[Dxbase] Address label formating problems...

Thu Jul 7 19:45:21 EDT 2005

I meant for my previous post to append "this" email...
here it is again... (sorry for the "foobar" a moment ago...)
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I am still vexed by this problem... Especially since Field Day
where a large number of stations worked are actually clubs and
the mailing address info never formats correctly...
I thought it might be the Radio Amateur Callbook CD specific,
(as opposed to Buckmaster or others) but when I use RAC CD
with other programs, i.e. Win-EQF for example, address labels
format just fine. WinEQF is vastly inferior to DXBase, especially
the QSL and Address formating features in the designer, but I
cannot seem to get these "club" address to format properly in
DXBase...
I am very interested if this is specific to my configuration or
if others experience this and if so, how they work around it...
Since Field Day, I'm looking at a large number of "manually"
re-formatting of addresses...
Please? any comments, tips, suggestions?
Thanks,
George - Ku3o
----- 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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