[WriteLog] RDXC Country Multiplier - Perplexing but fixed here

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I always start with a new log.  So that is not it.

The oblast multipliers are flagged in the spot window.  Country multipliers
are not.  Are you saying that you could see the country mults in the spot
window?

Randy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bud
> Trench
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 7:47 PM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] RDXC Country Multiplier - Perplexing but fixed here
> 
> I've been perplexed by the discussion of this issue.  Several users
> report that the country multipliers are not flagged in the packet spot
> window or bandmaps.  I had the problem and noted in my posting to the
> reflector on 3/16/12.
> 
> The perplexing part is that other users report that multipliers are
> correctly highlighted. I may have broken the code.
> 
> Normally when I setup for a contest, I select the "Browse for existing
> log."
> at Writelog startup, open the .wl file from the previous year, save it
> with a new name and clear out the content.  I probably have been using
> the same RDXC template since 2003 as a result of this procedure.
> 
> This year, I started from scratch, i.e., I went to the "Start a new log."
> at Writelog startup and selected "Russian DX Contest" from the "Writelog
> Contest Selection" pop-up. I noted that the template now includes a
> Country field in the QSO exchange box which I don't recall seeing in the
> past.
> Everything worked as it should, i.e., country and oblast multipliers were
> flagged in the "Packet Spots" window and on the band maps.
> 
> My guess is that something changed in the RDXC template since 2003 and my
> process of starting with the previous years' template prevented
> introduction of this change.
> 
> Anyway, it worked great for me this year.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bud AA3B
> 
> 
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