[Dx4win] Multiple Manager Question

[Larry Alkoff]

Paul,

I didn't know about and very much like your suggestion of changing the method based on a filter.
That makes it easier to change the method on a filtered selection in a single "blast"
and reversing the "blast" to return the method.

That's going to be a big help in printing small batches of "specials" when I have a lot of 
"direct" and "buro" not yet ready to print the labels.

However it seems to me that it would be even easier to filter the qsos 
and print the labels on that filter instead of going 
through the above.  I just like filtering because it's so fast and intutive.

Thanks for your advice on using filters to change the method.
It's always nice to learn a new aspect on a program I use a lot.

Larry N2LA


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:48:39 -0400, Paul van der Eijk wrote:

>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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>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD)
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Paul van der Eijk (KK4HD)
>pvandereijk at cox.net
>http://www.dx4win.com
>



Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX