This is a Window thing, not a DX4WIN thing. Why don't the other hundreds of Windows applications have this warning? Because people are expected to know what they're doing!
When you load a file from an older version, the pop-up says "Reading QSOs, Converting to ... format". That should be the tip-off. I hope Paul spends his time on more important things. On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Pete Smith non-ham<n...@contesting.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, the way XP works this is kind of an easy "gotcha." When you > open the log file, the Windows dialog shows you the "Save" folder with no > indication of the full path. Unless you go up one level to see what the > parent folder is, it's awfully easy to wind up changing your old log file. > > Would it be terribly tough to warn the user "The log file you loaded was > from a previous version of DX4WIN. If you intended to do this, and you are > sure that the file is in the current program folder, go ahead. Otherwise, > back up and make sure." > > 73, Pete N4ZR -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
