D008.dat update

[Runway 31]

Hi Chris,

I was just going to post asking for help.  I am having difficulty with Bermuda and some displaying the UK flag so will use your one.  Many thanks for this.

Alan

[tarbat]

Okay.  I've put into a new post so everyone can find this:
http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=8078.msg103239

Airnav Dev, please include in the latest BETA.

Fortunately I've got a spreadsheet I developed years ago that does all the hard work!

[superspotter]

Greetings from Bratislava (rather than Lagos :))
El Thicko here! OK I have downloaded the new flags from Rods site and extracted all files to C:\Airnav403\data\flags but, when I look in my file directory, I have a further flag folder as a sub file, in the flags folder? I don't appear to be receiving flags in Airnav but as the returns here in Bratislava are rather thin on the ground, Im not really sure if I have done it correctly?

regards clive.

[Runway 31]

Hi Clive,

A wee change!

Just move them out of DATA/FLAGS/FLAGS into DATA/FLAGS and all should be OK letting it overwrite any ones that it wants to.

Alan

[superspotter]

Err.....
I have just deleted all files in the flags folder so if I start again and extract from rods site, am I to extract all four files there to the flags folder? or just the D008 file?

[Runway 31]

Clive,

Click on Download flags zip, a window will open, choose Save as, save it to somewhere like my downloads or anywhere you can rememeber.  It will only take a few seconds.  Once downloaded at the bottom of the screen you will hopefully see open folder and you should see a folder D008 flags zip, click on it and you will see 4 files.

Click on the one named flags and it will open up.  3rd line from the top you will see Extract all, click on it and another window will open, Select a Destination and Extract Files.  Use the browse button to find your flag folder and from what you have stated it should be C:\Airnav403\data\flags and hey should extract.

Let me know when that is done.

Alan

[superspotter]

Thanks Alan, I have done exactly what you said but, I am getting the Flags folder with four files in it then a sub folder with the actual individual flags shown, will that work?

[Runway 31]

No Clive, wish you were just round the corner.  The extracted flags must be in the Data/Flag folder and the DAT.008 file in the data folder.  You must have saved to the flags folder.

Open up the folder with the flags in it until you can see the flags.  Also open up data/flags and place the 2 folders side by side so that you can see them both. Go back to the flags, select Edit/Select All and then drag the flags into the data/flags folder

Alan

[superspotter]

So do I!
My problem seems to be, I did what you said and opened the flags folder but the only option I can see is to "extract all files" and when I do this, all 4 files go into data/flags with the actual flags being in data/flags/flags. I tried twice with the same result. I must be missing something. I will now try what you have just suggested, regards clive.

[superspotter]

OK, well that worked, dragging and dropping from file to file but, do I now need to think about the DAT.008 file?
Sorry to be a pain in the bum!

[Runway 31]

Thats no problem Clive, do the same with the DAT008 File, drag it into the DATA replacing the one that is already there

Alan

[superspotter]

OK thanks Alan, I have done that and I noticed the DAT.008 file that it replaced was from 2009? I have updated the flags an logos before but I don't ever remember having this hassle but maybe I was not doing it right anyway if the old DAT.008 file was from 2009?
regards clive.

[Runway 31]

Possibly not but you have got there in the end.

Cheers

Alan

[superspotter]

Well thanks once again Alan. It isn't possible really to check that its working here as the returns are pretty much non existant with the position of the room I have so I will give it a run on Saturday when I am back home. Lagos for two weeks from next Wednesday so hopefully, some more hexcodes to report rather than giving you hassle :)

regards clive.

[Runway 31]

No worries, Clive, glad to help.

Alan