THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rodwelch@pacbell.net
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: February 29, 2004 10:55 PM Sunday;
Rod Welch
Wayne submitted SDS records to fix problem with updating Schedule.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Wayne Has New Computer, Needs Program to Partition the Disk
3...SDS Program Configured to Update Wayne's Installation on New Computer
4...Pending Unassigned Files in Current Schedule Directory 00
5...Current Schedule Directory 00 Has Many Pending Unassigned Files
6...SDS Program Update Files on Web for Wayne
7...Orientation on New Functionality and Improvements
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CONTACTS
0201 - Bureau of Land Management O-00000798 0405
020101 - Mr. Wayne Wetzel;
SUBJECTS
FAR Review Analysis on 020504 Wayne Wetzel for Application to BLM
Claim Review Wayne Assigned to Review Based on Experience with DNRC C
18K Documents Claim Review Wayne Assigned to Review Based on Experien
SDS Home Computer Out of Date Not Running Past 18 Months
Zipped SDS Records and Submitted for Correction to Run on New Home Co
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1307 - ..
1308 - Summary/Objective
1309 -
130901 - Follow up ref SDS 11 L46S. ref SDS 9 0000.
130902 -
130903 - Wayne has a new computer. He needs a disk partition program to get
130904 - set up for SDS development set. ref SDS 0 W65O Wayne sent his SDS
130905 - records. Found that the code update in December for archiving was not
130906 - quite correct. Made corrections and it successfully updated Wayne's
130907 - SDS records.
130909 - ..
130910 - Sent a letter linked to his record for background.
130911 -
130912 - [On 040305 followed up. ref SDS 15 0001
130913 -
130914 - [On 040316 disk partition tools submitted. ref SDS 17 0001
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130917 -
130919 - ..
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1312 - Progress
1313 -
131301 - Wayne Has New Computer, Needs Program to Partition the Disk
131302 -
131303 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Wayne saying...
131304 -
131305 - 1. Although I have been contemplating it for some time, I recently
131306 - purchased a new computer. As you recall from your Email of
131307 - Dec. 17, you indicated that I should zip up my files and put
131308 - them on your FTP site so you could see what the problem was
131309 - with the date (none of the three remedies on the initial screen
131310 - after signing on would bring up the schedule screen with the
131311 - right date).
131313 - ..
131314 - Wayne is following up the letter on 031217 with instructions on how to
131315 - ge configured for using SDS. ref SDS 11 4U6F
131317 - ..
131318 - Wayne continues...
131319 -
131320 - 2. I have zipped up the files, but apparently am no longer able to
131321 - get on to your FTP site. Also, you mentioned that you were
131322 - going to send an update of SDS, which I could use now that I
131323 - have a computer that seems to work most of the time. Let me
131324 - know what I need to do to upload the files.
131325 -
131327 - ..
131328 - Sent Wayne the following response....
131329 -
131330 - 1. Subject: SDS Setup on New Computer
131331 - Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:27:52 -0800
131332 - From: Rod Welch
131333 - To: Wayne A Wetzel
131335 - ..
131336 - 2. Wayne,
131338 - ..
131339 - 3. Just called you back on your letter below about starting to use
131340 - SDS again, now that you have a new computer that will support
131341 - SDS.
131343 - ..
131344 - 4. As mentioned in my voice mail message, zip the files in...
131345 -
131346 - sd 08 uuuuu 00 *.*
131348 - ..
131349 - 5. Actually, you may be able to zip the files in...
131350 -
131351 - sd 08 uuuuu *.*
131352 -
131353 - ...and if this is less than 5MB, which I suspect it is, you
131354 - attach the zip file to an email. After I get the problems
131355 - fixed that resulted from interrupted use for the past year, due
131356 - to the computer problem you had, I will configure an updated
131357 - SDS program set and upload to the web.
131359 - ..
131360 - 6. We can talk by phone to configure FTP ops, so you can download
131361 - the SDS program, and begin using the website normally.
131363 - ..
131364 - 7. Hopefully, your new computer is configured with drives c - i,
131365 - or at least c - h, needed for SDS. If not, I think there is a
131366 - simple partition program that will do this without having to
131367 - reinstall anything. If you feel that partitioning is a big
131368 - problem, I can make a special set of code to run on c. This
131369 - increases the support burden, but if that is necessary we can
131370 - work on it.
