Judy May wrote: > > I am trying to use PASSUPDT for the first time and have experienced a > few problems. I was hoping some experienced users might offer me some > solutions or tips. I am running it in a DOS window on Win 95 using a > Pentium 120. My new data is a file called molczan.tle, from Mike > McCant's web site. The old data is a subset of a file called elset.els, > from Acapella Publishing. Here's my Passupdt.cfg file: Try using it on your machine and see what happens. ---------------------------- C: % Default data drive % Default data directory putxt % Default update database 001 % Program delay (milliseconds) N % Ask to update data N % Ask to delete old data N % Ask to delete missing data 3 % Lines per record (2 or 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Does your 'new data' file have the same name as in the cfg file? (putxt) >elset.els, The old elset files to be updated should end with .tle (elset.tle) > ----------- > Problem #1: Error message says new data not found. Example data > appears below. Why does it not see the new data? Maybe because not named putxt Also highlight (yellow) those tle files you want to update. > Problem #2: Error message asks if I want to Replace. I believe that is > because the element set number is not greater than the old one. My > question is, how can that occur? Who sets the element set number, and > why isn't it consistant? After set # reaches 999, I think, it goes to 001 There are just so many spaces for info and that conserves spaces. > Problem #3: I down loaded a file elset file from the VSOHP FTP page, > called new_molc. I stripped the comments off of the top and bottom of > the file, and saved it. When I try to use it as input to PASSUPDT, the > program hangs, never giving me the <press any key> message to continue. > Any idea what about the file could cause this? Was it saved in ascii format? Is it renamed putxt? Is there cr/lf at end of each line? > Thanks for any help you can offer. I'm really hoping I haven't made a > silly mistake! We all make them, don't worry about it. It took me a while to get the hang of the program, but I use it constantly with alldat to update my dozen different tle files. Updates 1000+ elsets in a minute. Let us know how this works out. -- Regards, Jay Respler -- JRespler@surfnj.net Sky Views: http://njsurf.com/skyviews/ Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector Freehold, New Jersey