[Dxbase] LoTW download tip

[Chris (Barney) Poulson]

Try Macro Scheduler, I think its brilliant!

http://www.mjtnet.com

Cheers..
G4PZN (Barney)

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:52:39 -0500, you wrote:

>Most of you probably already figured this out.
>
>I use the 'PROGRAMS' menu option to help automate the downloading of LoTW qsls.
>
>I've added a Menu Item to the Programs list that will logon to LoTW with my userid and 
>password, and take me to the My Qso's page where I can click on the LoTWDownload.
>
>Open the Programs option
>Select Customize
>Menu Text: LoTW DLoad
>Command: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
>Arguments: https://www.arrl.org/lotwuser/qsos?login=userid&password=userpassword
>
>edit the above url to change userid and userpassword to the correct info.
>don't forget the s at the end of http
>
>And don't forget that after creating this Program item, you can assign a shortcut key via 
>the TOOLS>SHORTCUTS menu option and cursoring down to 'Programs LoTW Dload' and creating a 
>shortcut.
>(of course you can change the Programs Menu Text name to whatever you want.)
>
>
>Now here is one little anomaly I found and you should try at your own risk and only after 
>saving a backup.
>
>For some reason, you can perform a NON DXB IMPORT while DXBase is running.
>I've tested this many times and had no problems but you machine and install may be 
>different.
>I've created a Programs Menu Test item for NON DXB IMPORT and assigned it a shortcut.
>
>And one more use for the Programs option.
>Create another Menu Text item for access to the IRC/GS Chart using the example above.
>In the Arguments line enter. http://qsl.net/w9ol/IRC_Chart.htm
>
>or for those of you with Excel http://qsl.net/w9ol/IRC_Chart.xls
>
>
>And now for a request.
>I've been experimenting with using a macro program to automate the Wizard selection of 
>qso's to be uploaded to LoTW, the signing of selected qsos, and the uploading of same.
>All with minimal success.
>If anyone has a macro program that they think can handle this chore, please advise me.
>The few I've tried were either too cumbersome or not feature rich enough.
>
>Please and thank you.
>
>
>
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Chris Poulson