[Dxbase] Entering Q's in DxBase 2007

[David Willis - W0RX]

Well, you know, that's kind of what I figured the message meant.  But 
since I don't track CQ zones, never enter them, have no use for them, 
don't even show a column for them, how do I get around that?  I think 
there are lots of prefixes that dxbase doesn't seem to 
recognize.  Lots of these calls in the WPX contest seem to be enigmas...

Should I just not enter the QSO?


At 02:59 PM 4/5/2009, you wrote:
>The error message you mention means that the CQ zone field is 
>blank.  This is not allowed.  It most likely happened because a 
>country prefix was incorrect or couldn't be determined thus 
>resulting in the CQ zone not being determined.  Or maybe you deleted 
>the CQ zone value.
>
>Regards
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Willis - W0RX" <w0rx at cropnet.com>
>To: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 2:23 PM
>Subject: [Dxbase] Entering Q's in DxBase 2007
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>>I don't use dxbase as a real-time logger, rather I enter my paper
>>logs when I have the time.  Except contest logs which I import as
>>.ADI files.  My question is about how to outsmart dxbase.  It
>>continually tries to tell me what I should be entering, which I
>>suppose is to prevent errors, but to me is extremely annoying.  I've
>>turned off all the autofills and defaults I can find in the settings
>>but it still insists on putting a QSO end-time from the current clock
>>on QSO's I enter from months ago.  So I have to go back after every
>>so many entries and delete them.  Windows copy and paste tools don't
>>seem to work in dxbase so if I have a comment that applies to 5 or 10
>>Q's I have to type in each comment individually.
>>
>>Now today it's come up with a new objection.  I have been entering my
>>logs from the last few months with no complaint from dxbase and all
>>of a sudden it will not take any more Q's.  I get the message that
>>"The field 'QSO-TAB.QSO-CQ-ZONE' can't contain a Null value because
>>the Required property for the this field is set to True. Enter a
>>value the this field."
>>
>>I don't see any field with that name.  Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>>
>>I have used dxbase since the 2004 release and I still don't think it,
>>nor any other program that has come along is any better than
>>WJ2O's.  I understand people must move on, but Dave was on the right track.
>>
>>Dave, W0RX
>>
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