== Displaying, Selecting, and Modifying QSOs == === Displaying QSOs === QSOs are displayed in the '''Log Page Display''', a table located at the bottom of the '''Main''' window's '''Log QSOs''' tab. Each row of this table corresponds to a QSO in your log. Each column of this table corresponds to a recorded item. After DXKeeper is first installed, the '''Log Page Display''' has eight columns: . ||'''Call''' ||'''DXCC''' ||'''Starting UTC''' ||'''Band''' ||'''Mode''' ||'''Sent''' ||'''Rcvd''' ||'''Name''' || ||call ||DXCCPrefix ||QSO_Begin ||Band ||Mode ||RST_Sent ||RST_Rcvd ||Name || If you've logged 3 QSOs, your Log Page Display might look like this: . ||'''Call''' ||'''DXCC''' ||'''Starting UTC''' ||'''Band''' ||'''Mode''' ||'''Sent''' ||'''Rcvd''' ||'''Name''' || ||BS7H ||BS7 ||1997-04-30 05:45 ||20m ||CW ||599 ||599 ||Marti || ||VU4AN/VU3SID ||VU4 ||2006-04-18 16:55 ||17m ||SSB ||59 ||59 || || ||G3PSK ||G ||2007-01-20 01:10 ||20m ||PSK ||559 ||559 ||Peter || You can [[LogPageDisplayConfiguration|add or remove columns]] in the '''Log Page Display''', change their order, change their column heading, and change the alignment of the information within a column, for example {{http://www.dxlabsuite.com/Wiki/Graphics/DXKeeper-1.jpg}} The complete list of items recorded with each QSO is provided [[http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/Items.htm|here]]. To select the font to be used in the Log Page Display, click the '''Font''' button in the Log Page Display panel on the Configuration window's '''Log''' tab. To change the height of each row in the Log Page Display, position the cursor over a horizontal line in the left-most column; when properly positioned, the cursor will change to the Windows border adjustment cursor, allowing you to click and drag the row border to either expand or contract the row height as desired. Clicking the '''Reset''' button in the Log Page Display panel on the Configuration window's '''Log''' tab will set the Log Page Display's row height and column width to match the Log Page Display's selected font. === Selecting QSOs === To select a QSO, click anywhere on its row in the '''Log Page Display'''. The panels located above the '''Log Page Display''' display all of the items recorded with that QSO. Each panel contains a group of related items. The '''QSO''' panel at the top is always visible, and displays basic items such as '''call'''sign, '''begin''', '''end''', '''freq'''uency, '''band''', '''mode''', and '''DXCC''' prefix. You can optionally make six other panels visible: '''Auxilary''', '''QSL''', '''Online QSL''', '''Awards''', '''Contest''', and '''Satellite'''. To make one of the panel's visible check its box in the '''Log Panels''' panel on the '''Configuratation''' window's '''Log '''tab; conversely, you can hide a panel by unchecking its associated box. You can also control the visibility of these panels using the vertical array of 8 checkboxes located in the upper-right corner of the Main window's '''Log QSOs''' tab; you may need to expand the width of the Main window to see them. If you select a QSO that contains an error in an item that's not visible, DXKeeper will automatically make the panel visible, flashing the item's label in red font (for a critical error that ''must'' be corrected) or blue font (for an error that ''should'' be corrected); a required but unspecified item like '''Call''' or '''Begin''' or '''Band''' or '''Mode''' is considered a critical error. To [[https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/LogIntegrity.htm|maintain log integrity]], you must either correct all critical errors in the selected QSO or delete that QSO before you can select any other QSO. If it's the '''primary administrative subdivision''' item (e.g. state, province, prefecture...) or '''secondary administrative subdivision''' item (e.g. county, city/gun) whose label is flashing in blue font but you don't care about the accuracy of these items, then on the '''Awards''' tab of DXKeeper's Configuration window, uncheck the '''Other Awards''' panel's '''Subdivision validity checking''' panel; DXKeeper will then cease to make the '''Award''' panel visible to show you that the currently-selected QSO contains an invalid '''primary administrative subdivision''' or '''secondary administrative subdivision''' item. === Modifying QSOs === You can modify items in the currently selected QSO by directly modifying the item textboxes in the panels located above the '''Log Page Display'''. After changes to a QSO's items are recorded by clicking the '''Log''' or '''New''' buttons on the Main window's '''Log QSOs''' tab, the [[http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/Configuration.htm#Require Edit to modify logged QSOs|Require Edit to modify logged QSOs]] setting determines whether the '''Edit''' button must be clicked before making changes to that QSO. If '''Require Edit to modify logged QSOs''' option is enabled, then attempted changes will be ignored until the the '''Edit''' button is clicked, after which changes are permitted, and the '''Edit''' button is replaced by a '''Save''' button that can be clicked to record the changes. If '''Require Edit to modify logged QSOs''' option is not enabled, changes to items in the current QSO can be made at any time; such changes can be recorded by clicking the '''Save''' button. Changes are also recorded by taking any action that causes another QSO become selected. If your modification to one or more critical items in a QSO makes those items invalid, clicking the '''Log''' or '''New''' buttons or attempting to select another QSO will flash the labels of any such items in red font, and the QSO will remain selected; if the [[http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/Configuration.htm#Provide audible feedback|Provide audible feedback]] option is enabled, the "Windows Default Beep" will play each time the labels flash. Frequencies not falling within a defined band are considered invalid. Callsign validity checking can be enabled or disabled via the [[http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxkeeper/Help/Configuration.htm#Flag invalid callsigns|Flag Invalid Callsigns]] setting. If an item's data exceeds its specified maximum length, its label will flash in red font, and clicking the '''Log''' button will not enter the QSO into the current log. Until you correct the error(s) causing the item labels to flash or until you delete the QSO, the '''New''' and '''Log''' buttons will not function, and you will be unable to select another QSO. Disabling the '''Flag Invalid Callsigns''' option will immediately stop an invalid callsign from being considered invalid. Within an item textbox * the Home key moves the cursor to the beginning of the item * the End key moves the cursor to the end of the item * the SHIFT-Home key selects all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the item * the SHIFT-End key selects all characters from the cursor to the end of the item You can also select a set of QSOs and [[QSOModifying|modify them all en masse]]. === Additional Capabilities === You can * [[QSOSorting|specify the order]] in which QSOs are presented in the '''Log Page Display''' -- e.g. by QSO date and time, or by callsign. * [[QSOFiltering|specify a subset of QSOs]] to remain visible in the '''Log Page Display'''; for example, you might wish to only see QSOs made on the 160m band, or only QSOs with stations in Yemen. * [[QSOReporting|generate Reports]] showing your logged QSOs, progress towards awards, QSL status, etc. * [[QSOModifying| Modifying Multiple QSOs en masse]] * [[LogPageDisplayConfiguration|add, remove, or move Columns]] in the '''Log Page Display''' * [[LogPageDisplayConfigurationSaveRestore|save and restore Log Page Display Column Configurations]] * [[DateDisplay|specify the format of displayed dates]] * [[QSOPlotting|plot QSOs on DXView's World Map]] * [[QSOPlottingDXAtlas|Plotting Logged QSOs on the DX Atlas World Map]] * [[GridPlottingDXAtlas|Plotting Worked and Confirmed Grid Squares on the DX Atlas World Map]] ---- [[DXLabDiscussionGroup|Post a question or suggestion on the DXLab Discussion Group]] [[Logging]] [[GettingStarted|Getting Started with DXLab]]