--- Alan Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to be able to update the Country > prefix files WITHOUT wiping out the QSL MGR data I manually entered, > but when you update a Country file it downloads the DX4WIN QSL MGR > data base over what you have manually entered yourself over the years.
My instructions cover how to extract your "old" managers and populate them into the new country file: http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/#QSL 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 15 19:22:49 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Zack) Date: Wed Jun 15 19:23:21 2005 Subject: [Dx4win] QSL Managers In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, Jim, that is EXACTLY what I wanted to do. Thanks so much for the procedure. While following your instructions it became apparent that the ability to perform the task I asked about was in the program's capabilities all the time. I just didn't have the insight to figure it out on my own. DX4WIN is indeed a powerful program and I am constantly learning something new all the time. I do apologize that I need some hand-holding from time to time to figure out just how to do something that I can't figure out on my own and can't seem to be able to find the information in the manual, such as clicking on the AUTOMATIC UPDATE option in the F3 window when updating. Thanks again for all the help and support. I am amazed that not only were you able to answer my problem but also revised your DX4WIN web pages to show others how to do this. For those not following the question it went like this. I will use 5H9KR as an example: You log a new DX Contact, such as 5H9KR. While logging this contact DX4WIN shows VU2RKS in the QSL MGR slot. However, my F3 window (QSL data from QRZ.COM and GOLIST) shows KF9TC as the QSL Mgr. So I replace VU2RKS with KF9TC in the logging window and using CTL-E add KF9TC's address to enable printing an address label. But the next time you would update the COUNTRY file all the info concerning KF9TC would be written over and the incorrect VU2RKS would again appear as QSL MGR so when you went to do a follow up on how long you have been waiting for the card it would show you sent it to VU2RKS and not KF9TC as you did. This happened to me on over a 100 entries when I went to 7.0. Luckily ver 6.04 still had all the correct info so I was able to retrieve the QSL MGR data and addresses from 6.04 and merge them with 7.0. This interchanging of QSL Mgr info has been going on forever but I did not realize it until doing some follow-ups on cards I have been waiting to receive back for quite awhile. Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > --- Alan Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I want to be able to update the Country >>prefix files WITHOUT wiping out the QSL MGR data I manually entered, >>but when you update a Country file it downloads the DX4WIN QSL MGR >>data base over what you have manually entered yourself over the years. > > > My instructions cover how to extract your "old" managers and populate them > into > the new country file: > > http://www.ad1c.us/dx4win/#QSL > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 > USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ Alan Zack Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired Aviation Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired U.S. Coast Guard, Always Ready, Always There Every hour, Every day, Around the Clock and Around the World SEMPER PARATUS http://www.gocoastguard.com DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
