QtLogbook User Manual
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1. R44 9235M 76PM R44 R22 B206L3 _ _ _ Entering Text Fields With The Grab Command Introduced in version 0 8 is the Grab command If you select a field either numeric or text but not date and hit G ctrl G on Windows the program will look up in that column and copy paste the closest non empty cell into the current cell and then select the next column to the right This is useful when for instance you ve flown the same model and registration aircraft on several flights For instance in the following example we have done several flights in the same aircraft on the same day We ve entered the date using the context menu and moved onto the next field Model Total 3 6 94 sr 3 6 94 PA 28 81020 ma We hit 36G ctrl G on Windows and the previous line is automatically copied down and the selection advanced to the next box ome vede o roune E so fonas oo SEC a This will even work if there is an empty line the program looks back until it finds a logbook entry which is non empty to copy from Setting Numeric Fields There are two kinds of numeric fields an integer counter field for counting instrument approaches takeoff and landings etc and hours tenths of hours for tracking pilot time To enter a value click the field with the mouse or tab over using the tab key so that the field is highlighted Then use one of the following methods to enter the time2. helicopter time QtLogbook allows you to add your own columns using the Create New Logbook Type entry on the Logbook Type pull down menu on the toolbar The second half of this dialog box allows you to add new column types to the logbook For instance in this example a column for gliders is being added Create Modify Logbook Types Click and drag the headers to rearrange columns Use the checkboxes to enable disable columns y Allow modifications to Logbook Name CX 50 ry E 138 existing logbook types E 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1M Date M Helo M Model M ID Y asee M ame M xc M oD T gt Use this section to add new column types or to modify the display name of an existing type Type Name COLUMN_GLIDERS le Cliders HOURS pan Add Type OK Cancel In this example the Type name has been set to COLUMN GLIDERS by convention the column names are of this form COLUMN_XXX The next field is the actual column heading to be used and the field after that says what kind of a column it is v DATE T Aad Toe HOURS COUNTER TEXT OK Cancel You can choose from Date Hours Counter or Text Using The Report Window The Report window allows you to summarize your pilot time in various aircraft types The window has two halves The left half is the summary of all your pilot time broken into several time periods all flight within the last 30 days 90 days 6 months year and re
3. 1994 111 i When you have typed enough digits for the date to be legal the toolbar central text field will echo the current date in long format Type Sporty s Senior Pilot s Flight Log is Sunday February 13 1994 When the echoed date agrees with what you are trying to enter you can hit Enter or Tab or an arror key or click on another cell as desired Entering Date Fields With The Mouse Wheel With the date field selected you can use the scroll wheel of the mouse to increase or decrease the date under the mouse The date will be echoed in both the date field and in the central text field Entering Date Fields With The Context Menu A special context menu is provided for dates It attempts to be intelligent by assuming that the date to be entered is the same as or later than the previous date in the logbook Thus you can enter the same date repeatedly by always just selecting the top item in the context menu In case the flight might not be on the same day but might still be close to the previous entry s date the context menu provides you with several subsequent dates O 1 R44 J 02 Nov 2006 Thu 03 Nov 2006 Fri 04 Nov 2006 Sat 05 Nov 2006 Sun 06 Nov 2006 Mon 07 Nov 2006 Tue 08 Nov 2006 Wed 30 Dec 2006 Sat 31 Dec 2006 Sun OlJan 2007 Mon 02 Jan 2007 Tue 03 Jan 2007 Wed 04 Jan 2007 Thu 05 Jan 2007 Fri Note that the second half of the context men
