• InstallDXCCDatabase

Installing an Updated DXCC Database

1. if you have SpotCollector, DXKeeper, and/or WinWarbler running, terminate them

2. if you have DXView installed,

   1. start DXView if its not already running

   2. open DXView's Configuration window, and select its Databases tab

   3. click the New? button

   4. click the DXCC Database's Upgrade button (this also updates the DXCC list used by the current version of WinWarbler)

3. if you don't have DXView installed

   1. download and run the zip archive from http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/DXCC.exe

   2. unzip the contents of this zip archive into DXKeeper's Databases folder (if DXKeeper is installed) and into SpotCollector's Databases folder (if SpotCollector is installed)

   3. modify the Unzip to Folder box to the appropriate pathname for DXKeeper and/or SpotCollector before clicking the Unzip button

   4. if you use WinWarbler,

      • download and run the zip archive from http://www.dxlabsuite.com/winwarbler/WinWarblerDXCClist.exe

      • unzip the contents of this zip archive into WinWarbler's Databases folder

      • note that the Unzip to Folder box is set to c:\program files\dxlab suite\winwarbler\databases - if your WinWarbler is installed in a location other than c:\program files\dxlab suite\winwarbler, appropriately modify this pathname before clicking the Unzip button

4. If the updated DXCC Database adds, removes, or renames a DXCC entity, then

   1. Run DXKeeper

      1. open the Main window's Check Progress tab, and click the Recomp button

      2. if you have more than one Log file, then open each additional Log file and click the Recomp button

   2. Run SpotCollector

      1. open the Config window's Spot Database tab and click the Recomp button in the Log file referenced for award progress panel

   3. If you use WinWarbler,

      1. terminate WinWarbler

      2. download the zip archive from http://www.dxlabsuite.com/winwarbler/WinWarblerDXCClist.exe

      3. extract the contents of this zip archive into WinWarbler's Databases folder

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