[Dx4win] DX4WIN and QRZ Lookups

[Tim moore]

Yes...DX info is also compiled in the pop up window after hitting
F3.....BUT REPEATING....you MUST:

1. have it configured.....in the Preferences.....to include having it
ENABLED....and .....THIS IS IMPORTANT....you HAVE to have those EXACT URL
links i typed up for you.....in the proper window in the Preferences. Get
those URLs wrong......and it doesn't work. I'd COPY WHAT I SENT YOU AND
PASTE IT IN the proper windows....which i have labeled for you.
2.  Have a callsign placed in the QSO window that you want to work or
lookup.
3. Have your cursor IN THE QSO window (again, NOTHING will happen if you
aren't in the QSO window)....then hit F3 (Alt F3, would bring up your web
browser and QRZ web page....IF....you have that configured properly in
Preferences....in the area ABOVE the info you are configuring for this
feature)
4.  BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET (i know, should be obvious.....but....I've
had some ask or have issues with that too..........)

When you do all that, it works .....SORT OF. Yes, it will grab EITHER DX or
Stateside info.....IF....it is listed in QRZ. It will give you a blank pop
up window if QRZ has no listing on the callsign, of course. It won't work
if you aren't a member of QRZ or put in a wrong callsign/password combo.

Now, the glitch...as I mentioned before....is that the info WILL indeed
populate in the QSO window....when ....WITH YOUR CURSOR IN THE POPUP WINDOW
(with the callsign info from QRZ)...you hit "Update QSO Info" in the bottom
right corner of that window). BUT....because of a glitch in 9.x  version of
DX4WIN, it will NOT save it. As i mentioned before, the KP&W as we say in
the software development world....is to bring up that QSO....AGAIN....and
do the Update QSO Info thing AGAIN....and THIS TIME, hit F10 and then
save....and it will KEEP the info in the file. that's the glitch. They're
working on getting that fixed.

But all else works as described above...........

K4TK






Tim Moore
PMP

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 7:02 AM, john shea <w3khg at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks Tim
>
> One question. Are dx calls compiled into the name, qth, of the qso window
> also?I heard only usa calls are and there was a glitch with dx calls.
>
> John
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 16, 2018, at 7:52 AM, Tim moore <redvalk56 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> make sure you are in the QSO window with your cursor, or it will do
> nothing. And, as I said, you have to have it configured in the Preferences
> area.... Preferences>Ext Data>Online Callsign Lookup.
>
> I have this info configured in that area:
>
> ENABLED (if you don't have it enabled, of course...it won't work!)
>
> INITIAL CALLSIGN LOOKUP ADDRESS : http://xmldata.qrz.com/xml/
> current/?username=[USERNAME];password=[PASSWORD];agent=[PROGRAM]
>
> CALLSIGN LOOKUP ADDRESS: http://xmldata.qrz.com/xml/current/?s=[SESSIONID]
> ;callsign=[CALLSIGN]
>
> USERINFO: put in YOUR callsign
>
> PASSWORD: put in YOUR password for QRZ
>
> Of course, this assumes you have a QRZ membership/password
>
>
>
>
> Tim Moore
> PMP
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 9:28 PM, w3khg <w3khg at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Tim
>> All is configured properly but hitting F3 does nothing at this end.
>>
>> 73
>> john
>>
>> Sent by my iPhone.
>>
>> On May 10, 2018, at 10:02 PM, Tim moore <redvalk56 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you hit F3 it brings up a Window with all that same info (IF.....you
>> have it configured correctly to do so under Preferences>Ext Data>Online
>> Callsign Lookup). You have to have not only the proper URL info for
>> QRZ....but also your password and userid for QRZ. Once you get that
>> configured right in Preferences....and you hit JUST F3 (not Alt F3....that
>> brings up your web browser and the QRZ website)...then "Update QSO" in the
>> bottom right corner of the popup window....it will populate that info into
>> the QSO window. HOWEVER, currently....there is a known bug....where the
>> info gets lost when you enter/save the QSO. The KP&W (known problems and
>> workarounds)....is to bring that QSO back up AGAIN after saving it....hit
>> F3 again....hit "update QSO" again...but THIS time, hit F10 and it will
>> repopulate that same info again. THIS time....saving it....it will stay.
>>
>> They are supposed to be working on a fix for that.
>>
>> K4TK
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim Moore
>> PMP
>>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 6:40 PM, john shea <w3khg at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I use both qrz and hamcall for callsign lookups. Using Alt F3 brings up
>>> the QRZ Website in a browser. Is it possible with DX4WIN’s platform for
>>> info such as name, qth, etc be inserted into the appropriate boxes in the
>>> qso window as other logging programs do?
>>>
>>> 73
>>> john/w3khg
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> DX4WIN mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net
>>> Message delivered to redvalk56 at gmail.com
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>>
>>
>