Randy you're not alone, I do second you again. 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar
Randy Farmer wrote: > I had mentioned in my post yesterday that somehow the Report Listing > file had mysteriously converted the Minami Torishima prefix from > JD1/M to JD1/W. I did a little detective work today and found out > what happened. When I edit the csv Listing file in Wordpad to change > the asterisk to something that Excel finds more digestible, I also > routinely convert all the "M" flags (and the "L" flags in Version 7) > to "W", since my Excel application really only cares about whether > something is Worked (W), Confirmed (C) or Credited (X). I've been > doing this for the three years or so since I started using Excel to > track my DXCC stats and set up submissions. It works fine. > > It turns out that even when you tick the "Match whole word only" box > in the Search and Replace function in Wordpad, it goes ahead and > changes every occurrence of "/M" to "/W" (thanks, Bill). So not only > was JD1/M getting changed to JD1/W, HK0/M turned into HK0/W, etc. > This never caused me any problem with the Version 7 report files, > because I just dumped the csv file into Excel, selected the 160 > through 6 data cells and pasted the cell contents into my main > spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is set up just like the Version 6 > listing file, with the active prefixes sorted alphabetically at the > top of the list followed by the deleted prefixes sorted > alphabetically at the bottom of the list. > > But... the Version 8 Listing format has changed, and now the prefixes > are listed in straight alphabetical order, with the deleted prefixes > interleaved with the active prefixes. This means to get the data in > the order I need for my spreadsheet I have to do a sort by first the > "D" field and then the Prefix field. When I do this sort, the > erroneous JD1/W now gets put behind Ogasawara, JD1/O and the > Ogasawara and Minami Torishima data lines are now reversed. > > All of this is a long way of explaining why I'm making a request to > revise Version 8 in two ways: > > 1. Use some character other than * to flag entries ineligible for > DXCC submission in the Report module. > > 2. PLEASE restore the Prefix order in the Report Listing format to > that used in Version 7, with the active prefix list followed by the > deleted prefix list. > > Since there will undoubtedly be some fine tuning happening after the > initial release of V8.01 this would be a good time to make these > changes. The asterisk issue is really pretty minor, but fixing it > would make life easier for those of us who import the report file > into Excel for whatever reason without forcing an intermediate editor > session to replace the character. > > The change in the Listing prefix order is really a giant step > backwards in user friendliness. There's really no point in cluttering > the report with dozens of dead prefixes that most users never have, > and certainly never will, encounter in their logs. Put the deleted > prefixes at the end of the listing where they won't bother those who > don't need them. > > It may sound like I'm incessantly whining about small things, and > perhaps I am. But I still really like the new version. I'm looking > forward to getting my license key so I can start using it in earnest. > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > __________ Informação do ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versão da vacina 4311 > (20090806) __________ > > A mensagem foi verificada pelo ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
