[Dxbase] DXbase 2006 Automatic 4O (Montenegro) updates - update from Joe WA6AXE

Fri Jul 27 02:39:16 EDT 2007

It's taken me a while to get there, but tonight I finally set aside the time 
and updated my DXB2006 mdb files for the 4O Montenegro updates with Joe's 
utility program. How great is this thing? I expected an evening of 
frustration and problems. Instead, it ran like a champ with no errors and 
no fat fingered typing on my part! Total time to plug in all the patches 
from start to finish less than 10 minutes!
As others have said before, "Joe, you da man!" Thank you, mochas gracias, 
merci beau coup, danke, etc., etc., etc.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
To: "DXBase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: July 13, 2007 7:11 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] DXbase 2006 Automatic 4O (Montenegro) updates - update 
from Joe WA6AXE
> To all DXbase 2006 users:
>> After triple-checking my code that makes up the EXE file for
> the 4O (Montenegro) Automatic Updates to your DXbase 2006
> Refdata and Logbook mdb files -- and -- after reviewing all of the 
> circumstances that happened for DXbase2006 users who had a problem,
> here is where I am right now:
>> (1) The coding is all ok in my exe program.
>> (2) The users who had a problem - had corrupted databases before
> they even used my DXbase2006 EXE update program file. The users
> did not even know that they had a corrupted mdb file (logbook).
>>>> So, I am once again going to let the DXbase 2006 version of my
> auto-update (4O) exe file be used - with the following conditions:
>>>> ***** INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE of this EXE file ****** :
>> (1) Back-up (Very Important!!) - both your 2006 Refdata.mdb file
> and your 2006 Logbook.mdb file.
>> (2) To make sure that your logbook mdb file is NOT corrupted,
> pse do the following:
>> (a) Initialize Stats - any ERROR? if no error - continue .. if
> an error - go thru the "corrupted database repair" in the Help
> Files to Repair the logbook mdb file.
>> (b) Go to main menu/ Output/ HF Numeric Statistics / Countries...
> Deleted Countries (No or Yes - doesn't matter) /
> NOTE: If you get an ERROR message at any point in this
> HF Numeric Stats check -- you will have to go thru the
> "corrupted database repair" in the Help Files to Repair the
> logbook mdb file.
>> (3) BE SURE that your DXbase2006 main program is NOT imi NOT running
> at all - when you run the auto-update exe file. Close DXbase down 
> completely - pse!
>> (4) Simply Un-zip the ZIP file and extract the EXE file into
> your DXbase2006 main directory.
>> (5) Find the EXE filename/file (using Explorer or My Computer)
> and double-click on the filename.. the utility should come
> open/execute.. follow the dialog windows.. Once you are done with
> the auto-update exe file - Open up DXbase and go to step 6.
>> (6) Re-initialize Stats.
>> Once you use the EXE program and you KNOW that you are
> running DXbase2006 ALL OK - with the updates in-place, you
> can and should go ahead and simply DELETE the EXE file.
> ALL of the updates are embedded in the program itself - so once
> you use the exe program -- you won't need it again..
>>> The LINK for the zip file is:
>>> http://www.navycthistory.com/wa6axe/4O_Updates_Dxb2006_2.zip
>>>> Again - this is only for DXbase 2006. If you do use the exe
> file to make the 4O updates to your 2006, pse let me know if
> you ran into any problems with the exe file itself.
>>> 73 Joe wa6axe
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