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My flights are not getting charted in my logbook anymore and I wanted to have a look at the file to see if it's possbly corrupted.  Does anyone know the filename for the logbook?

[quote]My flights are not getting charted in my logbook anymore and I wanted to have a look at the file to see if it's possbly corrupted.

My flights are not getting charted in my logbook anymore and I wanted to have a look at the file to see if it's possbly corrupted.  Does anyone know the filename for the logbook?

The FSX logbook.bin is easily corrupted. This has been an issue since day 1 of FSX.
There are a couple of logbook editors and at least one utility that MAY recover a
corrupt logbook. Prior to those being available I used to recover mine using a
hex editor but the procedure is too complicated to attempt to pass on.

Use Google or go to the libraries here or Avsim and search for logbook recovery and
logbook editor utilities,

The editor I use is called "logbookedit" created by Lamont Clark, "lc0277".

NEVER try to edit your logbook from within FSX UNLESS the ONLY thing you are
going to do is DELETE the very LAST entry.

Any attempt to edit any entry OTHER than the last one is almost guaranteed to
corrupt the logbook. Someone at ACES was absent the day they taught hexidecimal math....


Oh, and the format of the logbook.bin is a text file but every other byte is a "00" hex so you
can't open/edit it with a normal text editor. For the life of me I can't imagine why they went
to that format for the logbook.

   Paul

Right on Gypsy! Why they made a log that can't be edited like the one in FS9 pisses me off. I ain't got a monster machine ( my pc is a little better than the bare mins needed to run FSX ), but with all the twecks & tips I've picked up from this great FS site, I've pretty much got my sim running pretty good. The only thing that's got me still getting ready to go to an anger managment program is this retarded log book. If you don't save every time you land during a flight ( to refuel, grab a sandwich, down a brewsky, etc. ), than it logs the time double, and a 4 hour flight turns into eight. Also if you land at an airstrip and theres another one real close by, It will either record the wrong air field, or put's ya down for 2 landings. But the one I love the most is when the Log decides to lock-up, and you have to ctrl-alt-del

The built in logbooks have always been rubbush. It didn't take me long to figure that out many, many years ago and I haven't used it since. I used to use a word processor with a spreadsheet program, but can't use it anymore. So for FSX, i've been logging my flight time in good old notepad...

Paul,

I downloaded Lamont Clark's logbook editor and I have a few questions.  As you know there are no directions with this and since this is a free program who can complain!  I assume that I put all files as they are when unzipped into a folder.  Why is there a logbook editor jar file and application file, when opened they both look the same.  To use the either I assume I just open the application and then use File-Open, find my FSX logbook and open the logbook and then edit as I please and close.  I am am not at my FSX computer so I won't be able to try this until tonight.  My other questions is how do I import my FS9 logbook, there is absolutely no instructions that I can see on how to do this.  Any assistance will be most apprecitated.

Best regards,

Rod

Paul,

I downloaded Lamont Clark's logbook editor and I have a few questions.  As you know there are no directions with this and since this is a free program who can complain!  I assume that I put all files as they are when unzipped into a folder.  Why is there a logbook editor jar file and application file, when opened they both look the same.  To use the either I assume I just open the application and then use File-Open, find my FSX logbook and open the logbook and then edit as I please and close.  I am am not at my FSX computer so I won't be able to try this until tonight.  My other questions is how do I import my FS9 logbook, there is absolutely no instructions that I can see on how to do this.  Any assistance will be most apprecitated.

Best regards,

Rod

Keep in mind you need Java installed.

I don't remember how I started the editor when I first installed it.. I think I just double clicked the "jar" file.

Somewwhere along the line in updating either the logbookedit application ot Java, the double-click
stopped working.

I now have a simple batch file (.bat) that does the trick.

It should work in any case as long as you specify the correct path to your logbookedit location.

Here it is...just pastse this into a text editor and save as "logbook editor.bat"

java -jar "K:\FSX Tools\Logbook Editor\logbookedit.jar"

The path should be in quotes as shown above.
doubleclicking the batch file should open logbookedit which will open the
FSX logbook. I suspect it gets the location from the registry as I don't remember
"telling it" where it is.

As far as importing the FS9 logbook, I haven't a clue as I didn't bother to attempt this.
Looking at the menu there is a "Import FS9" function under the "Edit" heading.

   Paul