[Logic] How do I integrate a membership database?

[Arthur Tan]

>From Bill VanAlstyne <w5wvo@cybermesa.net> on Sun, Oct 12, 2003:

> Frank Ayers wrote:

> The other thing is that using workarounds may prevent the
> development of worthwhile functions in the future ..[snip]..  it
> really is something that people should send to Dennis as a
> request. If enough people do, it will probably get added as a
> feature and eliminate funky tricks.

> So I guess the request, Dennis, is to create a means in LOGic to
> connect to and retrieve data from an external data list (CSV, TSV,
> or similar) -- either automatically on a one-off basis when logging
> a contact that meets selected criteria and achieves a match with the
> list, or manually (on user command) for all contacts in the log that
> meet selected criteria and achieve a match with the list. For the
> list I have in mind (SMIRK), the criteria would be the frequency
> band of the contact.

Hi Bill,

Importing text files such as member lists with callsign and member
number would be a great feature but I think the text file itself would
still need to be in a set format that Dennis specifies: something
along the lines of callsign, member #, or vice versa.

Example:

ab4rl,1
w2fca,2
w5wvo,3

or

1,ab4rl
2,w2fca
3,w5wvo

or

1 ab4rl
2 w2fca
3 w5wvo

[...etc...]

It would still be up to us, to get the text file in proper format
before it would be "import-able" from tools->setup->list of valid
values.

But perhaps LOGic might one day be smart enough to parse a text
file???

73, Art AB4RL