Printing QSL cards from MixW 2.

Attention: Open this file after starting MixW !!!

This way of printing QSL cards (or small self-gumming labels) is suitable for programs that support
DDE. I mean MS Word, Excel, etc. (WordPad does not.) You should simply insert the appropriate
DDE references into your document. Each reference consists of server name, topic (or file name), and
item.

In MS Word, these references are named field codes. Using MS Word 2000:

1 Press Ctrl-F9.
2 Type in your magic words between the braces { } .
3 Press Shift-F9 to hide codes and to display the real information.
4 Read help if this does not work.

For example, the field code for your call is:

{DDEAuto "MixW" "Info" "MyCall" \* MERGEFORMAT}

The bold words are taken from the table:

Entity Server name Topic Item Current state
Your call MixW Info MyCall UU9JDR/A
Your name MixW Info MyName Denis
Your QTH MixW Info MyQth Kiev
Program name MixW Info Program MixW
MixW version MixW Info Version 2.0 RC10
QSO date MixW QSO Date 30-Jul-2001
QSO time MixW QSO Time 13:29
Frequency, MHz MixW QSO Mhz 14.1
Mode MixW QSO Mode MT63
Call MixW QSO Call WA2VOS
Name MixW QSO Name Jim
QTH MixW QSO Qth Flushing
Domain (state) MixW QSO Domain NY
County MixW QSO County Queens
IOTA number MixW QSO IOTA
DXCC prefix MixW QSO DxccPrefix K
WAZ zone MixW QSO WAZ 5
ITU zone MixW QSO ITU 8
Country MixW QSO Country United States
Continent MixW QSO Continent NA
Continent (full name) MixW QSO LongCont North America
RST sent MixW QSO RstSnt 599
RST received MixW QSO RstRcv 599
QSL manager MixW QSO Manager
Notes MixW QSO Notes
QSO is unsaved MixW QSO Changed YES
QSO freq. MixW QSO Khz 14070
Azimuth MixW QSO Az 317
Distance MixW QSO Dist 8036
Latitude, deg. MixW QSO Lat 43.0000
Longitude, deg. MixW QSO Long -87.9000
Locator MixW QSO Loc ??????
<QSOCMDDDE:txt> MixW QSO Command
Zero beat freq, kHz MixW CAT Khz 14069.000
PTT state MixW CAT PTT OFF
<CATCMDDDE:txt> MixW CAT Command
There are several items for the callbook information (valid when the Callbook Dialog is open):

Server name Topic Item

MixW Callbook Call
MixW Callbook FirstName
MixW Callbook LastName
MixW Callbook MiddleName
MixW Callbook Suffix
MixW Callbook City
MixW Callbook Zip
MixW Callbook State
MixW Callbook LicClass
MixW Callbook LicDate
MixW Callbook LicExp
MixW Callbook Longitude
MixW Callbook Latitude
MixW Callbook AreaCode
MixW Callbook County
MixW Callbook TimeZone
MixW Callbook DayOfBith
MixW Callbook DxccCountry
MixW Callbook PostalCountry
MixW Callbook PrevCall
MixW Callbook PrevClass
MixW Callbook VanityCall
MixW Callbook Comment
MixW Callbook FaxNr
MixW Callbook Email
MixW Callbook Code
MixW Callbook Street
MixW Callbook ProcessDate
MixW Callbook GridSquare
MixW Callbook TransactionType
MixW Callbook QslManager
MixW Callbook MailingAddressCountry
MixW Callbook Homepage
MixW Callbook VanityFlag
In MS Excel, type “=MixW|Info!MyCall” (without quotes) in any cell to get the same result.
MS_Word updates DDE fields each time you make changes in MixW. But in some programs, like
MS_Word_Viewer 97, you need to reload the file to see what’s changed. MixW transfers selected
QSO from LOG bar or from Search dialog. See file MixW QSL card test.doc for sample QSL card
(don’t forget to run MixW first!).
Use <QSOCMDDDE:text> macro to pass custom data to an external program (MixW|QSO!
Command).

“Zero beat” and “PTT” can be used to drive TRCVRs not supported by MixW directly. Use
<CATCMDDDE:text> macro to pass custom data to an external CAT program (MixW|CAT!
Command).