G'Day Dennis,

I have been struggling to find out exactly what ADIF fields LOGGER32 exports/imports - there is little in the Help file to assist. I found on the Internet an Excel spreadsheet by Harald DL1HW, that imports LOGGER32 ADIF files, extracting all the field names in the Input file.

When I tried to setup user log fields in LOGic 9 for import/export to/from LOGic 9, I ran into more problems.

Some of the fields exported by LOGGER32 are very long - for example: APP_LOGGER32_CREDIT_SUBMITTED. 29 characters.

So long, they exceed the character limit of the "ADIF Name" field in LOGic 9 - on the Log Fields, ADIF panel in Tools, Setup, Log Fields, Spotting and Award Tracking.

I note that the length of ADIF_NAME in the LOGic LOGFIELDS database structure is 26 characters. So I have used Tools, Advanced Database commands to manually Edit the LOGFIELDS database to enter the long ADIF names.

And while examining the code, you may like to give thought to increasing the length of the "FIELD_NAME" item of the LOGFIELDS database structure. These are internal to LOGic so can be shorter, but ...

I have been debugging CONTEST logforms, and to that end, adding the LOGic contest user fields to the LOGFIELDS database so they can be included on my "debugging logform" for a contest - to verify my items in the Logform, Contest Setup. For example CON_MULTPTSx - does not fit in the field name Log fields, Name field, nor is the LOGFIELDS database item wide enough to accommodate the name. Using the same technique as above, I have extended the LOGFIELDS database item definition, modifying the structure of the LOGFIELDS database, and entering the longer field names.

I would appreciate permanent changes to the permissible maximum length of these fields in the Log Fields database input form, and permanent changes to the length of LOGFIELDS database items.

I could not find a "maximum name length" in the ADIF specification. Given its free form nature, perhaps that is to be expected. 15 chars for the Field Name field width would cover the LOGic internal contest fields, and a maximum input length of 26 chars (or more) would seem appropriate for the ADIF name input field and database item length.