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

Sun Jun 3 07:50:40 EDT 2007

I agree at the top of my county dropdown list there is a blank entry to
the right of the line in the drop down box is (NONE). If I delete a
county it reverts to blank, none.
Julio, W4HY
-----Original Message-----
From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W7TAX - Dave Reed
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 12:18 AM
To: 'LOGic is open to all radio amateurs for discussion of LOGic logging
program'
Subject: RE: [LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?
I'm a bit confused... I delete counties ALL OF THE TIME and I made no
changes to my database or list. I select the county in the log form,
and
press the delete key. Poof! It's gone.
But, at least you found a way to make it work the way you want.
-----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 21:06
To: Skip Cameron; logic at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [LOGic] How to make County field null for a QSO?
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 

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