I found the answer to my own question ...... an old copy of CdC on my
hard drive - I was looking at a copy of Cometes.dat, not the one CdC
was using.  Dohhh!

Adrian



--- In [email protected], "Adrian Jones"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi.  Could someone help me with a very basic question.  I'm trying
> (first time) to add data for a comet and am confused about the file
> Cometes.dat.  I presumed that file is where comet elements are
> stored and that's where I needed to add the new data.
>
> But I can't understand why, when I select
>
> <Preferences>
> <Catalog and Object Parameters>
> <Comets>,
>
> I get a list of comets that doesn't change after I edited the
> contents of cometes.dat.
>
> To test this, I deleted most of the records in Cometes.dat .....
but
> I still get a long list of comets when I enter <Catalog and Object
> Parameters> even though the Cometes file is nearly empty.
>
> I guess there is something very basic that I'm not understanding
> here!  Can someone explain?
>
> Thanks
> Adrian
>







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