That's about 195 more than I had... I see your problem ;-)

For now... just convert your existing file and take care of the 
extracting names and frequencies when Paul has had a chance to refine 
the extraction process.

...Mel, VE2DC

Tonno Vahk wrote:
> I have ca 200 groups:) for every contest.
> 
> Looks like we have to wait indeed:)
> 
> tonno
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mel [mailto:ve...@videotron.ca] 
> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:31 AM
> To: Tonno Vahk
> Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Ver 8.01 issues
> 
> Can you re-assign the groups? I was able to do that because I only a few 
> groups that I could re-select and set by date. Perhaps your situation is 
> more complex.
> 
> I also ran into Cesar'a issue of Invalid QSOs not being flagged after 
> conversion... might another small thing Paul overlooked. Again, in my 
> case, I just listed them in V7 and set them manually. Just a few dozen.
> 
> The smart thing to do is wait about a month to upgrade... but who wants 
> to wait ;-)
> 
> Tonno Vahk wrote:
>> Mel, that is what I am saying - in that case it does not double but I
> cannot
>> use it because importing into new empty log file does not bring the Groups
>> along. All the Groups are missing and I don't know how to get them to come
>> along from the old file. They are the same kind of "hidden" info like
> Notes
>> for This Call. You have both or you have neither it seems...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Mel
>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 11:19 PM
>> Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Ver 8.01 issues
>>
>> When you re-import you log into an empty file from a DXQ/DXN set... it
>> should not double up...
>>
>> I tried Guy's solution also. I had been using | as a separator... but I
>> also had many records with 3 fields... result was a 6 solid hours of
>> "fixup"... not something I ever want to do again!
>>
>>
>> Tonno Vahk wrote:
>>> It does not work this way Guy!
>>>
>>> I am also in trouble with the delimiter as I have used space between name
>>> and QTH.
>>>
>>> I have been trying to find way to export the log to change the delimiter
>> but
>>> it is impossible with DXQ-QXN export-import because the Notes for This
>> Call
>>> gets doubled! Meaning the old values are not replaced whatever you do but
>>> anything you import on top of them are added with "/".
>>>
>>> Even if you export your log, delete ALL QSOs after that and import all
> the
>>> QSOs back then your Notes for This Call get multiplied by two with "/" in
>>> between. Crazy.
>>>
>>> And it is not possible to open a new log file (thus getting rid of the
> old
>>> Notes... data) and import all QSOs there because then you also lose all
>> the
>>> Groups list.
>>>
>>> Thus as far as I have no idea how do change delimiter automatically in
>> ADIF
>>> file with my domestic tools like excel etc I don't see any way to
>> accomplish
>>> this task without the program being modified to let the user choose the
>>> delimiter, better yet logic similar to Excel Text to Columns.
>>>
>>> What I really need is to be able to split at the first space. As there
> are
>>> often spaces in QTH description (like near Rome or alike).
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Tonno
>>> ES5TV
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]
>>> On Behalf Of ON4AOI
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:27 PM
>>> To: 'Mel'
>>> Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Ver 8.01 issues
>>>
>>> Thats normally fixed in a few minutes
>>> In version 7
>>> Export your log >>> DX4WIN6
>>> THE *.DXN file contains the name and qth, change the delimiter with
>> textpad
>>> or similar to IN
>>> Save and import
>>>
>>> Guy ON4AOI
>>>
>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>> Van: Mel [mailto:ve...@videotron.ca]
>>>> Verzonden: dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 17:18
>>>> Aan: ON4AOI
>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Ver 8.01 issues
>>>>
>>>> very nice... but I have 25,000 QSOs not formatted that way Guy ;-)
>>>>
>>>> ON4AOI wrote:
>>>>> Mel and others
>>>>>
>>>>> The delimiter in or IN works perfect
>>>>>
>>>>> So MEL IN STE-MARTINE works 100 %
>>>>>
>>>>> And will populate Name = MEL and QTH= STE-MARTINE
>>>>>
>>>>> When you do multiple QSO´s operations - Set Name and Qth
>>>>>
>>>>> Guy ON4AOI
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>>>> Van: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-
>>>>>> boun...@mailman.qth.net] Namens Mel
>>>>>> Verzonden: dinsdag 4 augustus 2009 17:07
>>>>>> Aan: David, K2DBK
>>>>>> CC: DX4WIN
>>>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Ver 8.01 issues
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would suggest that you not use DX4Win to populate the name and QTH
