[Dxbase] Manual entry to the DXCC checkbox in the Award field doesn't work

Wed Jan 24 17:47:17 EST 2007

Thanks for the response Joe. See my responses to your questions in your 
original, below.
73,
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
To: "John Pelham" <john at radiophile.com>
Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Manual entry to the DXCC checkbox in the Award 
field doesn't work
> John,
>> I think that for me - the biggest question would be:
>> HAVE you ever sent in a DXCC application - and therefore, used
> some of the QSOs in your logbook .. IF that is the case, then,
> THOSE QSOs that have already been used "will already have" their
> AWARD column's DXCC checkbox "checkmarked"!!
Yes I have made many DXCC applications with DXbase, and yes, those QSOs 
that have been used for those applications already have their DXCC 
checkboxes checked. All these QSOs appear to show up in your 
dxcccredited report. I believe I understand how this is supposed to 
work.
> There is NO column
> that will differentiate between a regular DXCC submission and
> another DXCC submission -- once that QSO's DXCC award credit
> (checkbox) is checkmarked -- it WILL always be checkmarked -
> until you manually "uncheckmark it"..
I understand this. I have never, until 10 days ago, made any type of 
DXCC submission except a "regular" submission (by which I mean a paper 
one, the type that causes the DXCC checkbox to get checked by DXbase 
itself when it asks the question about "do you want to check the box..." 
etc. during the preparation process of the DXCC submission). There are 
lots of QSOs in my log that have the DXCC checkbox already checked as a 
result of these past paper DXCC submissions. I don't think I'm having a 
problem with any of these.
> If a particular QSO or QSOs are used for "any type of DXCC
> submission" - and THAT QSO might get "re-used" again for
> another submission (and therefore you are wanting to MANUALLY
> update the AWARD DXCC checkbox) - you will always find that
> the checkbox is already checkmarked.
According to the dxcccredited report, which I run BEFORE attempting to 
manually check any new DXCC checkboxes for my LOTW submission, NONE of 
the LOTW QSOs should have their DXCC checkboxes already checked. None 
of them appear in the dxcccredited report list. Right?
In any case, the QSOs that cause me my various problems are random. 
Each time I start over with my "virgin" Jan. 13 database, I get a 
different group of QSOs that either (a) are already checked, and/or (b) 
cause the weird CQWAZ error message when I find them with the Previous 
QSOs dialog, and/or (c) don't stay checked when I go back and find them 
again. In suppose I could find any random QSOs in my log, not ones that 
are associated with my LOTW submission, and see the problem (although I 
haven't tried it yet).
> This is of course assuming that the user is maintaining the
> logbook in the normal manner.
I suppose this remains to be seen! But, I think I am.