Just reading this after the contest. Does the EA's program have a hard coded comma or not using the regionl settings properly ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dxbase" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 22:29 Subject: Re: [DXBase] Exporting DXbase 2002 log to ADIF > Hello Tony and list members, > Upon further testing I find that there is an issue at least for me > under WinMe if I try to do an ADIF import using a file generated with > Cosme's program. The end result is no data appears in the frequency > field in DXbase after doing the import. Upon examining the .adi file I > see that freq data is entered (as Tony has pointed out) with a comma > instead of a decimal. So 18135.00 shows up in the .adi file as 18,135 > (with a comma) ..in this form when imported I get an empty freq field in > DXbase. If I then simply replace the comma in the .adi file with a > decimal it imports properly and displays in DXbase as 18135.00 This > effect is easily duplicated. > > Lastly the .adi files generated by Cosme's export routing do not > include any freq data to the right of the decimal. So if my original log > entry is 18135.50 - and - if I change the comma to a decimal in the .adi > file and import it...I end up with 18135.00 (not 18135.50) in DXbase > which IMHO is wrong data. > > This may be a non-issue since I keep a daily .mdb backup file. But if > I did ever do an ADIF import as outlined above..many of the .50 .75 etc > freq entries would all get imported as .00 > > Can anyone else give this a shot? I have sent Cosme' email detailing > what I am seeing.... > > 73 / DX > > Charles T Johnston > Prescott, Arizona - U.S.A. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AB7SL - Ham Radio Pages > Official W9INN Antennas Page > www.ab7sl.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.324 / Virus Database: 181 - Release Date: 2/14/02
