[Dx4win] Group filter/selection

[Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ]

Hi John,
Now, all is perfectly clear! I followed your procedure and it worked perfectly. I could even check it by creating a new DX4WIN log and importing the created ADIF log: the new log contained only the selection! I uploaded Clublog.adif to Clublog and it worked flawlessly. 

So, thanks you again and I hope to have a QSO with you in a near future on one of the bands.
I am sending a copy of this to DX4WIN Reflector so that it will close my case and help to others who might have had same misunderstanding as myself. 

Very best 73,
Radi F6GNZ
 

    Le Samedi 20 février 2016 20h06, John Shaw <zl1byz at gmail.com> a écrit :
 
 

 Hi Radi,  Ok here goes. If you create a selection filter and then save the log you will save the whole log.  It does not matter if you save it as F6GNZ or CLUBLOG your going to have all QSO's.  So both files will contain all QSO's and they will both have available the selection filter that you made.  To create a new log with some groups removed you need to do it differently but you don't need to do that for what you are wanting to do.   To sum up.  Saving a log with a selection filter will not filter QSO's.  Exporting a log with a selection filter will filter QSO's   Here is how I export QSO's to upload to Clublog.  In my log which is called ZL1BYZ.DXL I choose the selection filter that I have made to give me a selection of only QSO's I want to upload, then with that selection filter ON I go to the File menu and choose Import/Export and export as ADIF.  I save the file as ZL1BYZ.ADIF to my Desktop. At the end of the export a window will tell you how many QSO have been exported, it will match your selection filter.   Then I go back and turn OFF the selection filter.  Now my log is ready for new QSO's, nothing has been changed.  To complete the clublog upload I go to Clublog and go through the upload process choosing the ZL1BYZ.ADIF file I just created on my desktop.The next time I want to upload some more QSO's to Clublog I do the same process overwriting the ZL1BYZ.ADIF file on my desktop with the new QSO's.  It becomes a simple safe process.  Your main log stays in the same place and is unaffected by the Clublog upload and you have an ADIF file on your desktop which you update using the selection filter and Export adif process before you do a Clublog upload.   Finally when ever you are doing some work on your log that you are not sure the result is going to be what you want.  MAKE A BACKUP FIRST  Do this with your computer's file management tools (Windows Explorer?) not within DX4WIN using save or save as.  That is the quickest route to confusion and loosing QSO's. Hope that helps 73 John ZL1BYZ.
From: Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ [mailto:f6gnz at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 21 February 2016 03:20
To: John Shaw
Cc: DX4WIN Reflector
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Group filter/selection

John,
Something strange: My main f6gnz  log has 17089 QSOs logged, log size 2099 kB. I create Selection under name Clublog, list shows now 11988 QSOs and Save. I check in SAVE folder, Clublog.dxl is still 2099 kB.Then, I re-open f6gnz, find selection Clublog, Update, OK , list shows again 11988 QSOs . I save log as Clublog.dxl (can't save as ADIF, saving accepts only DXL; ADIF only after export). Saved log shows again 2099 kB.

I open Clublog.dxl, it shows 17089 QSOs and   after selection, list shows  11988 selected QSO's, but whether I save it just by clicking on Save or Save as , Clublog.dxl still shows 2099 kB and when I open it I see all 17089 QSOs.
Question: 
How to create a "Clublog" file that contains only selected QSOs in order to upload it to Clublog without  uploading unwanted groups??
I am completely confused now..
73, Radi F6GNZ