sort contest names in dropdown list

Ini.pas

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ interface
   DEFAULTWEBSERVER = 'http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/MrScore.asp';
 type
   // Adding a contest: Append new TSimContest enum value for each contest.
-  // Adding a contest: update menu in Main.dfm.
   TSimContest = (scWpx, scCwt, scFieldDay, scNaQp, scHst, scCQWW);
   TRunMode = (rmStop, rmPileup, rmSingle, rmWpx, rmHst);
 
@@ -36,14 +35,14 @@ interface
 
   // Contest definition.
   TContestDefinition = record
-    Name: PChar;    // Contest Name.
+    Name: PChar;    // Contest Name. Used in SimContestCombo dropdown box.
     Key: PChar;     // Identifying key (used in Ini files)
     ExchType1: TExchange1Type;
     ExchType2: TExchange2Type;
     ExchFieldEditable: Boolean; // whether the Exchange field is editable
     ExchDefault: PChar; // contest-specific Exchange default message
     Msg: PChar;     // Exchange error message
-    T: TSimContest; // used to verify array ordering
+    T: TSimContest; // used to verify array ordering and lookup by Name
   end;
 
   PContestDefinition = ^TContestDefinition;
@@ -60,10 +59,11 @@   TContestDefinition = record
     Note: The order of this table must match the declared order of
     TSimContest above.
 
-    Adding a contest: update ContestDefinitions[] array. (append at end until sorting is added)
+    Adding a contest: update ContestDefinitions[] array (append at end
+    because .INI uses TSimContest value).
   }
   ContestDefinitions: array[TSimContest] of TContestDefinition = (
-    (Name: 'CQ Wpx';
+    (Name: 'CQ WPX';
      Key: 'CqWpx';
      ExchType1: etRST;
      ExchType2: etSerialNr;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@   TContestDefinition = record
      T:scWpx),
      // 'expecting RST (e.g. 5NN)'
 
-    (Name: 'CWOPS Cwt';
+    (Name: 'CWOPS CWT';
      Key: 'Cwt';
      ExchType1: etOpName;
      ExchType2: etCwopsNumber;
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@   TContestDefinition = record
 procedure FromIni;
 procedure ToIni;
 function IsNum(Num: String): Boolean;
+function FindContestByName(const AContestName : String) : TSimContest;
 
 
 implementation
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ procedure FromIni;
       V:= ReadInteger(SEC_TST, 'SimContest', Ord(scWpx));
       SimContest := TSimContest(V);
       ActiveContest := @ContestDefinitions[SimContest];
-      MainForm.SimContestCombo.ItemIndex := V;
+      MainForm.SimContestCombo.ItemIndex :=
+        MainForm.SimContestCombo.Items.IndexOf(ActiveContest.Name);
 
       // Adding a contest: read contest-specfic Exchange Strings from .INI file.
       // load contest-specific Exchange Strings
@@ -331,6 +333,23 @@ function IsNum(Num: String): Boolean;
 end;
 
 
+function FindContestByName(const AContestName : String) : TSimContest;
+var
+  C : TContestDefinition;
+begin
+  for C in ContestDefinitions do
+    if CompareText(AContestName, C.Name) = 0 then
+      begin
+        Result := C.T;
+        // DebugLn('Ini.FindContestByName(%s) --> %s', [AContestName, DbgS(Result)]);
+        Exit;
+      end;
+
+  raise Exception.Create(
+      Format('error: ''%s'' is an unsupported contest name', [AContestName]));
+  Halt;
+end;
+
 
 end.
 

Main.dfm

@@ -950,13 +950,6 @@ object MainForm: TMainForm
         TabOrder = 0
         TabStop = False
         OnChange = SimContestComboChange
-        Items.Strings = (
-          'CQ WPX'
-          'CWOPS CWT'
-          'ARRL Field Day'
-          'NCJ NAQP'
-          'HST (High Speed Test)'
-          'CQ WW')
       end
       object ExchangeEdit: TEdit
         Left = 76

Main.pas

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@   TMainForm = class(TForm)
       Selected: Boolean);
     procedure mnuShowCallsignInfoClick(Sender: TObject);
     procedure SimContestComboChange(Sender: TObject);
+    procedure SimContestComboPopulate;
     procedure ExchangeEditExit(Sender: TObject);
     procedure Edit4Exit(Sender: TObject);
 
@@ -452,6 +453,9 @@ procedure TMainForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
   ListView2.Visible:= False;
   ListView2.Clear;
 
+  // populate and sort SimContestCombo
+  SimContestComboPopulate;
+
   // load DXCC support
   gDXCCList := TDXCC.Create;
 
@@ -890,7 +894,8 @@ procedure TMainForm.SetContest(AContestNum: TSimContest);
     scCQWW]) then
   begin
     ShowMessage('The selected contest is not yet supported.');
-    SimContestCombo.ItemIndex:= Ord(Ini.SimContest);
+    SimContestCombo.ItemIndex :=
+        SimContestCombo.Items.IndexOf(ActiveContest.Name);
     Exit;
   end;
 
@@ -903,7 +908,8 @@ procedure TMainForm.SetContest(AContestNum: TSimContest);
 
   Ini.SimContest := AContestNum;
   Ini.ActiveContest := @ContestDefinitions[AContestNum];
-  SimContestCombo.ItemIndex := Ord(AContestNum);
+  SimContestCombo.ItemIndex :=
+        SimContestCombo.Items.IndexOf(Ini.ActiveContest.Name);
   WipeBoxes;
 
   // clear any status messages
@@ -1260,7 +1266,18 @@ procedure TMainForm.SetBw(BwNo: integer);
 
 procedure TMainForm.SimContestComboChange(Sender: TObject);
 begin
-  SetContest(TSimContest(SimContestCombo.ItemIndex));
+  SetContest(FindContestByName(SimContestCombo.Items[SimContestCombo.ItemIndex]));
+end;
+
+{ add contest names to SimContest Combo box and sort }
+procedure TMainForm.SimContestComboPopulate;
+var
+  C: TContestDefinition;
+begin
+  SimContestCombo.Items.Clear;
+  for C in ContestDefinitions do
+    SimContestCombo.Items.Add(C.Name);
+  SimContestCombo.Sorted:= True;
 end;
 
 procedure TMainForm.ComboBox2Change(Sender: TObject);