Hi Jim, you are not dense at all.
In addition to what Gary has said on folder location, you may need a file in
the \WaveFiles folder called 'silence.wav'. This ended up being the gotcha
in my setup when I received the same message as yours.
Good Luck,
Eric - VE3GSI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Senesac AL9A
>
> Jim,
>
> It sounds like you have somehow managed to ask WL to record
> wav files of a
> contest to a bogus location. Wav file recording of a contest
> is enabled
> under Tools/Sound board options... Check there to see if you
> have the
> 'Continuously Record Audio to file' button checked. If so,
> WL is trying to
> start audio recording wav files of the contest, but the path
> name that it is
> using is no good. Uncheck the box and do a Setup/Save
> Configuration to save
> the change. This should stop the error messages. Now check
> to see if the
> path name is messed up and needs to be corrected so that it will work
> properly in the future for you.
>
> WL puts contest audio recording wav files into a folder named
> AudioRecording
> in the directory where WL is installed. In my case it's C:\Program
> Files\ham\AudioRecording. Check to see if you have such a
> folder. If not,
> create one. Then go into your WINDOWS\writelog.ini file and
> check the
> [Configuration] section for the following line:
>
> RecordingLocation=c:\program files\ham\AudioRecording\
>
> The path name may vary slightly in your case, but the
> recording path must
> correctly point to the AudioRecording folder for WL to
> properly record
> contest audio files. By making sure the AudioRecording path
> name is correct
> WL should properly create audio wav files of your contests
> for review post
> contest should you decide to use that feature. Good luck.
>
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JAMES HEADRICK" <W3CP@CHARTER.NET>
>
> > Recently I have been getting the message quoted below
> whenever I start
> > WriteLog-
> >
> > "Can't set wave file recording to:C:\Documents and
> > Settings\headrick\My Pictures\My Documents\WriteLog\WaveFiles"
> >
> > In the case that I should decide I want to do "wave file recording"
> > what
> > do
> > I need to do. What have I done that would indicate I want
> to set wave
> > file
> > recording to this place?
> >
> > Thanks in case of a helpful answer, and don't tell me how
> dense I am
> > since
> > I
> > already know that. 73 Jim w3cp
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