== Updating Your DXCC Database ==

This database maps callsigns to DXCC entities and regions within DXCC entities, and provides time zone, CQ zone, ITU zone, IOTA tag, continent, and location information

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

 1. if you don't have '''DXView''' installed, direct the '''DXLab Launcher''' to install it

 1. start '''DXView''' if its not already running

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

   a. click the '''New?''' button

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

   a. terminate and restart DXView

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

   a. Run '''DXKeeper'''

      i. if you're running the current version of DXKeeper, initiate the Recompute operation when prompted; otherwise, open the '''Main''' window's '''Check Progress''' tab, and click the '''Recompute''' button

      i. if you have more than one Log file, then open each additional Log file and initiate the '''Recompute''' operation

   a. Run '''!SpotCollector'''

      i. open the '''Configuration''' window's '''Spot Database''' tab and click the '''Recomp''' button in the '''Recomputation''' panel

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