4. A Logbook You change the display format of a logbook by selecting the type of logbook in the toolbar Logbook Type default When you first use QtLogbook the program defines a default layout but you can create your own to match your paper logbook format Column Layout Creating A New Logbook Type In the toolbar logbook type pulldown menu one of the types is Create New Logbook Type Choosing this option will produce the following dialog box f i Create Modify Logbook Types Click and drag the headers to rearrange columns Use the checkboxes to enable disable columns Logbook Name CX 50 R 7 pa Allow modifications to existing logbook types 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1Y Date M Model M ID Vio Helo M ASEL M AMEL M x c Vo gt Use this section to add new column types or to modify the display name of an existing type Type Name COLUMN DATE lo Date DATE 73 Add Type OK Cancel This dialog box actually performs two functions The top half allows you to define a new logbook type the bottom half allows you to define new column types This section describes the top function creating logbook descriptions You should enter a description of the logbook type in the Logbook Name field You can use any text string which is descriptive of the type of paper logbook you are using In this example I ve used the made up CX 50 name Once you OK this dialog box CX 50
5. Entering Numeric Fields With The Keyboard You can type the desired value You can type 2 and the program will correctly enter that as 0 2 You can enter negative numbers While this may seem strange sometimes it is necessary to add a correction when you have made a mistake in your paper logbook The program will allow you to enter negative values for this reason Entering Numeric Fields With The Mouse Wheel Once you make the entry field selected you can use the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the value Entering Numeric Fields With The Context Menu The program will look at recent entries in your logbook and attempt to create a context menu of numeric values that are likely to include the value you want to enter L__ ee 1 4 0 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 1 0 6 1 8 0 7 1003 8 306 0 8 51 3 32 2 1 0 9 j 1005 6 306 1 0 51 3 32 2 1 1 II 1 4 p When you release the mouse the number is entered and the program automatically moves onto the next field Entering Numeric Fields With The Grab Command You can use the Grab command 86G ctrl G on Windows the same way as described above with text fields The program will look back above in the same column until it finds a non empty cell and will copy that value into the current cell and then move the selection to the next cell to the right Entering Multiple Numeric Fields With The AutoFill Command This powerful c
6. QtLogbook knows about OK actually adds it to the logbook If you want to change the location of the column from the end before hitting OK you can click and drag on the header and reposition the column to any position you desire a Allow modifications to 10 a BL a existing logbook types 19 20 21 emarks Glider A SES ting type dragged to the new position 35 7 existing logbook typ O e E AMEL MM xCc M Day M Night M aA SES M eee ves or to modify the display name of an existing type results in the column being placed where you designate CX 50 af 8 9 21 10 MASEL M AMEL M A SES M x c WM A A AAA AA A AA A A AA A Adding Flights To A Logbook Logbook pages start out as empty pages Click on the fields you wish to change Setting The Date Field When you select the date field by clicking on it you can fill in the date in the preferred date format You can then change it to record the date of a flight done on a previous day While entering a date the toolbar central text field echoes the current date you have entered f Create New Logbook Type Saturday November 3 2007 Id bi lt Db Entering Date Fields With The Keyboard To set the date using the keyboard enter type in the date in the format mm dd yyyy or dd mm yyyy depending on your preference setting Date Model J 18 2 11 1994 PA 28 9 2 12 1994 PA 28 10 2 13
7. display look identical to your paper logbook to facilitate keeping the two in sync It also makes it easier to learn the program because you can treat it like a regular paper logbook How To Use The Mouse Wheel The first release of QtLogbook is on Macintosh OSX and many Macintosh computers have a single button mouse with no scroll wheel As far as I know scroll wheel mice came out of the Windows environment but they are well supported on OSX If you don t have one you may eventually consider purchasing one as they really do make it easier to navigate documents The newer Apple mice have built in scroll capability and QtLogbook allows you to make use of this capability if you have it In addition the newer laptops with a touchpad allow you to scroll by dragging with two fingers Most numeric entry fields and combo menus in QtLogbook will respond to mouse scroll events How To Use The Context Menu QtLogbook makes extensive use of context menus On the Macintosh you can either use a 3 button mouse by clicking the right hand button or you can hold down the CTRL button while clicking with a single button mouse The result is a pop up menu which you can select items from Running QtLogbook For The First Time The first time that you run QtLogbook the program doesn t find a logbook file so it puts up a dialog box asking for the location of the file QtLogbook 006 Choose a file III er 4 mm Documents Y Q search LA
