ProLog-V8 Version History

V8.10.7B March 30, 2016

Prefix Database

1) KH5/K (Kingman Reef) is now a Deleted Country effective 03/29/2016. KH5/K now has a "D" Status.

Awards Database

1) Modified Status of KH5/K from active (P) to Deleted (D) Status.

Installation Verification and Update Procedures

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.7" dated "April 27, 2013", the Prefix File Version is V5.70 dated "March 30, 2016", the Help File version number is "V8.01.4" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, repeat the download procedure, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

IMPORTANT:  With the changes to the Prefix and the Award Template Files you must perform a logbook reindex on each of your active logbooks. To do this go to "File -> Logbook Menu" select the logbook and click the "Reindex Logbook" button.  

Also, you must change the "Type" of any KH5/K contacts from 'P' to 'D'. The Type field is in the "Award Status Panel" immediately adjacent to the "DXCC" pushbutton. Don't forget to "Save QSO" after you make each change.

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V8.10.7 April 27, 2013

1) Corrected a problem with the DX Spotting Callsign Alert module. The DX Spot callsign decode logic was not properly interpreting the DX Callsign. The help file has been further detailed on the use of this important feature. Enter "Callsign Alert" in the Help File search entry window and left-click on the first topic.

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.7" dated "April 27, 2013", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.3" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.6 January 16, 2013

1) Corrected a problem with the Logbook Conversion module. The existing QSL/EQSL status was not being properly converted. This problem was manifested  by blank lines appearing in the Award Entity List. If you are having issues with the logbook conversion, install this new version and repeat the Logbook conversion process.

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.6" dated "January 16, 2013", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.2" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.5 January 1, 2013

1) Corrected an issue whereby when switching transceiver modes from the DX Spot List upon returning to the Contact Entry Form, the mode field in the Award Status panel would be set to "Digital" even if a non-digital (SSB,CW) had been selected.

2) Corrected an issue with the Prefix Editor whereby when adding a new associated prefix, the Editor would display an error message that a Country Code needed to be added to the record, even though the code was properly entered and displayed.

3) Changed the "Unknown Prefix" DX Spot List error message to "Unresolvable  Prefix".

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.5" dated "January 1, 2013", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.2" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.4 November 26, 2012 

1) Added code in the "About ProLog" module to detect the presence of Windows-8.

2) When the wrong CallMaster update file is downloaded from the FTP website and ProLog detects this situation, it generates an error message to the User. The previous update file name format was  "P2KMMMYY". A number of months ago we changed the file name format to "UD_CMDB_MMYY-x". This update corrects the error message to display the new file name format.

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.4" dated "November 28, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.2" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.3 November 24, 2012 

1) Corrected an Operating System Identification Bug whereby Vista-32 was not properly detected.

2) Corrected an issue relative to the importation of ADIF files. Some ADIF files generated by other programs, are placing a leading space between the State and County when outputting the "CNTY" field label information. This update release corrects this issue and is discarding the leading space if it is present.

3) Corrected an issue with the data population of the ExchangeS and ExchangeR fields in the logging form. The exchange strings, although properly populated in the data record, were being truncated by 5 characters when displayed in their associated logging form fields.

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.3" dated "November 24, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.1" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.2 November 12, 2012 

1) Corrected some issues with the DX Summit processing module. Under certain circumstances ProLog would lock-up due to the received data formatting. Specifically, spots with frequencies below 1.8 Mhz, and packets of data containing improperly placed control codes.

After the System Update file has been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.2" dated "November 12, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.1" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.10.0 November 5, 2012 

Note: This update mandates the re-indexing of all your logbooks. Warning messages may be displayed instructing you to do this. A "Missing Index" file message may be displayed as well. Any of these warning messages will be satisfied by accomplishing the re-index operation.

