[Dx4win] Two Editing Questions

[Dick Flanagan]

At 07:50 PM 5/8/2005, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
 >--- Dick Flanagan <dick at twohams.com> wrote:
 >
 >> 1.  I have a Comment text change I need to make to thousands of
 >> entries.  Is there a text format I can export the entire log to where I 
can
 >> change the Comment text and then re-import without losing any DX4WIN
 >> attributes?  Will ADIF save and restore all attributes?
 >
 >Export your log to DX4WIN6 format, and then edit the .DXQ file.  Make sure to
 >preserve the line formatting when changing the comment.

I did that and it worked fine.


 >> 2.  I uploaded most of my log to LOTW before DX4WIN provided LOTW
 >> support.  I want to change all blank Upload Date fields to the date I
 >> uploaded most of my older entries.  I did a Search on an Upload Date of
 >> 01-01-1901 which selected all the affected entries.  I then tried to
 >> "QSO-Multiple QSO Operations-Set Upload Date" operation, but when I 
entered
 >> the date I wanted, I received the message "No QSOs Changed."
 >
 >What version of DX4WIN?  It worked for me in 6.04. While editing the .DXQ 
file,
 >you can set the upload date also, but you'll have to figure out where the 
field
 >is.

It worked for me this time.  I don't know what was different.  ::shrug::

Thanks for the help.  All of my mods have been done now.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org