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[WriteLog] Log Window Field Sizing?

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Subject: [WriteLog] Log Window Field Sizing?
From: herbr@netcom.com (Herb Rosenberg)
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:55:30 -0700 (PDT)
He is NOT asking about the entry window.  He is referring to the LOG 
window, which you cannot edit, other than change the font type and size, 
which is the underlying problem. 

Thanks.

Herb - KG6OK

herbr@netcom.com

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Keith Regli wrote:

> 
> You can change the size, or remove fields from the entry window. Look in the
> Help under "Editing QSO Exchange Fields".  Particularly the "Caption" and
> "Prompt" sections.  You can generally get to the window in question by
> selecting Contest/Exchange Format Setup...  Say NO to the next question and
> you are in.  The Caption width determines the field width (incl trailing
> spaces) and the Prompt adds or removes from the QSO Entry window.  This
> won't handle the Sequence number - I don't know how to change that one.
> 
>       Keith WB6BIG
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
> > [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K2KW
> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 6:45 AM
> > To: writelog@contesting.com
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Log Window Field Sizing?
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to resize the number of displayed characters in
> > each field in
> > the displayed log window so the data isn't spread out so much?  While I
> > realize that the data fields need to have certain sizes, it does
> > appear that
> > the fields are very large.
> >
> > For efficiency, is there any way to turn off some of the
> > displayed data (yet
> > still have it in the log) so the window is less cluttered?
> >
> > This is how my log window looks for some of the data fields:
> >
> > SEQ                            DATE
> >                   1          2000-08-07
> >
> > It looks like the SEQ field is 15-20 characters wide, yet the SEQ
> > only needs
> > to be 5 characters wide for 99,999 QSOs - or to be safe 6 characters wide.
> >
> > Same also goes for the CALL and signal fields, which looks like:
> >
> > CALL                           SNT             RCV
> > K2KW                                    59              59
> >
> > The CALL field looks like it could contain 30 characters.
> > SNT/RCV look like
> > 10 character fields.
> >
> > Any ideas?  Many thanks,
> >
> > Kenny K2KW
> >
> >
> >
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