JOE,
AFTER HAVING LOOKED AT PC HAM V 1.5, I PONDERED QUITE A BIT, AND THEN AS I
USE DBASE 3 AND 3+, I WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. WELL ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
AND THE FOLLOWING (AND THE ACCOMPANYING .PRGS AND .DBFS ARE THE RESULT.

AFTER I DID THIS AND WROTE THE STUFF BELOW, I READ YOUR DOC FILE AGAIN,
AND THOUGHT BEFORE I DID ANYTHING WITH THIS STUFF I SHOULD COMMUNICATE
WITH YOU.....PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
NOTE: I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER , NOR DO I PROFESS TO BE, AS I'M SURE YOU WILL
SEE FROM MY MODS TO YOUR STUFF AS WELL AS MY OWN....I'M SURE MANY OF THE
.PRG COMMANDS COULD BE CLEANED UP!

AT LEAST I DID THINK TO WRITE NOTES AND DOCUMENT MY RESULTS....ELSE I'D
HAVE BEEN MORE LOST FOR A LOT LONGER THAN THE 6 MONTHS I WAS!

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK, AND MAYBE SOMETHING HERE WILL BE OF
USE TO YOU.....IF SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A NEWER VERSION OF PC-HAM....THE ONE
THAT THE SHAREWARE GUYS PUT OUT IS USELESS, WHICH IS WHY YOU NEVER GOT A
REGISTRATION FROM ME......

I DO HAVE A FEW MORE THOUGHTS FLOATING AROUND , BUT YOU MAY HAVE DONE MUCH
MORE....THIS BECAME A WAY TO FILL UP THE DAYS I SPEND LAYING DOWN WHILE
RECUPERATING FROM ANOTHER OF MY MANY OPERATIONS...I AM NOT IN THE BUSINESS
OF PROGRAMMING, NOR DO I WANT TO BE; I AM A DX'ER THO...AND IF I SPENT $$
ON EVERY PROGRAM I SAW THAT LOOKED INTERESTING, AND THEN DISCOVERED DID
NOT DO WHAT I WANTED, I'D BE IN TROUBLE WITH THE BANK, THE IRS, MY WIFE,
AND I'D BE LIVING IN A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS!! HI HI...
IF YOU CARE TO RESPOND MY ADDRESS IS:
SCOTT PORTER WA1YTW
RFD 1 BOX 78A
FITZWILLIAM, NH 03447
603 585 3330
73 DE SCOTT/WA1YTW
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These programs were originally written in dbase 2, i have converted most,
and debugged as many of the conversions as i have found bugs in, so far!
SO USE WITH DBASE 3....OR 3+....(UNLESS U CONVERT THEM AGAIN)

The main logbook program has been changed to use logreal when V is pressed,
instead of to transfer from the basic log....as the basic programs were
written in a non-pc compatible form, so i have not included them here.
Most programs written in dbase are here, tho modified and 1 is not
accessed by the main program...(it only takes changing 2 lines in
logbook.prg to restore that function).

I setup logreal.prg to use the system date and time for real time logging
of contacts..so your system clock must be set to utc for proper time/date
to be logged...it takes the last logged band(you can override/change bands)
mode, and reports....i suggest that u never answer Y to the question 'Is
this the final log entry ?' or similar, as this starts changing the comments
field .... it erases comments and inserts qso numbers in the entire log!
So if u, like me, keep stuff in comments(only 10 chars long) that u may want
to keep....answer N to that question when exiting the module!

Future mods may include qsl printing(labels) as soon as i get the flow
straight in my mind.... ( LOOK BELOW )

The dxcc update file(S) should be on drive c, not drive b as stated in the docs...
I see no reason that it couldn't be changed to reside in the subdir of all
the other files, but i haven't gotten around to it yet...DONE!

There are 3 extra fields in the dbf file of the log... these fields i added
to allow entering stuff non- chronologically, and then use the dbase sort
routine to put contacts back in date / time order.....these fields are:
MO (month)
DA (day)
YR (year)
this was also helpful when printing qsls, so the format of the date
can be changed to make the month appear as 3 chars,ie:jan ... something
not confusing to our Europeans friends....
SO I SUGGEST ENTERING DATES IN THE MMDDYY FORMAT OR ELSE YOU MAY FIND
THAT SOME THINGS DON'T WORK AS EXPECTED...NOTE: PC-HAM DOCS SAY YYMMDD-
BUT IF YOU DO THINGS MAY GET WEIRD!!! (READ THAT WILL GET WEIRD)
***THE DATE FIELD IS NOW A DATE TYPE FIELD AND MUST BE USED
WITH MM/DD/YY FORMAT! (DBASE II DID NOT HAVE DATE TYPE FIELDS)
ALSO THE TIME SHOULD BE ENTERED MANUALLY IN HH:MM FORMAT....I HAVE
EXPANDED THE DBF FILES TO ACCEPT 5 SPACES IN THE TIME FIELD, THIS
WORKS NICELY WHEN USING THE SYSTEM CLOCK/LOGREAL MODULE....
DON'T FORGET THE ':' WHEN ENTERING DATA....

