Updating Tower Visit Logger

Preliminaries

Please check the current version of the Tower Logger Program. This may be done on the program information screen from the Menu Option: Help / About TwrVisit... and note the Version number.

Options

Please choose one of the "ACTION" options below from the columns. Follow the instructions in the box according to the "CURRENTLY USING:" Program Version type.

  ACTION:
Moving to a different computer.		 ACTION:
Updating the Tower List Database		 ACTION:Updating the Tower Visit Logger Software
CURRENTLY USING:
Program Version 1.x
All versions from 1.0 to 1.05

On the existing computer, Install the Upgrade Helper available below, read the inbuilt help to guide you through the process.

Install the latest version Tower Visit Logger on the receiving computer, use the Manage Users screen to Import and Add the user(s) Logfile.

Further database updates for the Version 1 software will not be provided, please upgrade your software to Version 2 as described in the next column. This new version is more robust than the one you are using.

Please install the Tower Visit Logger Version 2, this will install the new version which you won't be able to use until you have run the Upgrade Helper which is automatically installed and does not need to be separately downloaded.

Please read about the process, by clicking the Upgrade Helper's Help button.

Start the Upgrade Helper, and use the Upgrade on this Computer button. Once this is completed and all the User(s) Logfiles have been checked with the New Version, the Old Version may be uninstalled.
CURRENTLY USING:
Program Version 2.00

On the existing computer, use the Menu Option: Actions / Manage Users... to export the Logfile to an exchangeable medium such as Floppy, CD or Memory Stick

Install the Tower Visit Logger on the receiving computer, use the Manage Users screen to Import and Add the user(s) Logfile.

Use the Menu Option: Actions / Check for Database Update to access the page where updates are provided for this software.

Please upgrade to the latest Version.

A bug in V2.00 which affects users with more than one log file corrupts the data if a second log is opened without closing the first.
CURRENTLY USING:
Program Version 2.01 or 2.02

It is not essential but you may like to upgrade to the latest version as V2.03 and 2.04 contain a few minor improvements. Placing the mouse over dedication name box now shows the full text if some was obscured.
CURRENTLY USING:
Program Version 2.03

No action is necessary.
The V2.04 only provides enhancement for computer crash recovery in the situation where the crashed machine was still running Version 1.00 - 1.05 it won't benefit a user running V2.03.
CURRENTLY USING:
Program Version 2.04

THIS IS THE LATEST VERSION
No action is necessary.

Downloads

Tower Visit Logger
TowerVisitor.exe
File Size 381Kb		 Click the link on the left to download Version 2.04 of this program
Upgrade Helper
ConvertTVL.exe
File Size 119Kb		 This is only needed if you are moving to a new machine and the OLD one is running Version 1.x Tower Logger software. Install this on the OLD computer ONLY.
Click the link on the left to download the Upgrade Helper.

Tower Visit Logger Homepage