8. than it was to read the entire list The list is now 9 entries long First version built for Windows as well as Macintosh Release 0 6 Added support for translating the program into other languages With the help of Daniel Lavocat release 0 6 contains support for the French language If people would like to help with a translation into another language please contact me Fixed problems with Clear Logbook not updating properly Release 0 5 You can now change the way a column name is displayed This was requested by someone working in a different language French who wants to be able to change the column headings to his native language Fixed some of the context menus to do a better job of selecting values from which you can pick When you are in your latest logbook the right arrow navigation button will now let you move to page numbers higher than the highest filled in page Release 0 4b Made a change to the storage format In order to support hours minutes data entry the XML file format was changed to store all times in minutes which is in retrospect what it should have been all along The program will automatically patch the file when it detects the old file format and convert it to the new format You should probably back up your logbook file just in case there is a problem with the conversion Fixed a bug where you could not enter 2 and instead had to type 0 2 Added a help menu QtLogbo
9. Applications p 3 Macintosh HD 2 AvidDocs r 206Z Pilo ining doc 1 2 bin Acrobat User Data EE Desktop 2 evs_tree 45 Address 0S abbu r P r a 55_Harmony_Lane gt 4 ve GE Desktop Address 05 abbu A Applications Address 05 abbu HR 2 Development Address 04 abbu T Device Drivers veum E a Aviati Y 3 la I AvidDocs Aviation Stuff T Downloads p _ CarolPics list 3 dynamic_cast_test gt gt CarolPics list OLD dynamic_ t_test zip _ CarolPics sorted gt NikonPictures 4 Faxes gt 5 CarolPics rted OLD Favorites D From_Tom_Kent v 2 ComcastChannels rtf Downloads ee New Folder Open 4 g Movies amp Music Pictures You can just cancel the dialog box and QtLogbook will create a default logbook for you TARA untitled 3 f a Logbook Type default B Id Pi lt 4 gt Logbook 1 Page 1 8 Date Model ID Route InstApp Landings Helo ASEL AMEL x C Day Night Actual 4 T 2 3 4 5 y ARE gt Choosing A Date Format You can choose from two ways of displaying dates Month Day Year and Day Month Year Use the preferences dialog to change the way the program shows dates Date Format MM DD YYYY O DD MM YYYY Choosing A Time Format You can choose from two ways of displaying your aircraft time Tenths of hours and Hours Minutes Use the preference
10. QtLogbook User Manual RJEPPESEN PILOT LOGBOOK Paul Cantrell Version 0 92 February 10 2008 OVCIVI Win leleine lata la ela 3 E RIESI 3 TARA CS Serle ia 3 QtLogbook Looks Like A Paper Logbook 3 How Lo Use The Mouse Wilkes a 3 How To Use Tie Context Me ads 3 Running QtLogbook For The First Time conc conno cnn ccnnnncnnno 4 Choosing A Date Format taa 4 Cho osing A Tim Formati 5 Structure Of A Lobo carnale ri 6 Oculari 6 Moving Around In The Logbook is ccc ccscctis cecsethescancssvsceatdnvededveadearavibaetaxesprestencenesnteads 6 Setting the Layout Of A Logbook nia ii 7 Colima Lao TAS A AR 8 Creating A New Logbook DE das 8 Changing An Existing Logbook Type ii 9 Changing The Name Of A Colum sro sia 10 Adding A New Column Py pe alal iene 12 Adding Flights TOA Look as A a 14 Setting The Date Fido dd 14 Entering Dates Using The Pop Up Calendar iii iii 16 Setting Text Fred odds 17 ias A ira 20 A A A ea EEEE OTOES EEE 22 Managins Logbook Files 25 OG niere a Ra Soe ee Seta aN aig LN tins CMS a dats can aed ts ots eee hata acs 25 VS Sh diet O RO ST AD at 25 Operaia alii 25 A A A 25 NW iaia tr 25 Managing Multiplebasbooks adla era aaa 26 Creating AN Lo a a 26 Clearing An Existing Oe bO Oks iia 26 Moving Between LogbookKs viali ariana 26 Customizing Logbook Layos ia ai 26 Usine The Report Window lario aa 27 Selecting Aircraft Type To SUmMmManze celle 28 Importino Existina Lo
