Thanks for your help -- I went to the link and saw that I'm not alone on this. See at: https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=12099.0

A new version of the wallet is coming out this week. Maybe that will fix it.

Thanks again,

Shroud

I did as you suggested -- downloaded the latest Windows version found at the link. I think it's the version I had before, but in any case it didn't help -- no transactions show and my balance is still zero.  Also it takes an ominously long time to open. I'm using Windows Vista on a HP laptop I bought in 2008.

Thanks for the reply. I did send a small amount of btsx to the bitshares wallet as a test. Coinport accepted the transaction instantly, but the amount never showed up in the wallet. Now the wallet won't open at all -- isn't it still in beta? I think until the wallet opens regularly without having to reset the database (which it has done several times now), I'll just keep the btsx in Coinport.

I have bought some BTSX on the Coinport exchange. Where should I keep them? Can I send them to the downloadable Bitshares client-wallet that was launched this year? It provides a  public address to use, but frankly I'm not sure that Bitshares is compatible with BTSX.