Maybe that's the secret. I have not had a reason yet to use "Find/Replace" but I think I've got one now, thanks.
73, George W1EBI -----Original Message----- From: Tony Cash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DXBase] Does not populate state field I don't know about all that but I do know if you will load the ADIF file into Wordpad and do a "Find/Replace" and change all the <ARRL_SECTION:2> and make them <STATE:2> as below, then it should import fine. <CALL:5>AB1BX <QSO_DATE:8>20021103 <TIME_ON:6>212903 <STATE:2>RI <BAND:3>40M <CONTEST_ID:4>SSCW <FREQ:7>7.04291 <PREC:1>A <CK:2>96 <MODE:2>CW <RST_RCVD:3>599 <RST_SENT:3>599 <OPERATOR:5>W1EBI <SRX:3>350 <STX:1>4 <POINTS:1>2 <RADIO_NR:1>1 <EOR> 73 de Tony, KD4K ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tony Cash'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:46 AM Subject: RE: [DXBase] Does not populate state field > Really? The Import help file states: "The US State field will be > populated if...the state can be determined based upon the section > mapping rules in Import." In the section mapping rules ("US State > Logic") it states: "If the contest type being imported is one that > usually contains a US State postal abbreviation OR SECTION CODE (my > emphasis caps), IMPORT will attempt to use the data if it passes > internal validations." The contest in this case was ARRL SS, which > certainly contains section codes (ADIF record example below). There was > no error message or warning after Import. I did not do anything special > before creating the ADIF and importing based on these comments. So what > am I not understanding? > > <CALL:5>AB1BX <QSO_DATE:8>20021103 <TIME_ON:6>212903 <ARRL_SECTION:2>RI > <BAND:3>40M <CONTEST_ID:4>SSCW <FREQ:7>7.04291 <PREC:1>A <CK:2>96 > <MODE:2>CW <RST_RCVD:3>599 <RST_SENT:3>599 <OPERATOR:5>W1EBI <SRX:3>350 > <STX:1>4 <POINTS:1>2 <RADIO_NR:1>1 <EOR> > > Thanks and 73 > George W1EBI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Cash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 2:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DXBase] Does not populate state field > > Is there a State field in your ADIF file that is populated? > If not there will not be any state info transferred to DXBase. > If the ARRL sections in your ADIF file are all states then > you could change the label for these entries to State instead > of ARRL section and then DXBase would see them as the state. > > 73 de Tony, KD4K > > My Weather Page > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/ > My Ham Radio Page > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html > Sawnee Mountain (WB4GQX 147.15 +.600) Repeater Page > http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/index.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:43 AM > Subject: [DXBase] Does not populate state field > > > > Just performed my first successful imports to DXBase 2003 from CQWWSSB > > and SSCW log ADIF's. Pretty neat. However, for all the QSO's in the > SS > > log, there are no entries in the "State" field after import, although > > the source .ADI has all the ARRL sections. I can't find a reference > to > > this in the Help file. What's the trick to get the State to be filled > > in for each W/K call sign imported? > > > > George W1EBI > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML > > or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. > > Please post in Plain-Text only.--- > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > > > >