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12. ext box you will see the current string which is displayed X C We can change it to Cross Country Type Name COLUMN_X iv Cross Country HOURS lt Modify Type OK gt Cancel Click Modify Type and then OK Your logbook page will be updated AMEL ossCount Day Nic 1 3 1 8 1 8 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 6 3 6 1 3 2 1 Note however that the string is being truncated because the column width is too small for such a long string You can widen the column by clicking and dragging on the edge of the column header amar Cross Country Dor _ 1 3 1 8 1 8 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 6 3 6 The program will remember the width of each column in the logbook file As of version 0 9 you can rename the column by just double clicking on the header Night Landings NLand KAC Change the heading text 2 5 x C Cancel OK on Adding A New Column Type You will often want to add a column type which is not included in the QtLogbook defaults For instance if you are a seaplane pilot you might want to track ASES Airplane Single Engine Sea You could rename an existing column type but a better way is to create a new column First bring up the Create New Logbook Type dialog box You can start with any type name Type Name COLUMN_DATE v just click in the text field and erase back to COLUMN vr Type Name COLUMN e Now type in an upper case alphabetic no special characters descri
13. gardless of date The right half contains all the aircraft types you have entered in COLUMN MODEL F28 A F28A F28F P210 PA28 161 PA28R 200 Date Model 1D Route InstApp Landings Helo ASEL AMEL xc Day Night Actual Hood Dual PIC Total Glider AII 608 2 208 6 592 6 16 6 26 2 25 6 15 3 608 2 608 2 1 Year 39 9 13 1 38 7 1 2 5 1 9 4 4 0 39 9 39 9 6 Months 12 6 3 2 11 4 EI 5 1 12 6 12 6 90 Days 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 E N 30 Days R222 I R22A R228 E ES ES S76A DOQOODO v z R44 R II SR20 Notice that not only can you use the window resize handle in the lower right to resize the size of the window but you can also grab the splitter between the left and right half to change the amount of space dedicated to each part of the window For instance here is the same window with more space given to the aircraft type selection Selected Models Date Model 1D Route InstApp Landings Helo ASEL AMEL x C Day Night Actual Hood A 1 All 608 2 208 6 592 6 16 6 26 2 25 6 Enable All 2 1 Year 39 9 13 1 38 7 12 5 1 9 4 Disable All 6 Months 12 6 3 2 11 4 12 5 1 Y 20683 4 90 Days 2 4 1 2 1 2 Y 2068111 5 30 Days 7ECA O 9235M CAS 18A O AA SA C AA 58 O AASB O AG 58 AST 300 ATC 112H Notice that since there is now not enough space to display all the columns a scroll bar has appeared so that you can scroll the left side left and right to see all the columns Selecting Aircraft Type To Sum
14. marize Check the aircraft types you want summarized and the totals will reflect just those aircraft types For instance when I want to summarize my turbine helicopter time I highlight just the Bell and Sikorsky types because I know those are the only models I fly that are turbine powered Note that because over time I ve used 206B3 206BIII B206 and B206B3 all to mean Bell 206 JetRanger I have to check them all I could go back and fix the entries to be all the same string but it doesn t really cause any harm except that I have to check a few more boxes At the top of the right side there are two buttons labelled Enable Al and Disable All Selected Models Enable All Disable All Y 20683 Y 2068111 calati This allows you to quickly enable or disable all the aircraft type checkboxes Importing Existing Logbooks From Excel Format Of The XML File To be supplied Release Notes Release 0 92 Major work on the date field You can now just enter the date freehand if you want 2 2 1994 but make sure to type a 4 digit year You can still get the context menu by right clicking or Ctrl Clicking if you have a one button mouse Previously if you wanted the calendar popup you had to click on the arrow inside the date field Now just hold down open while right clicking or Ctrl clicking the date field The option modifier will cause the calendar popup to appear instead of the context menu Reali
15. n just select it and spin the mouse wheel to decrease the value to the correct amount The other four columns are probably correct though so this can be a big time saver Notice that the command leaves the same cell selected If we were really smart we would enter 2 9 in the hood column let it auto fill the other columns and then we would already be in the hood column to adjust the number down with the mouse wheel Minor saving of keystrokes Cut Copy Paste Version 0 92 has some major improvements to the clipboard cut copy paste commands First of all you can cut copy paste regardless of the exact selection state of a logbook cell You can equally cut copy paste in any of these states ca 4 RN Further cut now reliably leaves the cell cleared You can cut copy page more than one cell at a time For instance the following copy operation will properly paste into Excel Mi La Pa hal Pa Pd Lal Pd Pi kah Pala A Pe Pt 2 2 2 2 7 3 3 Lat 2 3 and vice versa Further the program attempts to be smart when pasting into a region For instance if you copy a row from Excel 2 7 3 3 2 2 2 3 You can either paste it into a column in QtLogbook al or into a row al Helo or into a different shape ASEL MULTI ASEL MULTI 2 7 3 3 2 2 2 3 In version 0 92 there is a bug in pasting columns from Excel to QtLogbook but this should be corrected in the near future Managing Logbook File
