[Dx4win] Compare DX4WIN DXCC Credit Status with LoTW (test version 7.0)

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

I've released test version of the new version of this program:

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/lotw/

You can download it from here:

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/lotw/download/dx4wlotw_v7.0_20140428.exe

This is an installation kit, so download it and then run it to install
the program.  It MUST be installed in the same directory as
DX4WIN.EXE.  If it is not installed in the correct directory, you may
see an error message like the following:

    Could not open prefix mapping file:
    c:\dx4w805\save\import\adif.pmp
    Are you sure the program is installed in correct directory?

[I may change this to happen as soon as you start the program, rather
than waiting until you click on the Compare button.]

NOTE: if you try to run the program and get an error message about
mfc100.dll, your computer may be missing a Microsoft library.
Instructions for installing this missing library is at the top of this
page:

    http://dx4win.ad1c.us/lotw/


The instruction at the top link above, for collecting the data and
running the program, are somewhat out-of-date, but I don't have the
tools to change them at the moment.

The program requires two inputs:

1.  DXCC listing report from DX4WIN (instructions on web page still
correct here).

2.  DXCC QSL Download (ADIF) from ARRL LoTW web site:

     * Log into the ARRL LoTW site (http://lotw.arrl.org)
     * Click on Awards in the menu bar at the top
     * On the "Logbook Awards" page, click on "Select DXCC Award Account"
     * On the "Your Logbook DXCC Award Account" page, look on the
right-hand side for this sentence:

        "For an ADIF download with the details of all QSLs in your
DXCC record use DXCC QSL Download."

     * Click on the "DXCC QSL Download" hyperlink and save that file
in the same directory as your DX4WIN DXCC Listing report (which
doesn't necessarily have to be your DX4WIN directory).

Now run the program from the Start menu (or double-click the desktop
icon if you created one).

    * click on the "DXCC QSL Download" button, navigate to and select
the file you downloaded in step #2 above.

    * click on the "DX4WIN Report" button, navigate to and select the
file you created in step #1

[I may reverse the order of the two buttons at the top, so DX4WIN is
first, and LoTW is second.]

    * click on Compare

The output should be the same as before (i.e. as described on the web
page whose link is at the top of this message).

Please send me bug reports, comments, etc. so I can improve the
program.  It has only had minimal testing.  Please try including
deleted entities vs. not including them.  Please try band vs.
frequency in the logbook.

73 - Jim AD1C

-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us