There are now 5 date formats available from the initial setup menu, subitem "D" for logging and display purposes.
The F6/F6 review window was greatly enhanced in order to improve the over- view over the fields and to increase conspicuity of cursor position and field under edit.
TL's editor ED.EXE has become old and moldy. It cannot deal with large files as required in many cases and uses a notation which is by no means compatible with modern editors. In search for a more comfortable though not much memory consuming utility we present EDITOR.EXE along with this version. The new editor has one remarkable advantage: It can deal with files as large as your available ram-memory while cosuming just abt 50KB for itself. You should try the new editor by activating it in SETUP ---DIRECTORIES and set the path onto the new one by typing at the line EDITOR-DIRECTORY: C:\TURBOLOG\EDITOR.EXE The commands of the new editor are almost the same as for the editor in XTREE-GOLD, a widely used DOS command interface utility.
Automatic antenna switching is now available from one of the parallel LPT ports. Switching will be performed on every update of the frequency information, either by cursor-down from the callfield or from the auto- band operation (if activated). In order to activate this feature you move into 'Advanced Setup'--- 'Devices` and select the item 'Antenna switch` from the menu. First you need to enable the facilities. Next you need to define the LPT port to work with. Finally you have to decide on the output bit pattern for the bands which you selected in the `Bands` menu. The LPT output will be the binary equivalent to the decimal number you specified for the band under consideration.
The ASCII import facilities are now greatly extended. Much larger records can be imported and the mask for extracting fields is now to be edited in a user friendly way. Also the result of editing is not in vain but can be saved and reloaded for further modifications or applications with other files. The editing procedure is self-explaining ( hopefully ). All necessary information is given on the screen. This new facility will now serve as interface for various `plug ins' for the import of foreign logs. The ASCII file for input can have any extension, while the filter/mask has the extension .IMP after it has been generated. The ASCII input file should be copied into TL's IMPORTDIR which is ..\TURBOLOG\USRFILES by default. The file menu window, however, allows to select files from anywhere on the disk. In this case you need to type in the full path to this file. TL takes the first record of this file and places it into the editing window for adapting the foreign fields to those used in TL. When you have done editing you should save this product for future use or for modifications in case you did not hit all fields correctly. Click on the eXecute menu item for performing the transfer. Those records which cannot be identified correctly are collected in BADLOG.DAT under the IMPORTDIR directory for close inspection. Ambiguous records need to be corrected manually and logged individually. The procedures are fail save, however, it is always wise to make a backup of your (CALL).TLG file before you start these kinds of operations.
Direct import from PROFILOG's FUNKLOGB.DBF log record file is now available as a new facility in TL. Select this file by means of the file menu. You can either specify the path to the logbook file for import or copy this one off-line into TL's IMPORTDIR which is ..\TURBOLOG\USRFILES by default. The log records are transformed into an intermediate ASCII format ( FUNKLOGB.TXT ) and then directly written into TL's log in a second step. No further interaction of the operator is required after all questions were answered. Erroneous log records are collected in BADLOG.DAT for close inspection and manual input. This file will be found under the IMPORTDIR directory as well.