16. ok Help which just opens up this file in your web browser Added a Preferences pane Added a preference to allow you to see dates as MM DD YYYY or DD MM Y Y Y Y which is how Europe formats dates Added a preference to allow you to specify display time as either hours decimal tenths of hours or as hours colon minutes 1 24 When you are in this format the columns are slightly wider to allow you to fit 10 000 hour times along with two digits of minutes This means that when you run in this mode you ll need to make your window a little wider but the program will remember the new width once you change it Changed the date combo box instead of the silly up down arrows you now get a pull down arrow which will put up a miniature calendar which you can pick the date from LESA EU mett JUL 404WT Mon Tue Wed Thu 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 g 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 28 Known Bugs Just clicking in some fields will make the program think the logbook has been changed even when you haven t changed anything In other cases changing some things does not cause the program to realize you have changed anything use File gt Save to save the changes During testing I have seen one case where adding a custom column caused the program to die while writing out the XML file and thus all logbook data was lost I plan on adding an automatic backup feature to the program but in the meantime you should m
17. ommand was added because usually I fly most flights under similar conditions i e 95 of my flights are in the helicopter daytime as PIC Rather than have to enter the same numbers in all those columns I can enter the number in one column and then have the rest of the columns automatically entered For example in this logbook I have been flying the airplane Total ASEL AMEL SEC Turbine Helo Actual Hood Inst App Simulator Night Landings NLand x C Dual PIC 2 2 2 2 1 9 3 4 2 2 22 al aT 2 4 4 rir 5 2 7 27 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 5 33 3 3 3 3 As you can see in the previous flight Total ASEL Hood X C Dual and PIC are all similar types of values tenths of hours When command A ctrl A on Windows is pressed the program automatically copies the 2 9 in the current cell to all those other columns Total ASEL AMEL SEC Turbine Helo Actual Hood InstApp Simulator Night Landings NLand xc ua Pic 2 2 2 2 1 9 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 7 2 7 2 4 4 2 7 5 2 7 22 3 3 3 3 3 0 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 29 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 9 Notice that one column probably needs fixing Although ASEL X C Dual and PIC are all probably 2 9 the total length of the flight Hood is probably less so that needs to be adjusted The program is not currently smart enough to notice that the value in hood is different so it just fills it in with the same value as all the other columns You ca
18. ow you to enter arbitrary text into a column Although some fields may represent very specific types of information for example the route of a flight the program itself does not interpret the data so you are free to enter whatever you wish There are certain fields which have special meaning to the program the COLUMN MODEL field is used by the summary window for instance but you are still able to enter whatever you wish When you are entering the text via the keyboard the toolbar central text field echos what you are typing This is useful when the text you wish to enter is much wider than the column in the logbook otherwise allows you to display Total Route 2 3 1 to HFD Echoes as Third Logbook NY Wall Street Helipad to HFD Id gt i in the toolbar Entering Text Fields With The Keyboard Once you have selected the text field you simply type using your keyboard You can move around in the field using the keyboard arrow keys or the mouse You can t currently edit in the toolbar field you must edit in the table cell Entering Text Fields With The Context Menu Certain text fields such as the model of the aircraft the aircraft registration number etc are highly repetitive The program builds a context menu sorted by most recent entry of the previous text entries in the column You can then quickly pick a recent aircraft route or other text field using the context menu R22 335DP
