[Dxbase] VISTA and DXb 2006

Tue Jul 22 20:31:56 EDT 2008

Gary
I'm considering changing this computer to Vista.
I'ts NOT my ham shack computer but it does have DXBase on it as a backup.
But....
All, Except Windows XPl, programs are NOT installed in the Programs 
directory
All programs are installed in D drive
So will Vista recognize my D:/DXB07 directory without grumbling?
On 7/22/2008 7:15:46 PM, Gary AL9A (al9a at mtaonline.net) wrote:
> Paul,
>> Glad to hear you figured out the glitch and have DXB2006 going now. I
> thought
> I'd give you a heads up about some weird behavior you will see in a
> couple of the Dxbutility programs when running under Vista. As you may 
> have
> discovered by now Vista doesn't
> make changes to your mdb file in C:\Program
> Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2006. Instead Vista puts a copy of the
>> mdb file in the Virtual Store path location and changes are made to that
> file. But, there is a discrepancy in the way some of the Dxbutility
> programs run.
>> File Backup - In the box labeled
> "Listed Files will be copied to backup
> folder" my default path name is
> C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase
> 2006\AL9A.mdb. However, when the backup utility runs the mdb file in the
>> Virtual Store path is the one that gets backed up, not the one in the
> Program Files path. This is exactly what should happen, but if you want
> to
> keep a current copy of your mdb file(s) in the Program Files path you
> will
> have to do it yourself manually.
>> Database -
> I've never had to Repair a database, but I have Compacted the
> database several times. The problem is the defaul