Hi Dave!
Long time - hope all is well. Thank you so much for the quick reply. I will try the log-file approach. I also like the seperate windows accounts idea because we're getting ready for a Windows 7 migration here and plan to have seperate accounts for everyone in the family. things are getting a bit cluttered on the default/common acocunt now. One thing I will have to experiment with is how easily I can switch between acocunts - I log in and fire up DXkeeper, we switch users and she logs in and also fires it up. I wonder if we can just use Windows to switch back and forth as we take turns in a pileup. I suspect there will be issues with talking to the radio but will the two programs interoperate ok? We'd each have our own log files but I suspect we'd be sharing the common DB's - DXCC, lotw, etc?
73 everyone!
-Brian n8wrl
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Subject: [dxlab] Two (or more) users/logs?
My daughter passed her Tech and got her call yesterday!
Congratulations to both of you!
I would like to set up a fresh log for her in dxlab so we can track her
awards, progress, etc, and 'do something' when it starts so we can pick the
log to work in - hers or mine.
You can create an empty new log for Olivia using the "Log file" panel at
the top of Config window's Log tab. If the pathname for your log file shown
in this panel is
C:\Program Files\DXLab Suite\DXKeeper\Logs\N8WRL.mdb
change this to
C:\Program Files\DXLab Suite\DXKeeper\Logs\KJ4OTY.mdb
and then click the Create button. DXKeeper will create an empty new log, and
open it. To switch back to your log, Brian, you'd click the "Log file"
panel's Select button and double-click N8WRL.mdb in the "select existing
log" window.
At minimum, you'll also need to change the default "Station callsign"
(Config window, Defaults tab) whenever you change operators so that the
correct station callsign will be recorded with each QSO. If you don't mind
sharing the rest of the settings, this will be the fastest approach. If
you'd like to maintain separate settings, you could either direct the
Launcher to setup a pair of Workspaces, save your settings to your
Workspace, and then after Olivia establishes her settings save those to her
Workspace. Switching operators would then entail terminating all DXLab
applications except the Launcher, switching workspaces, and then restarting
your DXLab applications. Alternatively, you could create a separate Windows
user for Olivia, and switch Windows users whenever you switch operators.
I spent some quality time searching this group and the docs to no avail. Any
hints?
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73,
Dave, AA6YQ