19. ptive name Type Name COLUMN_ASES la This is the string that will be stored in the XML logbook file You won t see it directly but if another program is ever used to interpret the XML logbook file a descriptive name will make it easier to understand what the data means The next step is to pick the name which will appear at the top of the column when the logbook page is displayed this can be almost any text you want however you probably should keep the string short so that it fits in the default width of the column We could use ASES or any other short string that will describe the column type Type Name COLUMN_ASES vl A SES The next step is to define what kind of data the column holds The choices are DATE HOURS COUNTER TEXT The Date type allows you to add a date column but of course the default already has one and I can t imagine why you would want another HOURS means pilot time either in hours and tenths of hours or hours minutes depending on your preference setting COUNTER is used for things like recording number of takeoffs and landings number of instrument approaches or other things that require an integer counter Text lets you enter freeform text for things like registration numbers airport identifiers or remarks In the example case we ll use HOURS because this is a pilot time column we are adding Click the Add Type and then OK buttons Add Type adds the type to the types
20. s The QtLogbook program is designed to have open a single logbook file at a time The name of the open file is always displayed in the title bar of the main window You can use the File menu to perform operations on the open file Save This command writes out the current logbook entries to the XML disk file Use 1t when you want to commit your changes safely to the disk Save As The Save As command brings up a dialog box to allow you to save the current logbook to a different file Open Open allows you to open a different logbook file The current logbook file is automatically closed Ifthe current logbook file has been modified you are prompted to first save the contents before a new file is opened If you choose No the current changes will be lost Close There is no Close on the file entry but using the Close on the Window menu will cause the file to be closed and the program to exit Clicking on the Close Window button will accomplish the same thing When the main window is closed the program will exit thus choosing Quit performs the same action New This command will close the currently open logbook and open a new blank logbook When you first close the new logbook you will be prompted for the filename Make sure to choose a filename with an extension of Ibk Managing Multiple Logbooks Creating A New Logbook When you fill a paper logbook and want to start a ne
21. s dialog to change the way the program shows your flight time Time Display Format Hours And Tenths 5 1 Hours And Minutes 1 30 If you select Hours Minutes your logbook page will look like this Id bl lt gt Logbook 8 B Pac Helo ASEL AMEL X C Day Night Actual Hood Dual PIC Total 1 48 1 48 1 24 0 24 1 48 1 48 2 30 2 30 2 30 2 30 1 54 1 54 1 54 1 54 0 54 0 54 0 54 0 54 1 24 1 24 1 24 1 24 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 0 54 0 54 0 54 0 54 10 24 1 48 9 06 1 18 10 24 10 24 2098 48 181 12 0 18 745 06 2173 48 108 18 19 42 104 24 273 06 2217 54 2293 36 2109 12 181 12 0 18 746 54 2182 54 109 36 19 42 104 24 273 06 2228 18 2304 00 Structure Of A Logbook Overview QtLogbook stores the information about your logbooks in a single XML file You add logbook descriptions to make the electronic logbooks look like your paper ones You do this by creating logbook descriptions These describe what the order of columns are and how many lines to a page the logbook has QtLogbook then displays the information to you a page at a time Moving Around In The Logbook QtLogbook has several ways to navigate the various pages of your logbook Using The First Page Last Page Buttons In the toolbar you will find the First Page and Last Page buttons Id el These buttons will move you to the beginning of the logbook or the last occupied page respectively Using The Next Page Previous Page Buttons In
