All Waypoints and Tracks Gone in Open CPN.

[nohal]

No reason it should not work. Remember it needs Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed.
It would really be easier if you share the logfile somewhere - Not even I have seen the extractor in the past 3 years and it really was just a tool hacked together in a couple of minutes which never worked very well...

Pavel

[Sandpiper1972]

Thanks Pavel. Been trying to upload the logfile but it is log.log, and invalid. the Navobj is xml.1 suffix which is also invalid. I'm a dinosaur, and so sorry not to know how to get these uploaded.
Will try dropbox...

[Sandpiper1972]

an you see this dropbox link?
Navobj:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/id7n20dwuq...obj.xml.5?dl=0
Log File:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0eye7yzn5...n.log.log?dl=0
Thanks,
Rupert

[nohal]

Rupert...
Yep, got both the files, but won't get to looking closely at them until tomorrow or maybe Tuesday...

Pavel

[nohal]

Rupert...
The log contains just entries between June 20th and July 2nd. Exactly the same (and much more) is recorded in the navobj.xml.5 you posted, so no new data...

If someone is interested in how the logbook entries were extracted from OpenCPN's log and converted into a GPX track, here is the script I wrote for it:

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <logfile>"
  exit 1
fi
echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>'
echo '<gpx version="1.1" creator="OpenCPN" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:gpxx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd" xmlns:opencpn="http://www.opencpn.org">'
echo '<trk>'
echo '<extensions>'
echo "<opencpn:guid>`uuid`</opencpn:guid>"
echo '<opencpn:viz>1</opencpn:viz>'
echo '</extensions>'
echo '<trkseg>'
grep LOGBOOK $1 | tr -s ' ' | awk '{gsub(/\r/,"",$11); print "<trkpt lat=\""$9"\" lon=\""$11"\"><time>"$4"T"$5"Z</time></trkpt>";}'
echo '</trkseg>'
echo '</trk>'
echo '</gpx>'

[mestrezat]

I just booted up OpenCPN and got the message that all my track were being sent to a file again. No "would you like", just gone. Is there anyway to say "NO! Leave them alone"? I'd like them right in front of me when I start the program.

[nohal]

mestrezat...
Are you sure that the dialog you've been presented was not talking about the logfile? That is normal and has nothing to do with tracks. I'm really not aware of anything that would "send tracks to a file again" automatically, whatever it means.

Pavel

[philmarks]

Hi.

Thanks for all your time responding to previous posts. My problem:

Wiin 8.1, up to date. Anyway, I have the old data in navobj.xml.X (6.9 Mb). I rename it to navobj.xml.1 and then restart, but opencpn creates a new nevobj.xml.1 at 1kb. So:
1. How can I restore the old data?
2. Can I merge my current data file from the last couple of legs into the restored datafile?

BTW have taken advice now about regular exports.

Thanks
Phil

[nohal]

Phil...
navobj.xml.1 is also a backup (newest one), you have to rename the file to navobj.xml (without any number appended)

Pavel

[philmarks]

Thanks Pavel. I am such a dork! I got the latest stuff in through gpx import as well.

Best regards and thanks for all your hard work.

Phil