[Dx4win] DX4WIN 8.02 SAME CALL Window Advice

[Alan Sewell N5NA]

1.  I don't think there is a setting to automatically load the newest 
QSO but you can type CTRL-End and it takes it to the newest QSO.

2.  File > Preferences > QSO > Options  Uncheck "Show Hints"

73,

Alan  N5NA


(K7ZO) Scott Tuthill wrote:
> I just got done processing over 1,000 cards for NK7U as his QSL manager. 
> This is the first batch of cards since upgrading to DX4WIN 8. There are 
> still a couple of things about the SAME CALL Window that are driving me 
> crazy and I wonder if anyone out there knows if there are fixes for these or 
> if they are in the works. Or, is there a way I can get this input to the 
> DX4WIN team to seriously consider?
>
> Anyone out there who processes many cards for a large log, and NK7U's is 
> over 250,000 qso's, will run into the same problems.
>
> The general problem is this. With a card in hand I enter the callsign into 
> the Callsign field and then hit enter. This brings up all the QSO's with 
> that station in the SAME CALL window so I can choose which one to confirm 
> and set for a label in order to reply. The two issues are this.
>
> 1. DX4WIN automatically loads the OLDEST QSO into the QSO window and 
> highlights the oldest QSO in the SAME CALL window and scrolls to the bottom 
> of the qso list in that window. If the card is from a station with which we 
> have had many QSO's, and all the QSO's can't be displayed in the SAME CALL 
> window,  this means the QSO I need to select is off the top of the list and 
> I have to scroll the whole list up to the more recent QSO's. Is there a way 
> to have DX4WIN automatically load the NEWEST QSO and display the more recent 
> QSO's in the SAME CALL window.
>
> 2. When you start to move the cursor in the SAME CALL window a Pop Up Help 
> is displayed saying "Double-click to go to QSO....". Though it disappears 
> after a moment it often covers up the information, date and time, that I 
> need to identify the correct QSO. Though the help is probably helpful for an 
> occasional user it is a nuisance after you have seen it 25 times, not to 
> mention 1000 times. Is there a way to turn this on and off? [As a comparison 
> the DX Spots window does not have the same Pop Up Help. It is just common 
> usage that you double click on the spot to load it into the QSO window. Why 
> does the SAME CALL window have to have this help. It has been there for many 
> versions now, I had hoped this issue would have been worked on by now.]
>
> Thanks everyone for your help.
>
> Scott/K7ZO 
>
>
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