[Dx4win] Utility program: LoTW Credits to DX4Win Awards

[PY2YP]

I did endorse only via LOTW late December, the paper application will be 
sent this month, so I had this problem: how to change S to C in the 
DX4WIN once all the Ss included the paper cards Ss as well? I mean: how 
to change only the Ss referred to LOTW credits to C at once? I found out 
a very easy and fast procedure. I did as follow:

1. In "Change Award Flag" I cleared all Ss selecting "clear submitted" 
option;

2. In "Award Setup for DXCC" I cleared the QSL Card box;

3. In "Award Generator" I selected Submission option.
At this point the DX4WIN generated an application form for LOTW credits 
only, accordingly to the #2 above.

4. In "Change Award Flag" I changed all the Ss to Cs selecting 
"Submitted -> Checked" option;

5.  In "Award Setup for DXCC" I checked the QSL Card box;

6. In "Award Generator" I selected Submission option to restore the Ss 
related to paper cards application.

73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar

On 02/01/2013 00:02, Larry Gauthier (K8UT) wrote:
> DX4Win can automatically create a list of DXCC QSOs for awards
> submissions to the ARRL. However, changing those "S"ubmitted entries to
> "C"hecked in your awards table after they are approved by the DXCC desk
> is a tedious manual process. When purchasing hundreds of LoTW credits
> recently I vowed that I would write a utility program to enter the
> credited data back into DX4Win... which is what
> LoTWCreditToDX4WinAward.exe does.
>
> This utility program is difficult to setup and run. It relies upon a
> feature of the DXLabs DXKeeper program to: reach out to the LoTW
> website, extract all of your CREDIT history (for both QSL cards and
> LoTW  transactions), compare all of your credit history with your log,
> and make adjustments where appropriate. It also requires that you export
> your DX4Win v8 log to a DXQ file, massage it with the utility program,
> and import the massaged file back into a fresh log in DX4Win.
> Complicated? Yes. Was there any other way to accomplish the task? ? Not
> that I could see.
>
> Please don't confuse a QSO CONFIRMATION from LoTW (which is what happens
> when you download an LoTW report and import it into DX4Win) with LoTW
> CREDIT (which is what happens when you pay money to the ARRL for award
> credit). The first is easy; the second requires some heavy lifting.
>
> If you are feeling adventurous and don't mind installing the DXLabs
> DXKeeper application suite as part of the process, you will find
> instructions and the utility program on my website at:
> http://www.k8ut.com/tiki-index.php?page=LoTW+Credits+-to-+DX4Win+Awards+Utility
>
>
> As I said - this is not easy and I would not encourage computer novices
> to attempt it. BUT - if you want to compare and update your DX4Win Award
> Credit records with those from the ARRL, I think this is the only
> automated game in town.
>
> -larry (K8UT)
>
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