After the Update files have been downloaded and installed using the PUP utility, re-launch Prolog, click "Help", then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.10.0" dated "November 4, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.60 dated "September 30, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.01.1" and the ADIF Support File Version is "V8-03 dated September 29, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, re-do the download, and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

The V8.10.0 update makes the following changes and enhancements:

1) V8.10.0 makes a major revision to the way the internal Callsign information is maintained within the Prolog System. A new "Call as Entered (CAE)" field has been added to the logging form. This field represents the format of the callsign that has been entered by the User. ProLog has, and continues to maintain Callsign information to the extent of re-formatting the entered callsign to a pre-stroke format. This internal re-formatting while providing the convenience of grouping all of the callsigns by DXCC entity has proven to be somewhat of an issue when submitting contacts to LoTW for credit. The LoTW program mandates that the callsign of the contact be in the EXACT format as received, if not, then contact credit is not issued

For example, if a station was signing "W5VP/9M2/P" ProLog would internally maintain that contact as "9M2/W5VP/P" and, when submitted to LoTW, would result in a no-credit contact because the contacted station submitted their log as "W5VP/9M2/P". 

With this new methodology ProLog now maintains two callsign formats; one that continues to use the pre-stroke format for list grouping, award tracking and other functions within ProLog, and the other the Call-as-Entered format which is represents the way that the station was signing their callsign on the air. Also, to ensure accuracy, whenever ProLog export or imports an ADIF file, it uses the Call-as-Entered format to ensure that the ProLog and the LoTW callsigns are fully synchronized. The CAE formatted callsign is also used  when printing a QSL Label.

So, if you enter a new contact as "W5VP/9M2/P" that format will be stored into the "Call as Entered" field and the ProLog "Call" field will be formatted  as "9M2/W5VP" with the 'P' appearing in the stroke field. However, when ProLog sends your logbook to LoTW, for all contacts it utilizes the Call-as-Entered format to ensure a contact match. The Call-as-Entered enhancement removes the previously used "Use LoTW Format" methodology.

2) Country Codes are now used to a greater degree. The Prefix Editor field now has a "Country Code" field as a part of the Prefix Information form. Also, Country Codes have been added to the "Description" column of the DXCC.AWD file.

3) Another new addition is the ability, while in Page Mode, to display a list of all your contacts by Country Code in Ascending Order. 

4) CAE" (Call As Entered) has been added to the list of fields that can be displayed in the varilist column while in Page Mode.

5) A new Country Code field has been added to the Logging Form at the top of the "Award Status Information" panel to the right of the Mode field.

6) When you SFI your logbook by "Call", immediately adjacent to the "Call" field is a new column labeled "Call As Entered" permitting the User to immediately see both the internal callsign format and the format of the callsign as you originally entered it. When the callsign is identical in both formats, the "Call as Entered" column will be blank. This will permit the User to easily see those contacts where the CAE callsign has been modified to meet the Prolog internal format.

7) Currently, from the Logging Screen and all of the ProLog list windows, there is a right-click menu that allows additional functionality related to the associated active window. For the sake of convenience, we have made this menu also accessible from the keyboard by using the "List" key which is the key between the "ALT" and the "CTRL" key, to the right of the spacebar key. It is the key with the List-and-Arrow key engraving.

8) The primary prefix for Panama has been changed from "HO' to "HP". So, once you have installed and confirmed the V8.100 upgrade, you must modify all of your past Panamanian "HO" contacts to the corrected "HP" prefix. Important: before commencing any editing, make sure you have re-indexed ALL of your logbooks then:

a) Bring the previously worked HO Panama contact into the Logging Form.
b) Click the DXCC button in the "Award Status Information" panel, displaying the DXCC list.
c) Scroll down and locate the "P,HP,Panama" award entry, select it, then left click the "Transfer"    button. 
d) When you are returned to the Logging Form, The "Bearing and Information Panel" should indicate "Panama", finally, left-click the "Save" pushbutton.
e) Repeat steps 1-5 for all of your Panamanian contacts.

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V8.070 September 21, 2012

1) Resolved a bug with the Logbook Menu "Merge Logbook" function. The Merge operation would not commence if a comment was added to each merged contact.

Following the Installation, click "Help" then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.07.0" dated "September 21, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.50 also dated "August 24, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.00.5" and the Adif Support File Version is "V8-02 August 27, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, download and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.060 September 2, 2012

1) Corrected an issue with ProLog's ADIF export Routine. The LoTW trusted conversion program could not deal with the APP_PROLOG special field labels in the ADIF file. These labels were relocated to the header record of the ADIF file and the "<eor>" removed from the end of each APP_PROLOG label record.