22. sbo0ks io aes cdi 29 SUE BB o APPAIA O ROSE E ITALO AA IRR III STR CARPET REI 29 Format Of The XML File lt To be supplied sesos 29 Release Note iii oa NT aa VT iena 29 Overview Description QtLogbook is designed as a simple to use pilot logbook spreadsheet You can adjust the display of logbook data to look exactly like your paper logbook This not only simplifies entering data from your paper logbook it makes it easier to keep the paper and electronic logbooks in sync Target Audience I wrote QtLogbook for my own use and other pilots like myself I generally carry my paper logbook in my flightbag or a piece of paper so that I can note down the details of the flights on any given day I tend to update my paper logbook every day or two with the full details of the flight but then when I fill a page I need to update the totals I used to use Excel for this purpose but Excel is slow to launch and a lot of trouble to navigate I also used a separate database so that I could do queries when the insurance companies or FAA needed my pilot hour breakdowns This meant I ended up entering data twice QtLogbook is a way to both update the paper logbook totals and to generate summaries of pilot time QtLogbook Looks Like A Paper Logbook There are other logbook programs which have a data entry format specific to the program i e a page of fields which you can enter details into One of the goals of QtLogbook was to make the data entry and
23. the mouse button the column will drop into the new location When you are finished press the OK button and the new logbook type will be defined Changing An Existing Logbook Type As described above you can modify a custom logbook type by selecting the checkbox labeled thusly gj Allow modifications to existing logbook types Select the Logbook Name of an existing logbook and make the appropriate changes Changing The Name Of A Column There are a few common reasons why you might want to change the name of a column Reasons might include wanting to use a more descriptive name than the default or changing the name to be in your native language To change the name of a column first choose the Create New Logbook Type pulldown menu item Bee FirstLogbook Third Logbook Logbook Type Y LongLogBook_10 Create New Logbook Type Date Model ID Route l In the dialog box select Allow modifications to existing logbook types y Allow modifications to existing logbook types Then select the column you wish to change Type Name COLUMN_DATE M COLUMN_HELO a COLUMN_ASEL F COLUMN_AMEL ner DUNE COLUMN_DAY tal Fwd COLUMN_NIGHT COLUMN_ACTUAL Total COLUMN_HOOD gt COLUMN_DUAL A COLUMN PIC EIE In this example I will change COLUMN X which is the column for cross country time Type Name COLUMN_X Y xc HOURS 1 Modify Type OK gt Cancel In the n
24. the toolbar you will find the Next Page and Previous Page buttons gt These buttons will move you to the previous or next page When you are at the first page of a logbook and press the Previous Page button it will take you to the last page of the previous logbook Similarly when on the last page of a logbook the Next Page button will take you to the first page of the next logbook Using The Page Number Field The toolbar contains the Page Number field Page 7 This field displays the number of the current logbook page You can also use this field to change the logbook page in a similar fashion to using the Next Page and Previous Page buttons Changing The Page Number Using The Keyboard If you click on the displayed page number once it is selected you can directly edit it using the keyboard Page 7 Note that as you type the page number changes so if you type 17 you ll see page 1 as you type first 1 and then 7 Changing The Page Number Using The Mouse Wheel You can also use the mouse wheel to scroll the number of the page Just select the field by clicking in it and then roll the mouse scroll wheel up and down to change the pages Changing The Page Number Using The Up Down Buttons The Page Number field contains a set of up down arrows ae rF You can click on the upper or lower arrow to increase or decrease the page number Setting the Layout Of
25. u contains entries leading up to the current date I m writing this on the 5 of January so the program has provided dates for a week leading up to today This covers the case where you haven t flown for over a week since the last recorded flight If you are entering dates for an earlier year such as when you are first entering your logbook into the program the entire context menu will be filled with choices from that year and none of the entries will reflect the current date In general I find that the context menu is the most efficient way to enter dates in the logbook Entering Dates Using The Pop Up Calendar To get a popup calendar dialog box hold option while ctrl clicking or right button clicking a date You will get a context menu in the form of a miniature calendar You can pick dates from the calendar Logbook T February O February 1994 O D Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat MULTI 5 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 8 2 11 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 9 2 12 Bai 8 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 10 repel 9 27 28 4 e 10 g ahi md 12 You can double click on a date or select 1t and hit Enter in order to accept a date from the popup If you decide you want to cancel out of the dialog press the Escape esc button on your keyboard You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the selected date forward and backwards including into other month displays Setting Text Fields Text fields all
