[SD-User] V19.02 Released

[Paul O'Kane]

V19.02  7 February 2017

DEMO Mode:
     At times, a user's callsign was not written to the
     second control record in the .ALL file when a log was
     started or reloaded. In turn, SD displayed an error
     message and reverted to DEMO mode.  Fixed.

Editing QSOs:
     When editing or browsing earlier QSOs, their date and
     time logged is shown in place of the current date and
     time. This has particular relevance for SDX, where a
     single log may span months. Thanks EI4BZ.

     To see how it works, load any contest log with SD and
     observe what happens when you use Up Arrow to access
     QSOs.

ADIF option in SDCHECK:
     Fixed a screen formatting issue.  Thanks EI4BZ.

NAQP:
     When a station has been worked on another band, the name
     and state are now pre-filled - in the correct columns.
     Thanks K1ESE.

     For a callsign match on any pre-loaded .LST file, the
     name is pre-filled.

Reference Files:
     Updated the DXCC.CTY and CQWW.CTY files.
     Updated the CWops and FOC callsign reference and SCP
     files.

General:
     Users sometimes corrupt .ALL files by editing them
     directly to correct band or mode or times.  This is
     not recommended, as it's easy to corrupt a QSO by
     adding or omitting a single character (including space).
     In turn, all subsequent QSOs may be corrupted because
     SD reads a fixed number of characters when loading and
     re-scoring QSOs - it expects all QSO records and fields
     to be in exactly the right position.

     When the .ALL file gets corrupted, it can be recreated
     from the audit (.AUD) file but, obviously, it's better
     to prevent this happening. In any case, SD lets you
     edit band and mode directly with F1/F2/F3.

     If you really must edit the .ALL file directly, take
     a copy of the file before you start, and use Notepad.
     This is a text editor and, unlike word processor
     programs like Word or WordPad, it does not add hidden
     characters to your QSO records.

     Now, at startup, you are advised if any record/QSO has
     the wrong length, and SD displays its line number in
     the .ALL file together with the contents of the record
     - for the user to fix. This way, no subsequent QSOs
     will be affected.
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If you find bugs in V19.02, send the details to
sduser at contesting.com
Older versions are not supported, so please confirm that
any problem still exists in V19.02.

V19.02 is available from www.ei5di.com/sd/sdsetup.exe

A reminder that SDX is a free DXpedition or Special-Event
logger for the 10 bands from 160-6m.  It may be downloaded
from www.ei5di.com/sdxsetup.exe

73,
Paul EI5DI