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Re: [WriteLog] Friend ini

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Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Friend ini
From: Jim Rhodes <k0xu@iowadsl.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:32:14 -0500
List-post: <mailto:writelog@contesting.com>
I run Win98, but really consider the friend.ini feature to one of those "cute" things added that really don't enhance or speed up operation. Using it only lengthens transmissions and slows down rate. I really don't care to have someone transmit my name to me with every Q. Don't increase priority of this fix on my account.

At 12:06 PM 8/23/03, you wrote:
Don Winn wrote:
> This a problem between Writelog and Windows 98. WIN 2K works fine.
> Wayne has put the fix on his list of fixes but since he believes so few are
> using WIN98, it is not very high on the list.
> Perhaps if enough people are having a problem, Wayne will move it up in priority. I > believe there are a large number of Hams still running WIN98.
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I run Win98, and am not about to change. But as for a "fix", it's not
exactly rocket science to do a search for the call in the field. I can
do this with 4
lines of code on a file infinitely large. The FCC database currently
has 717,940 calls in it, including canceled and terminated calls. It
took those 4 lines of code exactly 2 seconds to find the last call.
Considering the friend.ini file has about 12,000 calls,
a proper search engine will find the last call in .03 seconds.



The problem is not with Win98, it's with WriteLog, and needs to be fixed.

73
Ed

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