[ct-user] Is there a RES file standard???

[David Robbins]

.res was just a k1ea thing i think.  you might want to look at LogConv by ka5wss
at http://www.qsl.net/ka5wss/logconv/, it seems to do a reasonable job reading
the various ct versions.  in converting 80 logs with various versions between 7
and 9.53 it only got the time wrong once.

John Scott wrote:
> 
> I've been wrestling with a problem to help a friend translate a BIN file
> to a RES file for inputting into his logging program.  He used an older
> version of CT (9.26?) for the contest and used his old B2R9.EXE
> program.  As most know, there was a
> change to the date format in CT release 9.34, and along with that change
> a new B2R9 program was produced.
> 
> When I translate the original BIN file with the old and new B2R9
> versions, it appears an additional blank character is inserted somewhere
> between the UTC and the QSO Number in the newer B2R9, shifting all
> remaining fields one character to the right.  (The date using the old
> B2R9 is screwed up for the year 2000 and has ":0" for the "00" upon
> translating to a RES, but that's another story.)
> 
> I took the original BIN and ran it into my CT version 9.53 and received
> the expected advisory message that the dates had been translated okay
> from the older BIN format.  I then saved the newly formated BIN and ran
> it through the new B2R9 which seems to produce a file of the same format
> as the original BIN run through the new B2R9.  The logging program
> importing the RES file hangs because the format has changed apparently
> because of the field shifts.
> 
> THE $64,0000 QUESTION:
> 
> What is the standard format for RES files, where is it documented, and
> who defines the standard?
> 
> If a definitive answer is unavailable, I'll cease calling a RES file a
> standard file format.
> 
>                      --John Scott,   K8YC
> 
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