[Dxbase] Address label formating problems...

Tue Jul 5 08:40:12 EDT 2005

Jack,
Thanks for your reply,
But am wanting to know if others experience the same problem
and how they work around it... Perhaps this is only related to
the "Radio Amateur Callbook CD" and not the others... (buckmaster
etc, ) can anyone comment on that? If so, how do others get their
address labels printed? Just hand edit every single address
in your log with a club call in it? Looking for guidance...
Thanks... (maybe no one else experiences this?)
Interestingly, if I use the RAC outside of DXBase, it prints labels
for these calls correctly, i.e.. the street address and city, state,
zip fields are on separate lines...
Thanks for all help and guidance...
(Jack, I'm not complaining about a bug... just asking for how
others deal with this... thanks!)
George - ku3o
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack" <jack at dxbase.com>
To: "George Perkins" <gperkins at tampabay.rr.com>; <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Address label formating problems...
> George,
>> When data is retrieved from the CD, it is taken as listed in the address 
> CD database. The fields in the address database come "as is".
>> Regards,
> Jack
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Perkins" <gperkins at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 3:15 PM
> Subject: [Dxbase] Address label formating problems...
>>>> Hey folks,
>>>> I would be interested in knowing if others have this issue and how you
>> deal with it...
>>>> When I print address labels, sometimes I get formatting problems where
>> the city, state and zip don't fit on the label... after looking closer, 
>> it seems
>> that sometimes the "street address" and the "city, state, zip" lines get
>> crammed together on one line instead of two seperate lines... (both are
>> stored in the "ADR3" field of the pending labels database)
>> This seems to happen mostly when the first line of the address is a club
>> station name...
>>>> After closer examination of the pending labels database I can see this...
>>>> What usually happens is the ADR1, ADR2, and ADR3 fields get stuffed like
>> this...
>>>> ADR1: George A. Perkins /* Name */
>> ADR2: 17706 Currie Ford Drive /* Street Address */
>> ADR3: Lutz, FL 33558 /* City, ST ZIP */
>> ADR4: USA /* Country */
>>>> But if the address is a club station, something like this usually 
>> happens...
>> I will use "WK4R" for an example...
>>>> ADR1: West Pasco Contest Club /* Club Name */
>> ADR2: Wilbert E. Kollenbaum /* Name */
>> ADR3: 2930 Meadowood Drive, New Port Richey, FL 34655 /* Combined Steet, 
>> City, ST, ZIP */
>> ADR4: USA /* Country */
>>>> Invariably, when the address (I am using the RAC callbook CD) from the CD
>> populates the database, primarily when the ADR1 field contains a club 
>> name
>> or something similar, the street address and the city, st, zip get 
>> concatenated
>> together... and hence, the text will not fit on a label...
>>>> I would like to see the "USA" field go away and the "City, ST ZIP" from
>> ADR3 roll down to ADR4...
>>>> Does anyone else experience this? And if so, how do you handle it or
>> get around it?
>>>> Thanks,
>> George - Ku3o
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