131372 - ..
131373 - 8. Thanks.
131375 - ..
131376 - 9. Rod
131378 - ..
131379 - 10. PS. Millie is doing great. She is on the way home from work;
131380 - we have a meeting with the doctor at 1630, but expect he is
131381 - going to give her a good report. I'll tell her you asked.
131382 -
131384 - ..
131385 - Received ref DRT 2 0001 from Wayne saying...
131386 -
131387 - 1. I have attached the CS.zip that I zipped up following the
131388 - instructions in your Dec. 17 email, which worked after I
131389 - changed 01001 to 01002. I think its about 1.6 mb, so it should
131390 - transfer OK. ref DRT 2 0001
131392 - ..
131393 - Wayne seems to have followed instructions on 031217. ref SDS 11 V38F
131395 - ..
131396 - Wayne continues...
131397 -
131398 - 2. The computer is not partitioned at present, but if you have
131399 - some utility that will partition it without reformatting the
131400 - hard drive, I have no objection to partitioning. There is
131401 - about 143 GB of free space on the drive at the moment.
131402 - ref DRT 2 W65O
131404 - ..
131405 - Need to find a disk partitioning program for Wayne. ref SDS 0 EH5M
131406 -
131407 - [On 040305 submitted information on disk partition program.
131408 - ref SDS 15 0001
131409 -
131410 - [On 040305 Gary submitted instructions on using the disk
131411 - partition program to create logical partitions. ref SDS 15 PI5F
131412 - -- 1st step is to create an "extended partition." ref SDS 15
131413 - PI6P
131415 - ..
131416 - [On 040316 tools submitted. ref SDS 17 0001
131418 - ..
131419 - [On 040411 Gary submitted additional instructions for using
131420 - Driveworks to create the extended partition, and then use XP
131421 - commands to partition the extended partition into multiple
131422 - logical drives d - i. ref SDS 18 5F94
131423 -
131425 - ..
131426 - Wayne continues...
131427 -
131428 - 3. I downloaded a 30-day evaluation copy of FTP-pro on the new
131429 - computer and configured it like the older version on the other
131430 - computer. New computer can access your site just fine with the
131431 - same settings as the old computer. Don't understand why the
131432 - old computer can't get in. I will try to send the CS.zip file
131433 - to your site from the new computer. I put it in directory 10
131434 - instead of 9, because there was already a cs.zip file in 9 and
131435 - I wasn't sure if it would be overwritten. ref DRT 2 EH6J
131437 - ..
131438 - This sounds good, that Wayne was able to get configured to upload
131439 - files.
131440 -
131441 -
131442 -
131444 - ..
131445 - SDS Program Configured to Update Wayne's Installation on New Computer
131446 -
131447 - Was able to download Wayne's zip file from 10 on the web.
131449 - ..
131450 - Unzipped into d:
131451 -
131452 - C>zu -d cs d:\ *.*
131454 - ..
131455 - Initially, this ran successfully, which aligns with experience on
131456 - 031217. ref SDS 11 KW71
131458 - ..
131459 - Subsequent testing, however, yielded failure.
131461 - ..
131462 - Review found that failure occurred because the code, which was added
131463 - on 031217 to 04702 for the SDS program launch operation, ref SDS 12
131464 - 7X6M, did not accomodate a rare condition when the last line in the
131465 - file is the next day's date, which happens to be the case today on
131466 - 040229. That condition does not accomodate processing, because
131467 - everything gets mixed when there is only a single date in the entire
131468 - Schedule. Moreover, it would not be of much use. The prior code ran
131469 - up until today, because we were in the middle of a month, and so there
131470 - were more lines below the target line.
131472 - ..
131473 - Added code to extend the Schedule another 3 months when it is extended
131474 - at all.
131475 -
131476 - [On 040422 system to automatically extend the Schedule ran
131477 - correctly to configure SDS for Wayne after 2 years not using SDS.
131478 - ref SDS 19 XT5T
131480 - ..
131481 - Put updated SDS code on the web for Wayne.
