[Dxbase] Correcting Prefix

Mon Jan 22 20:35:15 EST 2007

I have complained about this for YEARS - John.... and be warned there is a major trickle down that you need to watch for as it
miss-populates a lot of fields. The safest way is to delete the complete entry (ESC) usually works unless you have accepted the
record.
JACK
Is there ANY solution to this as it contaminates a LOT of calls if users do not spot that the N. Korea contact being logged when
they make a typo. Such as P5 rather than PY5 and then just edit the call. At minimum you should provide a warning.
Paul VE3SY
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John W. Benedict
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:38 PM
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dxbase] Correcting Prefix 
>>> Hello Group
> A problem I have every now and them. I enter a call example 
> 'EA3ABC Spain' into the log and tab to the next column. I 
> find that I did not get the call right (typo or copied the 
> call wrong in CW) so I click back and change the 'E' to a 'W' 
> in the call. Now I try to enter the state but the prefix 
> column is telling me "Can not enter a state if the prefix is 
> not USA" I am trying to get in the habit to just hit escape 
> if I get the call wrong and start all over but sometimes I 
> have already entered the signal report, the guy's name and so 
> forth and don't like having to enter all that again. I have 
> also entered part of a call while coping CW and tab over to 
> get his name and then back to get the rest of the call or 
> correct it. This also gets me bad prefixes. Perhaps it is a 
> discipline thing where I need to learn to get the entire call 
> right before tabbing out of the field.
>> Maybe the next release of DXBase the auto entry fields are 
> re-populated anytime the cursor leaves the call field.
>> Thanks for reading :-)
> John W. Benedict de KE5RS
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