[WT-support] issues with vhf.dtb

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, DK5KMA <dk5kma at darc.de> wrote:

> Problem solved...Seems I somehow forgot to set wt.exe to run in
> administrator mode, what caused the issue.
>

Are you sure that is the only issue?

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 6:30 AM, DK5KMA <dk5kma at darc.de> wrote:

> when replacing my very old vhf.dtb with a new one from mmmonvhf.de, I saw
> that callsigns being inside the databasefile don't show up in the check
> partial window (like my own call).


Win-Test only uses vhf.dtb to prefill grid square exchanges when Tools |
Data Entry | Exchange guessing is enabled; it does *not* use VHF.DTB for
Check Partial purposes *unless* you copy vhf.dtb to default.dtb (or better
yet, copy MASTER.SCP to DEFAULT.SCP) to override the normal database search
order.

For a VHF contest like IARU VHF or June VHF, Win-Test 4.21 seems to select
HF.DTB for check-partial purposes instead of MASTER.SCP or similar, but it
still uses VHF.DTB for pre-filling the grid locator.

Enter a call like DC1LEX and you can see the exchange pre-filled, but
nothing in the Check Partial window.  This is when using the VHF.DTB file
you can download from

http://download.win-test.com/databases/VHF.ZIP


(with HF.DTB for check partial).

Any ideas why this happens? Should every call in this dtb show up or are
> there some limitations, like no activity in 2 years, hi?
> I tried 4.16 and 4.20 with the same results.
> The information window shows it's using the new vhf.dtb with the correct
> date.
>

Which "information window"?  The pop-up window you see briefly when you
open a log?

Which contest did you select?  I only see HF.DTB displayed when I right
click on the Check Partial window and select "Used files list."


> Second issue: When trying 4.21 I recognized that on every vhf-test I
> checked, hf.dtb but vhf.dtb is being used. Bug? I could reproduce the error
> with upgrade from 4.16 to 4.21 and with a fresh installation of 4.21.
>

Right, for VHF contests, Win-Test seems to now default to using HF.DTB now
instead of using the search order documented here
<http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/Check_Partial_and_Np1_Files#Search_order>.
It could be a side effect of this bug fix in WT 4.21:

- Bugfix : Stew Perry contest was using VHF.DTB instead of DEFAULT.SCP.
  Tnx N6TV. (Task #184).

73,
Bob, N6TV
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