Before installing or upgrading to DXKeeper 17.1.2, - if you are using Window Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 or Windows 11, update it to its latest malware definition in https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions - review the Notes below This version - when generating a DX Grid List filter for SpotCollector to "recompute", doesn't add surrounding single apostrophes if they are already present - corrects the Recompute function to not report ONN as an inconsistent choice of ARRL section in a QSO with a station in the Canadian province of Ontario (tnx to Gary AB9M) - if the "Capture always on top" option is enabled, restores it after executing a function that steals "always on top" (tnx to Brian N8WRL) - after logging a new QSO via the Main window's "Log QSOs" tab, correctly sorts the Log Page Display when the sort order is set to "descending" without causing the Log Page Display to be sorted at inappropriate times (tnx to Björn SM7IUN, Patrick ON6AT, Bernd KB7AK, Martin W4PNY, and Dave W6DE) - correctly restores the selected "QSL message" when starting with "Log debugging info" enabled (tnx to Matthias DD7NT) - when syncing with LoTW, informs the user if LoTW's Download Abuse Protector has triggered (tnx to Rick K1MU) - adds a new "Comma-delimited List" style for user-defined items (tnx to Ken KJ9B) - extends the "User Item" progress report to accept multiple tags specified in a user-defined item whose style is "Comma-delimited List" (tnx to Ken KJ9B) - in the "Advanced Sorts, Filters, and Modifiers" window's "Modify QSOs" panel, the "Item New Value" can be set to where X, Y, and Z specify user-defined items whose contents are appended with comma separators to the selected "Item Name" (tnx to Eddy ON5JK) - if a user-defined item whose ADIF box is checked specifies a caption of either POTA or POTA_REF, populates it when importing from a POTA_REF field and exports it to a POTA_REF field (tnx to Ken KJ9B) - if a double-clicked Spot Database entry specifies a POTA tag and if a user-defined item whose ADIF box is checked specifies a caption of either POTA or POTA_REF, populate that user-defined item in the Capture window with that POTA tag (tnx to Ken KJ9B) - adds a "Copy to Clipboard" button to the Print Preview window that when clicked copies the preview to the Windows Clipboard (tnx to Bob K4VBM) - extends WAS Realtime Award Tracking to include FT8 and FT4 endorsements (tnx to Chris W2PA,Bob WB2NVR, Joe WQ6Q, Mike W1MI, Todd W9YK, and Joe W4TV) - provides a Recompute button on the Configuration window's Awards tab (tnx to Joe W4TV) - on the "QSL Configuration" window's eQSL and LoTW tabs, the Account window displayed by clicking the Update button is made "always on top" to ensure visibility (tnx to Dennis WB0WAO) - in the reports generated by eQSL and LoTW "sync" functions, precedes error messages with "Error: " so they can more easily be identified (tnx to Pete N4ZR) - updates the Configuration.htm, ModifyLog.htm, Progress.htm, and QSL.htm documentation files Notes: 1. Before installing or upgrading to DXKeeper 17.1.2, terminate DXKeeper and SpotCollector, if they are running; do not run SpotCollector 9.4.2 until you have completed the process of upgrading DXKeeper to version 17.1.2. 2. Direct the Launcher to install or upgrade DXKeeper 3. Update your firewall and anti-malware applications to consider this new version of DXKeeper to be "safe" a. JOTTI virus scan: 0 of 14 scanners detected malware in this version's executableAC b. VirusTotal: 0 of 70 scanners detected malware in this version's executable c. submitted to Microsoft for analysis by Windows Defender: no malware detected in this version's executable 4. Start DXKeeper 4a. DXKeeper will report that the WAS Award progress display is obsolete, and ask if it should be updated; click the Yes button 4b. DXKeeper will report that the WAS Progress table has been re-initialized, and suggest two next steps; click the OK button 4c. If you wish to pursue WAS on FT4 and/or on FT8, check the new FT4 and/or FT8 boxes in the "WAS Bands & Modes" panel on the Configuration window's "Awards" tab 4d. At the bottom of the Configuration window's "Awards" tab, click the Recompute button; this is required whether you checked the FT4 and/or FT8 boxes in step 4c, or not 5. If this upgrade doesn't work correctly, see the "After an Upgrade" section of http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/ApplicationStoppedWorking 6. After upgrading, to revert to the previous version of DXKeeper, see http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxlabwiki/RevertApplicationVersion DXKeeper 17.1.2 is available via the DXLab Launcher and via http://www.dxlabsuite.com/download.htm 73, Dave, AA6YQ