This release 

- ignores keystrokes in the "the Display Spots" window

- ignores local spots that don't specify a callsign (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- correctly computes and displays the need status of WAZ band-modes (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- corrects the Need filter to correctly identify Spot Database Entries needed for WAZ band-modes (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- when processing an incoming spot, prevents spot database entries deleted manually or deleted by pruning from prematurely terminating the search for an existing spot database entry (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- ignores recomputation directives from DXKeeper when not referencing the Log that DXKeeper currently has open

- enables control of the Mode filter's ASCII and ThrobX settings via the web server (tnx to Dave W5SV)

- uses the Override List created by DXView 4.4.0 (not yet publicly released), obeys its start and end dates, and provides the ability to direct DXView to display its Configuration window's  "Overrides List" tab

- when determining spotter locations from spot notes, recognizes Canadian Province abbreviations appearing after the phrase "Heard In"

- provides the option to include short path and long path opening probabilities in the web page generated by the built-in web server (tnx to Steve K2SN)

- automatically triggers compaction after pruning if the Spot Database results in more than 1000 undeleted Spot Database Entries (tnx to John W1JA)

- on termination, doesn't save settings to the Registry unless they were successfully read from the Registry (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- restores the position of the horizontal scroll bar after executing the "Prune" function (tnx to Björn SM7IUN)

- displays the number of deleted spot database entries in the Size Limit panel (tnx to John W1JA)

- includes the NoPrune tag in each Spot Database Entry's Tags field so that the Prune operation need not search the SpecialCallsign database (tnx to John W1JA)

- updates the ConfigurationDatabase.htm, SpotDatabase.htm, and WebBrowser documentation files


Notes:

1. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider this new version of SpotCollector to be "safe" 

2. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of <http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ApplicationStoppedWorking>

3. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of SpotCollector, see <http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RevertApplicationVersion>

SpotCollector 8.2.0 is available via the DXLab Launcher, and via 

<http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm> 


      73,

               Dave, AA6YQ