BUGLIST.TXT 12/28/97 K8CG Some known bugs and workarounds for WinOrbit 3.4/3.5: * "Sub or Function Not Defined" errors (mostly in Win95) seem to be due to a second library file (DIBAPI.DLL) installed by some other program. Temporarily hide that file (by renaming it) to run WinOrbit. In 3.5b2 and later, WinOrbit's copy of the file has been renamed DIBSUBS.DLL. * Cannot play a sound file (from .SKD files in AutoRun) unless a program is started. You can run "notepad", using "Mode 2", and then exit it immediately to get around this. * Cannot select "Geo X" in table or printout. Workaround: Edit the .INI file and add "23," in the RowList under [Table] or ColumnListx under [Printing]. Fixed in 3.5. * "Path Not Found" at random intervals. Caused by "AutoRun" feature being enabled, while the *.SKD file refers to a program or other file which is in a non-existent directory. Fixed in 3.5. Until then, delete the offending .SKD file. * If the default "Phase III" satellite is retained, a new entry will appear in the database each time the program is restarted. Use Purge Duplicates to remove these. * After an extremely low pass (where a satellite is only visible for one calculation interval, or between two intervals, the AOS time may not be updated. Solution: In the Main Window, choose Calc:Manual, then Calc:Real Time (Shift-F6, then F6) to force a new AOS calculation. * If all maps are removed, and then a map is added, the new map will not have the correct Option settings. Choose all desired options from the menu, including Orbital Model! * If two secondary satellites from the Table window are the same, their footprints will cancel each other, and neither will be visible. * When new maps are added, while secondary satellites are displayed in one or more of the existing maps, there may be problems with the footprints in all the maps. Redraw each map (with double-click, or F5 in the map window) to clean things up. A similar problem may occur when a new column is added or deleted in the table. * The color palette (Options:Colors) may not always show colors the same way they appear in the maps. This can lead to strange effects (e.g. light green showing as orange!) This is because of the way Windows 'dithers' colors on non-high-color systems (16 and 256-colors). You may be able to identify the dithered colors - they look 'grainy' on the palette, while the solid colors look 'smooth' * If another program changes the screen palette, the map colors may be upset. Try clicking in the Main Window to restore the map colors. * The program will crash (GPF) if you try to exit while the globe is being redrawn. Just don't do it! Other problems, with fixes or workarounds (not really "bugs") * "Path Not Found" when saving sat database or settings file: UNZIP failed to create subdirectories ...\DATABASE\SAT, ...\DATABASE\QTH. UNZIP again with proper settings to preserve path names. Related symptom: no satellites except Phase III in the selection list. Search HELP for "directories". * Many "checksum errors" when program starts, after updating database, or saving settings: Check "Number Format" in International Control Panel - the "1000 separator" and "decimal separator" must be different!