[ct-user] Bug in C2A.EXE?

[Rob Kennedy]

Hello all,

Below is an interesting message posted on the Logger reflector.  Apparently,
the contest program CT does not create a proper ADIF file for importing the
CT contest log into other logging programs like Logger.  All QSO's where a
Canadian Province is logged are not properly exported by CT into an ADIF
file.  The Canadian Provinces are put in the "State field" of the ADIF file,
not the "Canadian Province" field of the ADIF File.  To my knowledge, Canada
is not (yet) part of the US - Hi

If CT does produce a proper ADIF file, please let me know.

So if you use CT during contests and try to import your QSO's  from CT into
other logging programs like Logger using ADIF you may run into problems.

There may be a workaround.  There is a program called LOGCONV by KA5WSS that
will convert a CT version 7, 8 or 9 .BIN file into ADIF  (or many other file
formats like .CAB).   The URL is http://www.qsl.net/ka5wss/logconv/

I have not had a chance to try LOGCONV to convert a CT .BIN file generated
by my old CT 8.52 program into ADIF.  But I have used LOGCONV for other
applications.  It works well.

For those who are having troubles importing the ADIF file generated by CT
(using C2A.EXE) into another logging program, you may want to give LOGCONV a
try.  It may work.

Are there any plans to fix the bug C2A.EXE?

73's

Rob

>From: "Jim Kehler" <kh2d@kuentos.guam.net>
>To: logger@eGroups.com
>Subject: [Logger] Re: ADIF and VE Provinces
>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 08:53:27 -0800
>
>
>The problem converting CT files to ADIF and importing them into
>Logger is caused by the C2A.EXE program. It incorrectly puts
>STATE:<Canadian Provence> into any ADIF record that it makes
>for a contact with Canada. AD1C wrote the program, and he's not
>interested in fixing it.
>
>Canadian Provinces are NOT states. In other words, you can't
>put PQ or NB or FOOBAR in for a state. You can only put a
>valid 2 letter state code in an ADIF record following the
>STATE: identifier.
>
>Logger doesn't have a CANADIAN PROVINCE field. So even
>if the C2A.EXE made a correct ADIF record (which it does
>not) Logger would not import CANADIAN PROVINCES....
>
>Logger's ADIF import routine works fine.
>
>To work around the C2A.EXE problem, edit the BAD.ADI file, and
>using a global search/replace funtion of the editor, replace all
>the STATE: with BALONEY: - Then save the file to another file
>name, like TEMP.ADI and it will import correctly into Logger.
>
>73, Jim KH2D
>


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