Different strokes I guess. I tried v2007 when it was first introduced and it offered zero improvement *for the way I use the program* so I never upgraded. Previously, I had upgraded yearly going back to v2000, so this wasn't any slap at anyone, but if I want to be charitable, I give to local charities.
I only upgraded recently because of the promise of a new version. Nothing has changed, the program still does nothing more for me that does v2005 and since I didn't overwrite 2005 I can directly compare the two, and unlike your observation, I see time displayed to four digits in 2005 and six in 2007. Frankly, although I've been subscribed to this reflector for many years, I haven't really read it much until the new version was announced so I suppose I missed the discussion about the display change. Larry E Price wrote: > Good grief, as Charlie Brown used to say. I have always updated Dxbase > annually, I felt I "owed it" to the author to support his activities. Since > it was a privately held enterprise I had no way to knowing what others were > doing but as I observed on this reflector at the time, it was a Bad Sign > when Jack stopped having a booth and demonstrations at Dayton. The cost of > the updated program was Trivial compared to the cost of almost every other > station accessory and certainly Trivial compared to operating costs, > postage, et al. > > I'm not very active these days, however, my Dxbase2007 log looks to my eye > just as it always did and my QSL card labels have the time just as they > always did (I seem to recall the 'ss' thing came about from user requests > involving some of the exotic modes)), but my log and QSL labels are in > minutes and hours. > > I didn't do anything special, just imported by previous data into DBX just > as I did every year until there stopped being annual updates. > > Larry > W4RA > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill Parry [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:15 AM >> To: 'Wes N7WS'; 'Jack' >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXB2007 Time display >> >> We discussed this sometime back and came to the idea that this couldn't >> be >> fixed. I agree that I don't like the time on my QSL cards being >> represented >> by hhmmss, instead of just hhmm. Seems like this would be a nice >> little >> tweak on the new version. (It didn't use to do it on the 2005 version.) >> It >> is clearly a function on DXB2007 because it didn't do it till I >> installed >> 2007 and everything else is the same. >> >> Bill W5VX >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:dxbase- >> [email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Wes N7WS >> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:03 AM >> To: Jack >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXB2007 Time display >> >> I guess I'm not making my self clear. In my DXB2005, the time in the >> on-screen log display is hours and minutes only. In 2007, the seconds >> are also displayed. Is this a new "feature"? Furthermore, I copied >> the label design that I've been using for years over from 2005 to 2007. >> It's printing the time as five digits and an "x". >> >>> There is a step by step writeup complete with pictures in the help >>> file that illustrates how to modify the label design for the time >>> field to limit the printout to 4 digits. This is located under the >>> Label section of the help file under the heading, "How do I". But of >>> course you'll need to download the Microsoft .dll that allows viewing >>> of the old style ".hlp" help file system. I no longer have the link >>> for that file. >>> >> I can always use the full-feature help files on my XP machine, but the >> patch for Vista, at least the one I have only allows opening one page >> at >> a time, but no stepping back, etc. >> >> If there's not a way to change the time back to just hour and minutes, >> is there a way to import 2007 logs back into 2005? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wes >> >>> Jack >>> ______________________________________________________________ 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