2) Added the APP_PROLOG labels to the ADIF file produced by the SFI module.

3) Updated the Maps for Z8 (South Sudan) and ZK2 (Niue Island).

Following the Installation, click "Help" then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.06.0" dated "September 1, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.50 also dated "August 24, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.00.5" and the Adif Support File Version is "V8-02 August 27, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, download and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website.
 
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V8.051 August 27,2012

In the ADIF_ARRAYS.TXT file replaced "ZK2" with "E6" and corrected typo's relative to "SKH6" and "SKH7" replacing those entries with "PKH6" and "PKH7"

Following the Installation, click "Help" then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.05.0" dated "August 24, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.50 also dated "August 24, 2012", the Help File version number is "V8.00.5" and the Adif Support File Version is "V8-02 August 27, 2012". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, download and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website.
 
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V8.050 August 24, 2012

1) Logbook Names can no longer contain special characters or punctuation. The only characters that are allowed in Logbook Names are the characters (Aa-Zz), (0-9), spaces and the forward Stroke '/'. Also, although spaces are allowed within a logbook name, the name cannot begin or end with a space; trailing spaces will automatically be removed.

2) Modified the processing of the ADIF QSL_RCVD and LOTW_QSL_RCVD labels to handle the new letters that have been assigned to those labels. This should not effect any previously ProLog-generated ADIF files.

3) Fixed a bug whereby after reading in an LOTWREPORT.ADI file, then returning to the logging form and performing a Callsign search, ProLog would display the wrong contact. If ProLog was then shutdown and re-launched it would return to normal operation. V8.05.0 corrects this issue.

4) This update also includes a new DXCCPRFX and DXCCAWD files that incorporate the latest DXCC prefix change. Effective 08/03/2012 the ITU changed the prefix for the island of Niue from "ZK2" to "E6". The Island has been assigned the entire (E6A-E6Z) prefix block.

Following the Installation, click "Help" then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.05.0" dated "August 24, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.50 dated "August 24, 2012", and the Help File version number is "V8.00.5". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, download and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

Once you have installed and confirmed the V8.050 upgrade, you must modify all of your past ZK2 contacts to the new "E6" prefix. Important: before commencing any editing, make sure you have re-indexed ALL of your logbooks then:

1) Bring the previously worked ZK2 Niue Island contact into the Logging Form.
2) Click the DXCC button in the "Award Status Information" panel, displaying the DXCC list.
3) Scroll down and locate the "PE6, Niue Island" award entry, select it, then left click the "Transfer" button. 
4) When you are returned to the Logging Form, The "Bearing and Information Panel" should indicate "Niue Island", finally, left-click the "Save" pushbutton.
5) Repeat steps 1-5 for all of your Niue Island contacts.

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V8.040	August 17, 2012

1) This update adds four new Canadian Provinces (Sub-Sections of Ontario Province) to the Logging Form "Province" pulldown list 

               		Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
               		Ontario East (ONE)
               		Ontario North (ONN)
               		Ontario South (ONS)

The "ON" (Ontario) province has been retained for historical tracking.

Important Note: Prior to this change, all Canadian Provinces, like US States, used a two letter format. These new additions introduce Provinces that are three characters in length which also modifies the format of the ProLog Logbook record. That said, this new Canadian Province format will necessitate the reindexing of all your active logbooks. 

DO NOT PERFORM ANY LOGGING OPERATIONS ON  YOUR ACTIVE LOGBOOKS UNTIL THEY HAVE ALL BEEN RE-INDEXED.

2) This version corrects a major bug with the ADIF Import/Export function. Due to a ADIF header record modification in V8.01, the output file was being corrupted and would cause ProLog to crash if it was imported back into the ProLog program.

Following the Installation, click "Help" then "About ProLog" and verify that the ProLog Executable version number is "V8.04.0" dated "August 17, 2012", the Prefix File Version is V5.40 dated "June 25, 2012", and the Help File version number is "V8.00.5". If the version numbers and/or dates of these files do not correspond with the versions stated, download and install the latest files from the prologsystem.com website. 

