ILGRadio Broadcast Database Program GNPDB

Description

The program GNPDB (program database) is intended to display the ILGRadio broadcast database. The program requires Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 or XP; it will not work with Windows 3.11 or DOS.

GNPDB uses only standard Windows user controls; it therefore does not require any special OCX to be installed. It does however require DAO to be installed on the computer. The distribution archive of GNPDB is very small.

GNPDB may be used as a standalone program. The tuning functionality is however only available in conjunction with a suitable receiver control program (e.g. GNRX320 for the TenTec RX320 or GNCHR for the Siemens CHR 531).

The features of the program may be summarized as:

• displays all the relevant columns of the ILGRadio database
• the order and width of the columns in the display may be arranged by the user
• records may be sorted according to the most  important columns
• records may be filtered according to the important columns and combinations of columns
• find a record by the value of a column
• stations which are currently transmitting a program are marked with a red rectangle
• connection to a suitable receiver control program:
•  tune the receiver to the selected station
•  transfer the station data (frequency, name, location and country) to the receivers station file
•  find the frequency the receiver is currently tuned to in the database
• the user can create and display different databases (e.g. short wave, medium and long wave, language specific databases etc.)
• all  relevant program settings of the last use are restored
• “OnAir“ filtering: it is possible to display stations currently “on air“ only; the display is updated automatically
• the UTC time is displayed in the status bar
• filtering can be disabled without loosing the filter settings
• records can be copied to the clipboard
• records can be printed
• a preview of the print results is possible
• columns to be copied to the clipboard or to be printed can be selected
• the text version of the ILGRadio database can be imported as well as the dbase version
• online help is available.
• "OnAir at hh:mm" filtering: it is possible to display stations  ”on air” at hh:mm only
• possibility to store and recall an arbitrary number of different filter settings (predefined filters)

New features of version 1.67:

• The name of the receiver control program can now be set in a dialog

The ILGRadio database

For non commercial use the ILGRadio database is distributed free of charge.

The ILGRadio database files are available in “dbase“ and “text“ format. For use with the program GNPDB both file types are suitable. If you have problems importing a dbase file, try the text file version.

For further information and download see the ILGRadio home page.
 
 

New Installation

If the program gnpdb.exe does not work properly (i.e. there are error messages or the program crashes), the reason is probably that DAO is not or not properly installed on your computer. In this case you have to install DAO. See below for the DAO installation.

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Replacement of an existing Installation

If you currently have installed an earlier version of GNPDB than 1.65, you should delete the whole contents of the existing installation directory. Extract the download file (gnpdb167.zip) in this directory. This completes the replacement.

If your current version of GNPDB is 1.66 or 1.65, delete all the files except the database files (*.mdb). If you have created your own predefined filters, you may also want to save the file gnpdb.dat which contains the predefined filters.  Then proceed as described above. If you have saved the file gnpdb.dat, replace the new file gnpdb.dat with your saved version.

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DAO installation

Installation Description for DAO

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Last modification: 10/08/2005