7 May 2009 DX4Win Workshop 24 Software Updates • Upgrading to a new DX4Win version will require you to generate an.ini file (Preference settings) from your old DX4WIN and merging it with the NEW DX4WIN. Be very careful you do not get the new and old programs mixed up! DX4WIN Station Logging Software. Jim Reisert, AD1C, has one of the best pages out there with a lot of tools and automated update functions. Jim does an outstanding job with this. He not only has country files for DX4WIN, but other logging programs, also. You can get to his website by going to.
DX4WIN-UPGRADES UPGRADING OR ADDING MY FILES TO DX4WIN READ THIS FIRST!!! First make a BACKUP from your complete DX4WIN/SAVE directory if anything happens you can always replace the complete directory without LOOSING your LOG(S). HOW TO UPGRADE THE IOTA FILE.
1.Click on FILE 2.Go to DATABASES 3.Select IOTA 4.Click on FILE (in this window) 5.Select IMPORT IOTA DATA 6.IMPORT the UNZIPPED IOTA.TXT 7.WHEN ASKED ' Do you want to DELETE existing IOTA information 'say YES' 8.INFORMATION should indicate Deleted: xxxx, Added: 1028 or more, Replaced: 0,Errors: 0 9.Click OK 10.Click on FILE (in this window) again 11.SELECT ' Save changes and Exit ' AWARDS FILE Time to Time I update or correct this awardfile. For recent updates of the following awards Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLS) Canadian Islands Awards (CISA) Islands of Scotland Awards (IOSA) U.S. Islands Awards (USIA) World Lighthouse Award (WLHA)references. You can always check Ted, W8TTS his web on the link below follow his instructions how to update his part. How to add the award file? Simply extract the AWD.ZIP into your DX4WIN/SAVE directory and when asked to replace the older one 'say YES'. QSLMANAGERS & ADRES or ADRES2 (USA and NO USA users) Some +95000 qslmanagers are in the database now with DATE - INFO this is very useful because some stations changed from QSLmanager.
You can select the previous one also. Depending on the date. HOW TO UPGRADE?
1.Click on FILE 2.GO TO DATABASES 3. SELECT QSL managers 4.Click on FILE (in this window) 5.Select IMPORT QSL manager DATA 6.IMPORT the UNZIPPED qslmanager.txt 7.WHEN ASKED ' Do you want to DELETE existing QSL MANAGER information ' say YES or NO!!!! This depends on your needs (read about the difference in help File) 'say YES' if you don't have a big database like this one or 'say NO' when you have qslinfo that isn't found in this database. 8.INFORMATION should tell you the difference from before the update and also 1 ERROR (can not find that one but this doesn't affect your log) 9.Click OK 10.Click on FILE (in this window) again 11.SELECT ' Save changes and Exit THE MASTERLOOKUP WINDOW You have to unzip the 'MASTER.ZIP' into your 'DX4WIN' directory 14 different 'HAM-FONTS' with SLASHED ZERO You have to unzip the 'FONTS.ZIP' in your Windows/Fonts directory.
When your OS = NT or W2K and probably also XP you have to register these new FONTS before you can select them. That's it Guy ON4AOI COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.
DX4WIN SOFTWARE PAGE DX4WIN - SOFTWARE - PAGE From now on I am official EUROPE distributor of DX4WIN Questions in Dutch-French-German-Spannish-Italian or English can be handled about DX4WIN, the Way Logging Software Should Be ORDERS can be handled via PAYPAL Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal! In between PAUL & STEVE. DX4WIN804 - WINDOWS7 64bit LPT is working if you follow the instructions below. Problem is caused by MICROSOFT not recognizing DIGITALLY SIGNED DRIVERS!!! This release of DX4WIN is installed directly in the ROOT of your PC. If you need the LPT port driver pse follow instruction at the end of the installation You need to install these LPT port driver after DX4WIN is installed Paul has found a way around to install them correct on a Windows7 64bit, so read the instruction carefully It needs to be done only one time DOWNLOAD OF DX4WIN9.03 USE THIS ORDER FILE ONLY.
EUROPE USERS CAN MAIL THIS TO ME MY SETUP FOR 2 RADIO's and DX4WIN HOMEPAGE OF DX4WIN HOW TO ADD OR UPGRADE DX4WIN WITH THESE FILES? IF YOUR SO DESPARATE SHOOT THE PC!!! MAYBE IT GIVES YOU THE ANSWER. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME YOUR VISITOR NR.