>; "'Mark O'Brien'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [Dxbase] New Win7/32 user problems > Hi, > > I'm still working with Mark here on this issue. I checked his old and new > computers and my own system, and there's nothing in any of our > DXBase2007.ini files that references the refdata.mdb file anywhere. This > is > the [Dir] section of his new installation under Win7 (mine is simiar): > > [Dir] > CDDRIVE=C > CDTYPE=1 > PGMPATH=C:\DXbase 2007 > SOUNDPATH=C:\DXbase 2007\Omsounds > CDPATH= > DATAPATH=C:\DXbase 2007\K2AX.mdb > ORDERPATH=C:\DXbase 2007\Default.co > PQSOPATH=C:\DXbase 2007\Pqsodflt.co > PQPROMPT=0 > AUTOCD=1 > MGRCDTYPE=0 > CDON=0 > BUPATH=C:\beta2007\ > > ----------------------------------- > > Regards, > > Peter, > W2IRT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jack > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:20 PM > To: Mark O'Brien; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] New Win7/32 user problems > > Mark, > > You might try the following... no promises... but maybe.... > > 1. Make a copy of your dxb2007.ini file from your Windows folder and save > it for safe keeping just in case... > > 2. Open the dxb2007.ini file in your Windows folder using notepad and > look > for the Directory section of the INI file. See if the entry for > refdata.mdb > > is showing the wrong path as evidenced by the message you are getting... > if > so, change the entry to agree with the same path for your QSO database > path. > > I don't know exactly what in the world Windows does in Vista/Win7 OS's, > but > somehow it seems that it clones a copy of the mdb file and runs from some > other location other than where DXbase installs it. Perhaps this will > help > but if it screws things up, then just copy the "copy" from step 1 above > back > > so you can get to where you started. > > Cheers, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark O'Brien" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:40 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] New Win7/32 user problems > > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm still having some troubles getting DX Base 2007 to function under >> Win7/32-bit. I've got Peter, W2IRT to help a bit, and we got as far as >> setting up the app and moving the databases over, but the problem is >> launching DX Base now. >> >> I have the app installed to C:\DXBase 2007. >> >> I can do it one of two ways: >> 1) Run as administrator and get the UAC prompt every time I go to run it. >> Say yes and it runns as normal. >> 2) Try to start NOT as administrator and it fails. It seems something's >> hard-coded in there to look for files in C:\Program Files\Scientific >> Solutions\DX Base 2007. The error I get when I have it set to >> non-administrator mode is "Couldn't find file 'C:\Program >> Files\Scientific >> Solutions\DXbase 2007\refdata.mdb.' >> >> What can I do to keep UAC functional on the computer but not have DX Base >> nag for it on DX Base startup? >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> 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 >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase 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 ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase 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
