[Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question

[Paul van der Eijk]

Larry,

My idea is that you use the the flag as needed; clear all, set the flag based
on some filter etc. Also check out the features you are missing under 'mark for QSL' and change QSL routing.

-- Paul

At 08:58 PM 10/19/2004, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>Hi Paul.
>
>I thought about cc to you on my email but didn't want to bother you.
>
>The problem with labels is that I tend to have a lot of qsos with the print flag set and batch print them.
>The print jobs are done approximately monthly for the "direct" and 3-4 times per year for "buro".
>My understanding is that all qsos with the print flag set will print in the selected method.
>I can't just clear the print labels because there is no way to bring them back.
>
>The only way around this that I have found is to set the method on each label in the desired label selection 
>to something unique like "other" or "$$$", print the labels
>and then set the method back on each label.  That's pretty cumbersome.
>As you have mentioned, I make use of filters for this process.
>
>Since an F8 selection is used so much in DX4Win I always thought it would be nice if label printing
>also followed F8 selection.
>Possibly F8 to select, then all qsos in the selection with the label flag set would print.
>Or possibly F8, select the qsos and also select Label=Y.
>Something like that would make the process a lot easier.
>
>My thought was that since the logic for F8 selection already exists it would be relatively easy
>to apply that selection to label printing.  Of course, I don't know the code so it might be a lot
>harder to implement than "relatively easy" <g>.
>
>Larry N2LA
>
>
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:19:51 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote:
>
>>Larry,
>>
>>There are many different ways to set the print label flag using filters etc. Why don't you use that flag to decide what labels you want to print?
>>
>>-- Paul
>>At 01:32 PM 10/19/2004, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:05:22 -0700, Garry Shapiro wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>>[mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
>>>>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:48 PM
>>>>To: Nelson Moyer; DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
>>>>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--- Nelson Moyer <ku0a at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> TX9 has two managers, DL4XS for CW and DL5NAM for SSB and RTTY. DX4WIN
>>>>only
>>>>> allows one manager per callsign, unless there's a trick I don't know
>>>>about.
>>>>> Any suggestions for getting separate managers in the log for TX9?
>>>>
>>>>There is no trick, that's just the way DX4WIN works.  If enough people ask,
>>>>maybe Paul will add it to his "to do" list.
>>>>
>>>>- Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Meanwhile, add the second manager as a NOTES entry..
>>>>NI6T
>>>>
>>>
>>>This is yet another reason why we need to be able to filter the qsls we want to print.
>>>
>>>Why should printing labels _not_ respond to filtering just like most other operations?
>>>
>>>It would be easy to select all "Label=Y" and "Notes=manager we want"
>>>and the label print routine should _only_ print those selected labels.
>>>The present system of selecting a special qsl method when we want to print a subset of qsls
>>>is very cumbersome - first to change the method and then to change it back.
>>>
>>>Larry Alkoff N2LA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
>
>Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX

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