131483 - ..
131484 - Wayne needs to partition the disk, per his letter. ref SDS 0 W65O
131485 -
131486 - Will send a copy to Gary and ask if he knows of a program that can
131487 - partition the disk.
131489 - ..
131490 - Assume Wayne has XP.
131492 - ..
131493 - Should be able to use Google to search for...
131494 -
131495 - disk partition Windows XP
131496 -
131497 - [On 040316 tools submitted to Wayne. ref SDS 17 0001
131499 - ..
131500 - Since the problem is entirely code related, do not need to send
131501 - Wayne's SDS records back. He should be able to update his records
131502 - with the updated code, just as I did.
131503 -
131504 - This will be an experiment to test the efficacy of the upgraded
131505 - system working on XP.
131506 -
131507 -
131509 - ..
131510 - Pending Unassigned Files in Current Schedule Directory 00
131511 - Current Schedule Directory 00 Has Many Pending Unassigned Files
131512 -
131513 - There are a lot of unused current SDS record files in Wayne's current
131514 - Schedule directory.
131515 -
131516 - d: sd 08 01002 00
131518 - ..
131519 - Once Wayne's SDS program is up and running, he needs to perform
131520 - maintenance (in the Schedule open the menu Shift F10 and press
131521 - Enter on the first choice "File." Select "Maintenance" about half
131522 - way down the list in the File menu.
131523 -
131524 - [On 040305 followed up. ref SDS 15 0001
131526 - ..
131527 - [On 040307 upgraded SDS to automatically maintain the Schedule
131528 - directory, so hopefully Wayne does not need to perform this
131529 - task, but may want to check a few things. ref SDS 16 0001
131531 - ..
131532 - This creates a list of pending SDS records in the Current Schedule
131533 - directory, "00," which are not listed in the Schedule. At this
131534 - time there is nothing listed in Wayne's Schedule using the updated
131535 - files he sent yesterday, per above. ref SDS 0 165L
131537 - ..
131538 - During orientation, discussed below, we can review this matter.
131539 - ref SDS 0 A15O
131540 -
131541 -
131542 -
131544 - ..
131545 - SDS Program Update Files on Web for Wayne
131546 -
131547 - Based on review and corrections, per above, ref SDS 0 GB8F, zipped
131548 - following...
131549 -
131550 - c: 01 02
131551 - c: 01 04
131552 - c: sd 01
131553 - c: sd 03
131554 - h: sd 04
131555 - h: sd 05
131556 - h: sd 06 00101
131558 - ..
131559 - [On 040422 Wayne configured computer for SDS; assembled
131560 - program code and transferred to web for Wayne to download
131561 - and install. ref SDS 19 FG5I
131563 - ..
131564 - Will not zip contacts, because Wayne may have set up some that I
131565 - should not overwrite. If not, he can let me know and I will zip the
131566 - contacts.
131567 -
131568 - We may have a new format and functions for contacts, since
131569 - Wayne last used SDS.
131571 - ..
131572 - Note -- these files were removed to use the directory on the
131573 - web for other tasks, but can be quickly restored, when Wayne is
131574 - ready to install SDS.
131575 -
131577 - ..
131578 - Orientation on New Functionality and Improvements
131579 -
131580 - There have been a lot of improvements made the past 18 months, listed
131581 - in the record on 000824. ref SDS 3 AX8J
131582 -
131583 - For the most part the program is largely the same for user
131584 - Interface, things just work better and more reliably. There have
131585 - been some changes that consolidate and integrate some editing
131586 - function keys for faster operations with multi-tasking. Wayne
131587 - mentioned this was a problem on 011126. ref SDS 5 XO57
131589 - ..
131590 - Once Wayne gets the disk partitioned, and launches SDS, he can call
131591 - for an orientation on program use, including links, which Wayne
131592 - mentioned on 011126. ref SDS 5 RO5L
131593 -
131594 - [On 040305 followed up. ref SDS 15 0001
131595 -
131596 - [On 040316 tools submitted to Wayne. ref SDS 17 0001
131598 - ..
131599 - [On 040422 SDS installed, did some orientation on new features
131600 - and review of editing functions. ref SDS 19 6T7F
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