[Dx4win] Create VUCC Map from DX4WIN Award Listing

[F6EXV Paul]

Hello Jim
Maybe a suggestion, if it is easily feasable.
Instead of normal and bold letters, it wouold look better if worked were 
in red, and confirmed in green.
How about the possibility to have a larger map, for example yto cover 
all of Europe ?

73
Paul F6EXV

Le 21/06/2010 04:57, Jim Reisert AD1C a écrit :
> Sorry, no release tonight.  There is one simplifying change I want to
> make (all the band/frequency stuff is too confusing).
>
> If you want to see the landscape format (3 rows, for columns), take a
> look at:
>
>     http://dx4win.ad1c.us/vucc/
>
> Most all of the United States fits on one 11x8.5" page!
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> On 6/19/2010 5:55 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>
>    
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> After playing with Excel for a couple hours this morning, I could not
>> get exactly what I wanted.
>>
>> I'm going to keep the program the same as before (HTML output), but
>> I've made two changes:
>>
>> 1.  The program will print the 2-letter field abbreviation in the
>> background of each 10x10 grid.
>>
>> 2.  Three formats of output: Portrait 4R/3C (default), Landscape
>> 3R/4C, 11x17 4R/8C
>>
>> I could really use some help.  I wonder if someone can help me make
>> GIF files for the 2-letter field abbreviations (images) using
>> Microsoft Paint?  There are 324 images total (AA through RR).  I've
>> made about a dozen covering most of the USA.  I could continue to do
>> it, but it would probably be on an as-need basis.  Let me know if
>> you're willing to help, and I can tell you exactly what I want, as
>> well as sending sample files.
>>
>> I'll release the updated program on Sunday, no matter how many field
>> images I have.
>>
>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C
>> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>   wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I am going to try to do one relatively easy thing in the upcoming
>>> (non-Windows) release.
>>>
>>> I will add an option to generate a .CSV file instead of a .HTML file.
>>> The spreadsheet will have placeholders for all grids, starting at AR09
>>> (upper-left) and ending at RA90 (lower-right).
>>>
>>> If you have confirmed a grid, it will show up in the spreadsheet like
>>> "FN42" (UPPER case).  If you have only worked it, it will show up like
>>> "dn79" (lower case).  I don't know what do about non-worked grids yet.
>>>    If I leave the cells empty, the spreadsheet will be filled with
>>> blanks, and you don't have any idea what they are.
>>>
>>> At least this way, you can open the file in Excel and print any part
>>> of it you want.  Don't forget to turn on grid lines!
>>>
>>> I'm thinking about another approach, but it's very different from this
>>> utility.  Stay tuned!
>>>
>>> - Jim
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C
>>> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>   wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I started to work on this utility again (as I've been fairly active on
>>>> 6 meters lately, picking up new grids since moving to CO):
>>>>
>>>>    Create VUCC Map from DX4WIN Award Listing
>>>>    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/vucc.htm
>>>>
>>>> I believe John W9RPM may have asked about this in the not-too-distant
>>>> past.  John has worked all 488 continental US grid squares and I think
>>>> is one QSL away from completing the Fred Fish Memorial Award
>>>> (http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Fred%20Fish.pdf).
>>>>
>>>> I made some changes today so the utility works with DX4WIN8 (DX4WIN7
>>>> still works).  The utility also now treats submitted/approved credits
>>>> as confirmed.  I'm also going to improve the title bar so you know
>>>> what fields are being displayed.  Including the full name in each grid
>>>> square of the output prevents it from fitting on a single page.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, it's still a command-line program, that I'll release
>>>> sometime this weekend.
>>>>
>>>> I'll create a Windows interface in the next release (after this one,
>>>> no timetable).  With the Windows interface, there will be a button so
>>>> you can see the output immediately in your web browser of choice (then
>>>> print it).
>>>>
>>>> Here are some ideas I've come up with, though I don't know how to
>>>> implement some of them:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Overlay the grid data on top of a real map (don't know how to do this)
>>>> 2.  Print the field names in the background of each field (don't know how yet)
>>>> 3.  Rotate the page as landscape, so instead of 3x4 it's 4x3 (this
>>>> means text has to rotate also, which may not be supported in HTML)
>>>> 4.  Color-code the field backgrounds (maybe add a legend).  Is there
>>>> any value in this?
>>>> 5.  Larger output, i.e. print more fields on a 11x17 printer (everyone
>>>> has one of these, right)?
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone else have other ideas that I don't have time to work on?  :-)
>>>>
>>>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>>>          
>>      
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