WHEN USING THE LOGPRINT MODULE, BE SURE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS...
LIKE STARTING PAGE, ETC WITH AT LEAST A 1.....BOY, IT TOOK ME A
WHILE TO FIGURE THAT OUT!!! MORE WEIRD STUFF! CR'S DON'T WORK!!!

AS SOON AS YOU START THE LOGBOOK PROGRAM...TURN CAPS LOCK ON...
THAT ALSO TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT! OTHERWISE IT JUST BEEPS AT
YOU, AND RETURNS YOU TO THE MAIN MENU....

I HAVE ALL THESE FILES IN MY DBASE SUB-DIR....
I HAVE A BATCH FILE IN MY DIRECTORY OF BATCHES TO START IT FROM
ANYWHERE....THE BATCH FILE GOES LIKE THIS:
C:
CD\A\DATABASE\DB3PLUS
DBASE LOGBOOK...
YOU COULD ALSO ADD CD\ TO RETURN U TO YOUR ROOT WHEN DONE...BUT YOU STILL
WOULD HAVE TO TYPE :QUIT AT THE '.' PROMPT....AND THEN SOMETIMES I LIKE
TO DO OTHER STUFF IN DBASE THAT THIS STUFF DOESN'T DO.......(YET!)

I THINK I'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.....BUT MURPHY LIVES

MENU FOR DXCC BAND MODE UPDATE DONE......
MENU FOR DXCC PRINTING DONE .........
.PRGs FOR DXCC BAND/MODE UPDATE DONE......
INDEX NOW IS ON call + band + mode......

PACKAGE WILL NOW UPDATE BY BAND OR MODE.....
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ON YOUR DXCC SUBDIR A .DBF FILE FOR EACH OF THE 9 BANDS
AND 4 MODES:
DXCC.DBF
DXCC10.DBF
DXCC12.DBF
DXCC15.DBF
DXCC17.DBF
DXCC20.DBF
DXCC30.DBF
DXCC40.DBF
DXCC80.DBF
DXCC160.DBF
DXCCCW.DBF
DXCCSSB.DBF
DXCCRTTY.DBF

DO THIS BY COPYING ....BLANKDX.DBF

COPY BLANKDX.DBF C:DXCC.DBF
" " C:DXCC10.DBF
AND SO ON TILL YOU HAVE ALL 13.....

** THE PROGRAM NOW WILL PRINT QSL LABELS....THE WAY I DID THIS WAS TO
EXPAND THE QSL MENU....WHEN YOU HIT 'Q' IN THE MAIN MENU, YOU GO TO A
NEW MENU. HITTING Q AGAIN PUTS YOU IN UPDATE QSL STATUS. HITTING ANYTHING
ELSE ON THE MENU (EXCEPT *) PUTS YOU IN SENDQSL FOR THE BAND/MODE SELECTED
....THE SENDQSL PROGRAM MAKES LABELS FOR CONTACTS NOT MARKED AS CONFIRMED
IN THE SELECTED DXCC DATABASE....BUT FOUND AS WORKED IN THE LOG DATABASE.
THIS RESULTS IN A LABEL FOR ALL UNCONFIRMED CONTACTS WITH UNCONFIRMED
COUNTRIES .... USEFUL FOR MASS MAILINGS WITHOUT TOO MUCH EFFORT....
YOU MUST GET INTO DBASE AND MODIFY THE LABEL FORM OR YOU WILL GET WA1YTW
LAYOUT AND TEXT!!!!!
** A BUG: I CAN'T GET IT TO PRINT ON THE RIGHTMOST LABEL OF MY 2 UP
LABELS.....SO IF U USE TWO UP LABELS YOU'LL HAVE TO SAVE
THE UNUSED ONES AND REINSERT THEM THE OTHER WAY NEXT TIME
OR WASTE HALF YOUR LABELS......(* NEVER RUN LABELS BACK-
WARDS THROUGH YOUR PRINTER.....I HAVE A FRIEND WHO DID,
AND SPENT AN ENTIRE EVENING CLEANING GUM AND PAPER FROM
THE INSIDE OF HIS PRINTER!!! WITH PARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE!)
I THINK THE BUG IS DUE TO THE WAY THE PROGRAM SEARCHES AND THE WAY
THE LABEL STATEMENT IS WRITTEN.......??

IS QSLING AS CARDS COME IN USEFUL? THAT MEANS LOADING LABEL FORMS EACH
TIME A CARD COMES IN , UNLESS DONE IN BATCHES.....WHICH SLOWS THE RESPONSE
TIME CONSIDERABLY.....??