[WriteLog] RDXC Country Multiplier - Perplexing but fixed here

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

That did it!  Wish I had known 36 hours ago!  Thanks Bud.

 

R

 

From: Bud Trench [mailto:aa3b.bud at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:07 PM
To: k5zd at charter.net
Cc: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] RDXC Country Multiplier - Perplexing but fixed here

 

Upon further experimentation, I have isolated the fix that makes the country
multiplier highlights work correctly.  It is subtle, but repeatable for me.
Here is the procedure:

 

Go to the Contest Tab.

 

Select the "Exchange Format Setup."

 

You will get a prompt that says "You may either define the exchange from
scratch, or you may simply add more fields to the end of the exchange as it
is defined now.  Do you want to initialize ALL fields in the exchange?"
Select No.

 

You will get a pop-up entitled "Edit QSO Exchange Fields."  Select the "C"
under in the "Exchange Fields:" box.  Check the "Prompt.  Include in the QSO
entry prompt" box.  Push Save, then OK. 

 

You should see a "C" appear in the QSO entry box.  The country multiplier
function should now be ok.

 

73 Bud AA3B

 

From: Bud Trench [mailto:aa3b.bud at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 5:13 PM
To: k5zd at charter.net
Cc: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RDXC Country Multiplier - Perplexing but fixed here

 

Yes, I see country multipliers appropriately highlighted in the spot window
and bandmaps.

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd at charter.net>
wrote:

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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