[Dxbase] I broke the Previous QSO's window in DXBase 2004! - more form Joe WA6AXE

Fri Sep 17 09:04:20 EDT 2004

Many thanks to Joe and Jack for getting me back on track (whack!).
Yes..when I hit the ESC key I saw it jump from field to field and thought
"Hmmm...isn't that interesting behavior..it's acting like a tab" and then
the system hung.
I ran the field order utility and it cured the problem. While I was doing
that I decided to drop a few fields from all my forms (Satellite, QSO#,
QSL#).
I won't be hitting ESC multiple times any time soon but it's good to know
there is a solution and a place to share this information on the DXBase
list!
I'm curious if this behavior exists under DXBase 2005?
One of these days I'm going to download all of Joe's report files and play
with really customizing DXBase. I haven't spent as much time customizing
the program as I have working and logging QSOs.
73 de Tom K2TA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
To: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>
Cc: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] I broke the Previous QSO's window in DXBase 2004! -
more form Joe WA6AXE
> Tom,
>> If this ever happens again - you "can" make a new pqsodlft.co all OK
> by using the Field Order "utility" .. I don't know what I did wrong the
> first time thru .. BUT, I corrupted the pqsodflt.co file again (on
> purpose) - and then used the 2004 Field Order utility to make a NEW
> pqsodflt.co file ... It worked all OK this time ...
>> Tom, I did NOTE though that you apparently CAN hit the ESC key
> (which looks like it simply jumps from the "power" field backwards
> thru each of the fields in that window - each time that you hit
> the ESC key .. AND, if you STOP at the first field -- and exit the
> window -- everything is still OK -- BUT, if you "keep hitting" the
> ESC key thru another sequence of fields -- NO WAY!!! That is when the
> corruption takes place..
>> BUT, at least we KNOW that you can make a new pqsodflt.co file
> easily.. by simply using the Field Order utility from your Windows /
> START/ DXbase2004 / Field Order //
>>> Just wanted to share this further info with you.
>>> 73 Joe wa6axe
>> Tom Althoff wrote:
> > I wasn't paying attention while in the Previous QSO's window and hit the
ESC
> > key a few times instead of closing the window by clicking on the upper
right
> > hand corner of the window. The column width changed and then the
program
> > locked up. I killed it with Task Manager and now whenever I try to
load
> > Previous QSO's the column headings are either garbage or offset by one.
> > Any scrolling in that window locks up the program again.
> >
> > The log can be browsed. All the band info seems accurate so it only
seems
> > like when the database is opened using Previous QSO's that I have a
problem.
> >
> > 1) What is the effect of hitting ESC while in the Previous QSO's window?
> > 2) Is there any way of fixing this without a re-install of DX-Base 2004?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tom K2TA
> >
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