I have released version 4.0 of the DX4WIN Data Updater:
http://dx4win.ad1c.us/updater/
This version has a number of new features and changes. For those of
you who "prompt" before each file is updated, the new version will
make this even easier (no prompt for files that haven't changed).
Please re-read the whole web page, as it's been extensively revised.
You can even print it out now and it will look "right" (except some of
the screen shots may not be sized properly, still working on that).
NOTE: if you run the old updater with the -exe option, it won't detect
that the program was updated. This is because the directory name
changed on the web site. Please download the .ZIP file for this
version and follow the installation instructions on the web page. This
shouldn't happen again.
NOTE: all DX4WUPD.RC files now include the the "-exe" option. Checking
for the updated program and notifying the user is very fast, because
the program is not actually downloaded until you request the update.
IMPORTANT: You must delete all the files in your UPDATE directory (or
delete the UPDATE directory, including its contents) before running
the new program version. Otherwise, the DX4WIN Data Updater will keep
updating the same files over and over again, even though they haven't
really changed. Deleting the files in the UPDATE directory is the only
way to fix this. Note that the updater will update all your selected
files after you do this, but if run a second time, there should be no
files to update. If there are, let me know ASAP. This problem
shouldn't happen again.
New master callsign and eQSL/LoTW user lists were released this
weekend. DX4WIN.TCP was last updated on 11 May 2011. There will
updates to the country file, awards database, and eQSL/LoTW users next
weekend or shortly thereafter.
Here are the release notes:
Ver 4.0 - 23 May 2011
New: –restore option returns data files to their previous versions.
New: –tcp and –kcp options take an optional file name of "preferred" nodes.
New: many options now have –no<opt> versions, meaning don't
perform the action.
New: –debug shows all specified options and values.
Change: you will only be prompted to update files that have
actually changed.
Change: –log can be specified multiple times to back up multiple log files.
Change: downloads DX4WIN.TCP from real file, less frequent changes.
Change: fulllist.xml (IOTA Islands) always downloaded, but more
intelligently updated.
Change: can't use both –mas and –mas1 options at the same time
(shows warning, prompts to exit).
Change: ignore unrecognized options in configuration file instead
of reporting them as errors.
Change: removed –all option.
Special thanks (in no particular order) to Wayne, WA1PMA for testing,
Doug VE3MV for documentation reviews, and Tom, WA2PNI for creating the
program icon.
Please report any program or documentation errors to me so I can fix them.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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