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   Hello August!   
      
   On 20.03.19 at 04:01, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA> Martin Foster : August Abolins wrote:   
      
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    >> The Fido nodelist(NODELIST.074) was successfully processed but the Zone2   
    >> Pointlist(Z2PNT.*) wasn't because WinPoint couldn't find it. Does   
    >> Z2PNT.Z74 actually exist on your system and where is it? If it does   
    >> exist, have you extracted the raw pointlist(Z2PNT.074) from Z2PNT.Z74   
    >> and copied it to the WinPoint "DistribNL" directory? WinPoint's nodelist   
    >> processor *cannot process* packed nodelist/pointlist files, although it   
    >> *can process* packed nodediff/pointdiff files.   
      
    AA> I remember encountering an error the first time I tried to process the   
    AA> all-zones nodelist, so I did unpack it manually and put it in the   
    AA> DistribNL dir.   
      
    AA> SO...  I just tried that with the Z2PNT.074 file.   
      
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Beginne Diffing   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Diffing beendet   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Beginne Verarbeitung   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM 1546 EintrXge aus NODELIST.074 eingelesen   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM 4549 EintrXge aus Z2PNT.074 eingelesen   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM 0 doppelte EintrXge gelXscht   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Systemnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Sysopnamen erfolgreich gespeichert.   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Standorte erfolgreich gespeichert.   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Verbindungsinformationen erfolgreich gespeichert.   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Hauptindex erfolgreich gespeichert.   
    AA> 9:56:51 PM Fertig   
      
    AA> ...and it must have worked because I purposely changed my entry and it   
    AA> shows up with the change.   
      
    AA> Hmmmmm...so do I have to keep unarchiving and copying into DistribNL   
    AA> every time?  ..or was it just for the first-time-use?  Maybe this anomaly   
    AA> should be in the uber manual.   
      
   This is how it all works .....   
      
   When you install a new nodelist or a new pointlist for the very first     
   time, they have to be manually unpacked and copied to the "DistribNL"     
   directory. From what you've said, you've already done this and you now     
   have a compiled nodelist and a compiled pointlist.   
      
   However, when a new nodediff or new pointdiff arrives, you need to     
   copy the *packed* nodediff/pointdiff to the "DistribNL" directory.     
   There's no need to unpack them because WinPoint does it for you. If     
   you copy them whilst WinPoint is running, WinPoint will automatically     
   unpack the new nodediff/pointdiff, apply them and then re-compile your     
   nodelist/pointlist. If you copy them when WinPoint is not running,     
   they will be automatically processed the next time you start WinPoint.   
      
   Hope that clarifies things for you :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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