I think we've all had enough of this.
Perhaps this will help.
Step two simplified.
A) Create a log file for the contest on one of the networked computers and
save it.
B) Copy that file onto every one of your other computers and save it on
those computers wherever you normally would store Writelog log files.
C) Operate the contest.
Note 1: None of this has anything to do with what O/S you're on. Granted,
there are differences in how they network, but step 2 has nothing to do with
that. This is only to make sure you have the same file on every computer
-period.
Note 2: Using a shared folder is a suggested way to copy the file from the
first computer to the others. It has nothing to with operating the contest,
or where you store the files.
Oh, and Writelog is definitely *not* the only game in town.
73,
Bob W5OV
-----Original Message-----
From: Ford Peterson [mailto:ford@cmgate.com]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:19 PM
To: K7ZO (Scott Tuthill); jjreisert@alum.mit.edu; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Some perspective
Scott wrote:
> And come on guys, at $30/year this software is probably one of the
cheapest
> parts of your contest setup and relative to the use it gets, the single
best
> value around.
I have no idea how the notion that $30 is overpriced got wrapped into this
thread. It is not a notion that I put forth. Quite the contrary. What is
a bit difficult to stomach is the notion that we must go begging on both
knees, bowing down to the mighty Wayne and crying "I am not worthy" when we
report bugs. Stuff that is obviously broken only acquires a priority when
the great one deems it.
Even a simple question results in the inquiring party being subjected to
repeated insults and public humiliation--with a large contingent of people
pissing all over each other in an attempt to suck up to Wayne. It's enough
to make a fella want to puke. As the only game in town, WL remains a great
bargain at $30, or even $300, that is if you can place any sense of
self-esteem on the back burner long enough to ask a simple question about
how the heck you are supposed to make it work. Just don't piss off Wayne or
you'll be in tech support hell.
After reading the so-called step 2 about 50 times, and discussing it with as
many people. Questions remain when interpreting it into XP.
Step 2: share and copy a common WL file
All stations participating in the network must be logging the same contest
and the same exchange format. An easy way to ensure this is for at least one
workstation to place a WL file in a directory shared on the network.
Important: the workstation that creates the WL file must do a Setup Register
to accept network connections before saving the WL file. Then a new
participant should do a File Open on that WL file to get started. But it
must immediately do a File Save As... to create a local copy because each
WriteLog installation is designed to keep its own redundant copy of the
entire log on its own disk so that it can carry on logging in the event of
network failure.
"At least one workstation" must mean at least one computer, which may or may
not be an operating position actually pumping Qs into the log as well. "in
a directory shared on the network" is a notion that remains subject to
interpretation. "immediately do a "file save-as ... to create a local
copy..." A local copy where? On that shared subdirectory? In a directory
that cannot be shared? What must it be called? Is the file name important?
Is this the file that appears on the opening screen when you reboot WL?
This is an opportunity to get it right with flawless logging or have an
absolutely horrible weekend trying to fix what cannot be fixed.
If you interpret that to mean all workstations must point to that shared
filed, you will be in for a HUGE surprise. Does it mean that only one file
is shared and all the rest are hidden? XP does things substantially
different from 98SE. The firewall behaves in strange and mysterious ways,
even when you disable the darn thing. Early versions of XP behave
differently as well since the Service Packs alter the procedures as well.
I would love it if somebody could take 4 machines and describe the file
names and subdirectories where they have their local copy stored. One of
the 4 machines must be different from the rest (apparently) and be located
in a shared directory.
Thanks for the help.
Ford-N0FP
ford@cmgate.com
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