Hello Jim Maybe a suggestion, if it is easily feasable. Instead of normal and bold letters, it wouold look better if worked were in red, and confirmed in green. How about the possibility to have a larger map, for example yto cover all of Europe ?
73 Paul F6EXV Le 21/06/2010 04:57, Jim Reisert AD1C a écrit : > 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 >>>> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
