Fw: [Dx4win] 7.05.03 not printing group names on labels?

[Alan Zack]

Sorry, I missed the part of not working with 7.05.03.  I am still using 
the last version.  I will wait to update after some of the bugs (like 
this one) are ironed out.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Zack" <k7acz at cox.net>
To: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>; "DX4WIN" 
<dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 7.05.03 not printing group names on labels?


> Jim, et all,
>
> Under PREFERENCES > RPT/LAB
>
> In the GREETINGS box I have
> @@       %%     73    (no dashes as you show, the spacing between the 
> marks can be adjusted to fit your label size for proper fit, for 
> example, if the 73 runs off the end of the label you have to shorten 
> the spacing)
>
> Then when I print a label it will say:
>
> PSE QSL    2007 CQWWDXCW   73
>
> --------  OR  -------------
>
> TNX QSL   2008 ARRLDXSSB  73
>
> etc, etc, etc, depending on the GROUP number of the QSO and if the 
> CNFM box is marked Y or N.
>
> I have a different GROUP number assigned for each major contest I log. 
> I work the contest using CTWin, use your instructions to convert CTWin 
> to ADIF, then import the CTWin ADIF file to DX4WIN.  Before doing so I 
> must assign a new GROUP number for that contest that I am about to 
> import and reset my PREFERENCE > QSO > GROUP window to that individual 
> GROUP number.  After doing the import all the QSO's just imported from 
> that particular CTWin ADIF contest file will have that GROUP number 
> assigned.  After a successful contest log import I must go back to
> PREFERENCE > QSO > GROUP window and change the GROUP number back to 
> what I use for everyday normal non contest QSO's.  In my personal 
> situation that is GROUP 100 (K7ACZ) and when I print a label from a 
> QSO made under GROUP 100 the label will just say K7ACZ.  Example:
>
> TNX QSL    K7ACZ   73.
>
> When I print labels I ALWAYS at the PRINT QSL LABEL window click on 
> PRINT.  Then when the REPORT SETUP Window pops up, at the DESTINATION 
> box I select PREVIEW to see how the label will look before printing.
>
> Hope this helps.  I learned most of this from the Manual, help files, 
> trial and error, and all the help and tips you have provided over the 
> years.
>
> _______________________________________________________
> Alan Zack
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "DX4WIN" <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:18 PM
> Subject: [Dx4win] 7.05.03 not printing group names on labels?
>
>
> I thought I would try what group names on labels look like.  But I 
> don't think it's working.
>
> In my Rep/Lab preferences I have:
>
>    %% - @@ - 73 de Jim AD1C
>
> The help text says, "A %% (two percent characters) will be replaced by 
> the group name that
> corresponds to the group number for the QSO printed."
>
> Yet when I print (preview) the labels, all I see is this:
>
>    - Pse QSL - 73 de Jim AD1C
>
> I know the QSOs have group numbers!
>
> Can anyone else confirm this?  Did I miss a step?
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>
>