26. w one you will want to do the same in QtLogbook Choose the New Logbook entry from the Logbook menu F la Enter number of logbook to be created Select the number of the logbook 1 your first logbook 2 your second logbook etc 11 m Select the layout of the logbook CX 50 Cancel OK The OK button will not be enabled until you enter a logbook number that does not currently exist You can enter the logbook description you want or leave it as default and change it later on the main window toolbar Clearing An Existing Logbook The Logbook gt Clear Logbook entry will clear all the entries in a logbook back to empty One case where it is useful is when you are trying to import a logbook from an external source If you import the logbook and find problems you can clear the logbook fix the external file and then try importing again Moving Between Logbooks The main window toolbar contains a pull down menu which allows you to select which logbook you wish to view EF Logbook 10 You can click on the menu and select one of the values or you can use the mouse wheel to scroll through all the logbooks When you select a new logbook the program positions you on the last page with entries Customizing Logbook Layout Paper logbooks typically have a number of columns with blank headings so that you can add less common categories For instance most logbooks do not have a column for
27. will become an entry in the logbook type pulldown menu Next to the name field is a pulldown menu you use to define the page length of the logbook The program allows you to choose any value between 4 and 31 Choose the same length as the length of your paper logbook so that the page totals will match Next to the page length field is a checkbox labeled Allow modifications to existing logbook types Normally the dialog box will complain if you use the same identifier as an existing logbook type however if you want to modify an existing logbook description Just check this box when you enter the name of the existing logbook type It will then modify the existing logbook description The next line down contains all the known column types The name of the column is labeled with the display name of the column type The internal name of the column used in the XML file can be discovered by hovering the mouse over the column name Y ASEL M AMEI COLUMN_ASEL name of an existing type The checkbox determines whether the column type is displayed for your logbook For instance if you don t fly helicopters you probably don t want to have a column for helicopters in your logbook However if you fly gliders you probably would want that type of column displayed To rearrange the column order to match that of your paper logbook simply click and drag on the column header numbers Logbook Name CX 50 When you let go of
28. zed that it was pretty stupid to use Command P for anything except Print so I changed the name of the Previous command to Grab and changed the shortcut to Command G Added the ability to print You can only print from the current logbook if you want to print pages from a different logbook simply change to display a page from that logbook and then select Print Report printing does not yet work Upgraded the maximum number of columns in a logbook from 20 to 30 Allow you to rename the display name of a column by just double clicking it but you can t change the internal column name this way Fixed up cut copy paste to work more reliably including being able to cut paste rectangular groups of cells Release 0 8 Fixed a bug when importing Excel files some times were rounded incorrectly giving wrong summary values Improved mouse wheel characteristics with numeric cells Added the AutoFill and Previous commands to speed data entry Improved the Date context menus When you are working in the past say when you are first entering an old logbook from a previous year the context menu will use all 14 entries to hold old dates Only when you are working on entries in the current year will it split the context menu to be 7 old and 7 new dates Shortened the context menu for text fields I found that with tail numbers the long context menu 15 entries got too confusing to read It was faster to type in an N number
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