DX4Win doe NOT support anything other than one instance accessing the log at a time...
The danger is because each copy of DX4Win is actually updating it's own memory copy of the log. When it flushes to disk... It will overwrite any changes made to the other copy... Lets assume you open it in the shack... And open it again in the office to do some QSL printing... And you work some new stations in the shack... Then close the log... Now updated with new QSO's... When you close the copy in the office, if you update the log, you will overwrite the Shack version... With the older version which predated the new QSO's... As long as only one copy is open at a time, you are safe... But I think it's dangerous to do it this way because a mistake can be serious... I prefer to work with a copy of the log. If I do some SL updating, I simply copy it back... Less chance of an error. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Alkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 6, 2003 14:43 To: Larry Gauthier (K8UT); Mel Martin; Rune =D8ye Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] DX4win and Network On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:54:26 -0400, Mel Martin wrote: >You can access DX4Win over a network share... easiest way is install it >on 2 computers and access the log via the network... But remember: you >must not access your log simultaneously with more than one instance of >the program. > I have a question on this Mel. If two instances of DX4Win are running and sharing the log, does it really make any difference if both instances _read_ the log but _writes_ are not simultaneous? In my case I always do an alt-s after making any log changes - just in case <g>. My log is kept on the shack computer but I also run another instance of DX4Win in my office which uses the shack computer's log in ..\dx4win\save. In the shack I log contacts as they are made, doing frequent alt-s. In the office, I recently checked in a bunch of qsl cards followed by an alt-s. When I checked both ..\dx4win\save directories I found that the shack computer log had been updated as expected. The office computer will retain an older copy of the log unless I hand copy the shack computer log to the office computer. So is this OK? Any hidden dangers I should look out for? 73, Larry Alkoff N2LA Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
