Sorry, no release tonight. There is one simplifying change I want to make (all the band/frequency stuff is too confusing).
If you want to see the landscape format (3 rows, for columns), take a look at: http://dx4win.ad1c.us/vucc/ Most all of the United States fits on one 11x8.5" page! 73 - Jim AD1C On 6/19/2010 5:55 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > Hi Folks, > > After playing with Excel for a couple hours this morning, I could not > get exactly what I wanted. > > I'm going to keep the program the same as before (HTML output), but > I've made two changes: > > 1. The program will print the 2-letter field abbreviation in the > background of each 10x10 grid. > > 2. Three formats of output: Portrait 4R/3C (default), Landscape > 3R/4C, 11x17 4R/8C > > I could really use some help. I wonder if someone can help me make > GIF files for the 2-letter field abbreviations (images) using > Microsoft Paint? There are 324 images total (AA through RR). I've > made about a dozen covering most of the USA. I could continue to do > it, but it would probably be on an as-need basis. Let me know if > you're willing to help, and I can tell you exactly what I want, as > well as sending sample files. > > I'll release the updated program on Sunday, no matter how many field > images I have. > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am going to try to do one relatively easy thing in the upcoming >> (non-Windows) release. >> >> I will add an option to generate a .CSV file instead of a .HTML file. >> The spreadsheet will have placeholders for all grids, starting at AR09 >> (upper-left) and ending at RA90 (lower-right). >> >> If you have confirmed a grid, it will show up in the spreadsheet like >> "FN42" (UPPER case). If you have only worked it, it will show up like >> "dn79" (lower case). I don't know what do about non-worked grids yet. >> If I leave the cells empty, the spreadsheet will be filled with >> blanks, and you don't have any idea what they are. >> >> At least this way, you can open the file in Excel and print any part >> of it you want. Don't forget to turn on grid lines! >> >> I'm thinking about another approach, but it's very different from this >> utility. Stay tuned! >> >> - Jim >> >> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I started to work on this utility again (as I've been fairly active on >>> 6 meters lately, picking up new grids since moving to CO): >>> >>> Create VUCC Map from DX4WIN Award Listing >>> http://dx4win.ad1c.us/vucc.htm >>> >>> I believe John W9RPM may have asked about this in the not-too-distant >>> past. John has worked all 488 continental US grid squares and I think >>> is one QSL away from completing the Fred Fish Memorial Award >>> (http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Fred%20Fish.pdf). >>> >>> I made some changes today so the utility works with DX4WIN8 (DX4WIN7 >>> still works). The utility also now treats submitted/approved credits >>> as confirmed. I'm also going to improve the title bar so you know >>> what fields are being displayed. Including the full name in each grid >>> square of the output prevents it from fitting on a single page. >>> >>> Unfortunately, it's still a command-line program, that I'll release >>> sometime this weekend. >>> >>> I'll create a Windows interface in the next release (after this one, >>> no timetable). With the Windows interface, there will be a button so >>> you can see the output immediately in your web browser of choice (then >>> print it). >>> >>> Here are some ideas I've come up with, though I don't know how to >>> implement some of them: >>> >>> 1. Overlay the grid data on top of a real map (don't know how to do this) >>> 2. Print the field names in the background of each field (don't know how >>> yet) >>> 3. Rotate the page as landscape, so instead of 3x4 it's 4x3 (this >>> means text has to rotate also, which may not be supported in HTML) >>> 4. Color-code the field backgrounds (maybe add a legend). Is there >>> any value in this? >>> 5. Larger output, i.e. print more fields on a 11x17 printer (everyone >>> has one of these, right)? >>> >>> Does anyone else have other ideas that I don't have time to work on? :-) >>> >>> 73 - Jim AD1C > -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ 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
