[Dxbase] Manual entry to the DXCC checkbox in the Award field doesn't work

[Joseph Glockner]

Looks like you've got a good handle on this one then.

73 Joe wa6axe


John Pelham wrote:

> Thanks for the response Joe.  See my responses to your questions in your 
> original, below.
> 
> 73,
> John
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
> To: "John Pelham" <john at radiophile.com>
> Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Manual entry to the DXCC checkbox in the Award 
> field doesn't work
> 
> 
>> John,
>>
>> I think that for me - the biggest question would be:
>>
>> HAVE you ever sent in a DXCC application - and therefore, used
>> some of the QSOs in your logbook .. IF that is the case, then,
>> THOSE QSOs that have already been used "will already have" their
>> AWARD column's DXCC checkbox "checkmarked"!!
> 
> Yes I have made many DXCC applications with DXbase, and yes, those QSOs 
> that have been used for those applications already have their DXCC 
> checkboxes checked.  All these QSOs appear to show up in your 
> dxcccredited report.  I believe I understand how this is supposed to work.
> 
>>  There is NO column
>> that will differentiate between a regular DXCC submission and
>> another DXCC submission -- once that QSO's DXCC award credit
>> (checkbox) is checkmarked -- it WILL always be checkmarked -
>> until you manually "uncheckmark it"..
> 
> I understand this.  I have never, until 10 days ago, made any type of 
> DXCC submission except a "regular" submission (by which I mean a paper 
> one, the type that causes the DXCC checkbox to get checked by DXbase 
> itself when it asks the question about "do you want to check the box..." 
> etc. during the preparation process of the DXCC submission).  There are 
> lots of QSOs in my log that have the DXCC checkbox already checked as a 
> result of these past paper DXCC submissions.  I don't think I'm having a 
> problem with any of these.
> 
>> If a particular QSO or QSOs are used for "any type of DXCC
>> submission" - and THAT QSO might get "re-used" again for
>> another submission (and therefore you are wanting to MANUALLY
>> update the AWARD DXCC checkbox) - you will always find that
>> the checkbox is already checkmarked.
> 
> According to the dxcccredited report, which I run BEFORE attempting to 
> manually check any new DXCC checkboxes for my LOTW submission, NONE of 
> the LOTW QSOs should have their DXCC checkboxes already checked.  None 
> of them appear in the dxcccredited report list.  Right?
> 
> In any case, the QSOs that cause me my various problems are random. Each 
> time I start over with my "virgin" Jan. 13 database, I get a different 
> group of QSOs that either (a) are already checked, and/or (b) cause the 
> weird CQWAZ error message when I find them with the Previous QSOs 
> dialog, and/or (c) don't stay checked when I go back and find them 
> again.  In suppose I could find any random QSOs in my log, not ones that 
> are associated with my LOTW submission, and see the problem (although I 
> haven't tried it yet).
> 
>> This is of course assuming that the user is maintaining the
>> logbook in the normal manner.
> 
> I suppose this remains to be seen!  But, I think I am.
> 
> 
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