I've written two utilities that may be of interest to other eQSL users.

First there is a program that downloads all eQSL cards to your local harddrive. I could not find another program to do this besides Logic8 but I don't care for how Logic8 handles the cards, including the fact that some cards are never downloaded by Logic8. The program saves the cards off to a local directory using a filename that matches the callsign/date/time/band/mode so that once its downloaded it doesn't try and download them again. That way you can keep your local cards up to date without wasting eQSL bandwidth and time.

Also, yesterday I wrote a VB script that works out of Microsoft Access. It may work outside of Access with some minor changes. I haven't had time to investigate that yet. This script takes an eQSL ADIF file and updates the Ham Radio Deluxe logbook to show eQSLs received.

The program and all source code are available from my web site:
http://www.wd5eae.org/Software.html

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WD5EAE Stephen Genusa

Nice little program Stephen! One little problem though. There's no way to stop or pause the program once it starts. I had to do the task manager thing to stop the prossess for it. The red x on the top right didn't close the program once it started either. Don't know if it's a Vista thing or not.
73!

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac

Hi Andy,

Yeah (chuckle). That's a pretty basic feature I would not think of not having but Winbatch does not build normal windows apps where you have access to the windows message loop. It does not even offer a reasonable way to get user input while a process is running. Let me research and see what I can do.

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WD5EAE Stephen
Edited by WD5EAE Stephen Genusa on Apr 7, 2008 at 02:56 PM

Andy,

OK a new version is on my web site. Now if you click the Window's [X] it will stop the process once it starts parsing the ADIF file. Thank you for the comment. Any others are welcome.

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WD5EAE Stephen

Works good now Stephen. Thanks for a nice little eQSL utility. Makes getting and saving eQSLs a real snap.
73!

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac

Hello,

have also a problem witz this nice utility.
I can't use it, because i have 2 Accounts in eQSL i.e. DK7ZH and different Nickname. In this reason i can't load the Files from eQSL to local PC.
How can help me to use it ???

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Manfred, DK7ZH

Hello,

have also a problem with this nice utility.
I can't use it, because i have 2 Accounts in eQSL i.e. DK7ZH and different Nickname. In this reason i can't load the Files from eQSL to local PC.
How can help me to use it ???

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Manfred, DK7ZH

Stephen,
I see you've now incorporated the orginal little utility with your HRD utility. Since some folks don't use HRD, would it be possible to have the eQSL download utility a seperate one all by itself? I still have the original zip file, and if it's ok with you, I'd like to post it to the eQSL Yahoo group because hams have shown an intrest in it.
73
Andy - n1ork

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac

Hi all,

I have downloaded the utility but when trying to download my eQSLs, I get the message "Winlnet Error 12002". Any help welcome...

73

Egbert - ON4CAS

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ON4CAS Egbert Hertsen

Egbert,
The utility from above has changed and is now an add-on to Ham Radio Delux (HRD). I have posted the original file on the OnLineQSL yahoo group. If you are not a member, you can become one and then go to the files section and download it. Or you can send me an email at mycall@arrl.net and I can forward the original file to you.
73
Andy - n1ork

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac

Due to the system problems this program was causing, I have removed it from the files section of the YaHoo group. I misunderstood how eQSLs were generated and did not realize the impact of this program.

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac