[LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?

Sun Jun 3 00:05:43 EDT 2007

Hi Skip,
Thanks for your advice! You gave me the idea of how to approach this.
I did figure out how to do it -- but you can't really do it through the LOGic 
GUI the way you suggested. Reason: LOGic won't let you create a null record. I 
could have created a county record named (none), which I think is what you 
were suggesting, but that's not the same as a null record, because it has a 
name (none). I didn't want there to be a county named (none); I wanted a null 
record (NO name) that simply has the DESCRIPTION of (none). And LOGic won't 
let you create such a record through the Lists of Valid Values dialog.
So I manually edited the lists.dbf database to create this null record. (I 
know you can do this through LOGic, but I use an external database editor 
called DBF Viewer 2000 for doing this kind of work. More user-friendly, for me 
anyway.) I then went into Database Management in LOGic and did a Reindex and 
Pack to get the new record indexed in the .cdx file.
Bottom line, it now works perfectly, just like the STATE and VE PROV fields. 
Now whenI press Delete, the county goes away (effectively) by storing the null 
(none) record. So if anybody else out there wants to make the County field 
erasable, that's the way to do it.
73,
Bill / W5WVO
Skip Cameron wrote:
> Bill:
> I am still back on Logic 5.3, and have a {none} in my county field.
> If you go to List of Valid Values, find CNTY, and set up a new CNTY
> {none} you will be all set. I did so and it appeared after the last
> one in WY.
> Skip W5GAI
> --------------------------
> Bill W5WVO wrote:
>>> Dave, unfortunately that doesn't work. It works for the STATE and
>> PROVINCE fields (among others) because those lists have a (none)
>> entry at the top, and when you DELETE an entry you don't want, the
>> list just goes to the top record (none). But there is no (none)
>> record at the top of the COUNTY list, so it defaults to the first
>> ALASKA county, which is the top record in the COUNTY list.
>>>> I don't know how to create a (none) choice on the County list. I
>> thought to look at the STATE list of valid vlues, but it gives me no
>> clue. It just shows me the states, not a (none) entry. I don't know
>> where (none) comes from in these other lists.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> Bill / W5WVO
>>>> W7TAX - Dave Reed wrote:
>>> Yeah... you left-click on the county field, and press your delete
>>> key.
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill W5WVO
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 19:06
>>> To: [LOGic]
>>> Subject: [LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?
>>>>>> I keep track of counties for certain awards, so I don't want
>>> incorrect county information in the logbook. When I work a guy, the
>>> County field is automatically filled in from the automatic callbook
>>> lookup. 99% of the time, I want it to do this, but sometimes (when
>>> I don't know the county of a portable/mobile station and don't
>>> care), I'd just like to leave it blank. But there doesn't seem to
>>> be any way to do that. Is there a way to "erase" the county from
>>> the log input form once it's there?
>>>>>> Bill / W5WVO