[LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?

[Bill W5WVO]

<LOL> Well, maybe Dennis could shed some light on that one! Academic at this 
point, though, because I was able to fix the problem. Probably some kind of 
version-itis thing, or maybe a result of installation choices, or... Who 
knows? This obstacle occurred in both my LOGic 7 and LOGic 8; don't know about 
anything earlier than that.

Thanks again for your response!

Bill / W5WVO


W7TAX - Dave Reed wrote:
> I'm a bit confused... I delete counties ALL OF THE TIME and I made no
> changes to my database or list.  I select the county in the log form,
> and press the delete key. Poof!  It's gone.
>
> But, at least you found a way to make it work the way you want.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W5WVO
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 21:06
> To: Skip Cameron; logic at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?
>
> Hi Skip,
>
> Thanks for your advice! You gave me the idea of how to approach this.
>
> I did figure out how to do it -- but you can't really do it through
> the LOGic
> GUI the way you suggested. Reason: LOGic won't let you create a null
> record. I
> could have created a county record named (none), which I think is
> what you were suggesting, but that's not the same as a null record,
> because it has a name (none). I didn't want there to be a county
> named (none); I wanted a null
> record (NO name) that simply has the DESCRIPTION of (none). And LOGic
> won't let you create such a record through the Lists of Valid Values
> dialog.
>
> So I manually edited the lists.dbf database to create this null
> record. (I know you can do this through LOGic, but I use an external
> database editor called DBF Viewer 2000 for doing this kind of work.
> More user-friendly, for me
> anyway.) I then went into Database Management in LOGic and did a
> Reindex and
>
> Pack to get the new record indexed in the .cdx file.
>
> Bottom line, it now works perfectly, just like the STATE and VE PROV
> fields.
>
> Now whenI press Delete, the county goes away (effectively) by storing
> the null
> (none) record. So if anybody else out there wants to make the County
> field erasable, that's the way to do it.
>
> 73,
> Bill / W5WVO
>
>
> Skip Cameron wrote:
>> Bill:
>> I am still back on Logic 5.3, and have a {none} in my county field.
>> If you go to List of Valid Values, find CNTY, and set up a new CNTY
>> {none} you will be all set. I did so and it appeared after the last
>> one in WY.
>> Skip W5GAI
>> --------------------------
>> Bill W5WVO wrote:
>>
>>> Dave, unfortunately that doesn't work. It works for the STATE and
>>> PROVINCE fields (among others) because those lists have a (none)
>>> entry at the top, and when you DELETE an entry you don't want, the
>>> list just goes to the top record (none). But there is no (none)
>>> record at the top of the COUNTY list, so it defaults to the first
>>> ALASKA county, which is the top record in the COUNTY list.
>>>
>>> I don't know how to create a (none) choice on the County list. I
>>> thought to look at the STATE list of valid vlues, but it gives me no
>>> clue. It just shows me the states, not a (none) entry. I don't know
>>> where (none) comes from in these other lists.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Bill / W5WVO
>>>
>>> W7TAX - Dave Reed wrote:
>>>> Yeah... you left-click on the county field, and press your delete
>>>> key.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>> [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W5WVO
>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 19:06
>>>> To: [LOGic]
>>>> Subject: [LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?
>>>>
>>>> I keep track of counties for certain awards, so I don't want
>>>> incorrect county information in the logbook. When I work a guy, the
>>>> County field is automatically filled in from the automatic callbook
>>>> lookup. 99% of the time, I want it to do this, but sometimes (when
>>>> I don't know the county of a portable/mobile station and don't
>>>> care), I'd just like to leave it blank. But there doesn't seem to
>>>> be any way to do that. Is there a way to "erase" the county from
>>>> the log input form once it's there?
>>>>
>>>> Bill / W5WVO
>
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