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V8.030	August 3, 2012

1) Enhanced the "Updates?" functionality. Now a subscriber to the CallMaster Database can determine if a new update has been released for their CallMaster volume simply by clicking the "Updates? pushbutton. Also, when a CallMaster subscription has expired, the User will be notified via a "Time to Renew" message.

2) This release also fixes a problem with the ADIF file import module. If a contact contained an unknown mode, for example what should have been "SSB" was "SB" ProLog would crash. This has been corrected. When an unknown mode is encountered ProLog now defaults the contacts mode to the Digital mode "AMTORFEC".

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V8.020	July 21, 2012

Executable and Support Files

1) The color of the Category Count is now the same User Defined color as the Field Labels.

2) Fixed a problem with the WPX decoding. Callsigns like "5C12XF" were displaying a prefix of "5C12X" instead of "5C12".

3) A new button labeled "Update?" has been added to the lower right hand corner of the logging form. This addition of this button will make it much easier for users to determine if they have the latest version of ProLog on their local machines, without having to visit the website. This new functionality is fully detailed in the new Help File (004). Simply click on logging form Context Sensitive Help Icon in the lower right hand corner of the logging form, then click on the "Upgrade?" pushbutton to display the associated Help Topic.

4) Fixed a problem with the Cabrillo export module. Removed the "Phone" and "FM" from the "Category-Mode" pull-down in the export dialog. The "Category-Mode" list is now "SSB", "CW", "RTTY/DIGITAL" and "MIXED". This has been done to conform to the Cabrillo specification. Note: the "SSB" selection covers all phone modes: SSB, AM and FM.

5) Fixed a problem in Page Mode where scrolled contacts made using -DBs and -DBr readability values would not display information in the RST column. 

6) Fixed a problem with the importing of the LOTWREPORT.ADI file. After reading in the file contacts perviously marked as 'C' status reverted back to 'R' status

Help File

1) A New Help File (V8.00.4) accompanies this update. The new Help file is NOT included in this update and should be downloaded separately.

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V8.010	July 1, 2012

Executable and Support Files

1) Fixed issue with reindexing CallMaster when moving an existing CallMaster file from a previous version of Prolog to the new version using the "Transfer CallMaster" button.

2) Added "PROGRAMVERSION" and "PROGRAMID" to the ADIF file. This will affirm to award tracking administrators which version of ProLog was used to generate the ADIF file.

3) Fixed a bug whereby if  "-DBs" was used as an RST value, it was not appearing on the QSL Label. This has been resolved the -DB level now appears under the "RST" Header.

4) Added "Field Day" to the Cabrillo Definitions File "CABDEFS.TXT"

5) Fixed a bug whereby DX contact City information was not properly placed on address labels.

6) Fixed a bug whereby the Logging Form Most-Recent-Spot-List (MRSL) was not being properly updated if the date format was set to DD-MM-YYYY.

7) Adjusted the Foreground color of data appearing in the data fields of the "Bearing and Country Information" panel. The foreground color of data in that panel will be the color the User has defined for the field label color. 

Prefix Database

1) R1MV is now a Deleted Country effective 02/16/2012. R1MV now has a "D" Status.

Awards Database

1) Modified Status of R1MV from active (P) to Deleted (D) Status.

Help Files

1) A New Help File (V8.00.3) accompanies this update.

Installation Verification and Update Procedures

After this update has been installed, launch ProLog-V8, click "Help" then "About" and verify that the the ProLog Executable version is "V8.01.0" dated July 1, 2012,  the Prefix Database Version is "5.40" with a date of "June 25, 2012, and the Help File version is "V8.00.3".  

IMPORTANT:  With the changes to the Award Template Files you must perform a logbook reindex on each of your active logbooks. To do this go to "File -> Logbook Menu" select the logbook and click the "Reindex Logbook" button. 

Also, you must change the "Type" of any R1MV contacts from 'P' to 'D'. The Type field is in the "Award Status Panel" immediately adjacent to the "DXCC" pushbutton. Don't forget to "Save QSO" after you make each change.

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June 4, 2012:  Genesis