>>>>>> fields then. If Paul doesn't allow a specified delimiter ("," or "|"
>>>> or
>>>>>> "in") then either Jim will modify one of his programs or I will
>>>> write a
>>>>>> new one. I already have a program than could do this (To recognize a
>>>>>> ","
>>>>>> as well as "|" is a one line change) but it works with ADIF which
>>>>>> doesn't preserve LotW status for example. I used it to transfer
>>>> DX4Win
>>>>>> data to another logger I was testing (D4W was better). Jim's
>>>> programs
>>>>>> work with DXQ which is preferable... so I'm hoping that he might
>>>> hack
>>>>>> one of his programs if we ask him really nicely ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mel...VE2DC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David, K2DBK wrote:
>>>>>>> I'd been using ","  (such as   "David, River Vale") but I can live
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> it. I suppose the optimal solution would be to have the user
>>>> specify
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> delimiter, but if I really feel the need I can export my log,
>>>> massage
>>>>>>> the data, and re-import it. I'm just happy to have the new version
>>>>>> out,
>>>>>>> and am anxiously awaiting my version 8 key. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mel wrote:
>>>>>>>> Perhaps he could also delimit on "|"... I don't believe I am the
>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>> one using this convention.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> re MFSK ... conversion to MFSK16 should be OK as I don't think
>>>> MFSK8
>>>>>>>> is used a lot.... not really an issue here as I can change the few
>>>>>>>> QSOS involved manually in less time than it took me to complain
>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> it ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I exported in DX4Win ver 6.03 format. I'll send you the file if
>>>> you
>>>>>>>> like Jim.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe you could make your program QSX & Name fix... I already
>>>> wrote
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> program to do this and it works fine... but it works on the ADIF
>>>>>> file.
>>>>>>>> If I export/import ADIF I will lose information.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will send file direct.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regarding name, etc.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you read the on-line help, you'll see that DX4WIN looks for:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   <name> in <QTH>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> MFSK is not a real mode.  Neither is PSK.  PSK was removed from
>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> release, QSOs should automatically convert to PSK31.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For QSOs where the Frequency string was "Frequency=N,NNNKHz) the
>>>>>>>>>> "Frequency=" was left in the notes field instead of being
>>>>>> supressed.
>>>>>>>>> Since that's from an import, Paul can (hopefully) fix this.  I
>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> modify my "qsxfix" program to deal with this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm curious about the Satellite QSOs.  What export/import format
>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>> you use?  Would you be willing to send me the file you tried to
>>>>>> import
>>>>>>>>> (please ZIP it first)?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Mel<ve...@videotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I exported my ver & data and imported it into ver 8 to verify
>>>> the
>>>>>> data
>>>>>>>>>> converts properly.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Issues...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I had a few rejects where the mode was MFSK... should probably
>>>>>> convert
>>>>>>>>>> to MFSK16.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I had over 100 cryptic errors {Satel Mode=X}... These were not
>>>>>>>>>> satellite
>>>>>>>>>> QSOs and were various modes and bands.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When extracting Frequency...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For QSOs where the Frequency string was "Frequency=N,NNNKHz) the
>>>>>>>>>> "Frequency=" was left in the notes field instead of being
>>>>>> supressed.
>>>>>>>>>> When Extracting Name QTH
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I store my data in the Format"Name| QTH| Notes"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I would have thought this would have been easy to extract... but
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> entire string ends up in NAME... what delimiter is being used?
>>>>>>>>>> Shouldn't
>>>>>>>>>> the line break be a valid delimiter?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mel, VE2DC
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