[Dxbase] DXB2007 Time display

Fri Feb 19 12:08:39 EST 2010

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:bparry at rgv.rr.com]
>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:15 AM
>> To: 'Wes N7WS'; 'Jack'
>> Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> 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: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-
>> bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Wes N7WS
>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:03 AM
>> To: Jack
>> Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> 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
>>>