Ok Wayne, thanks for eliminating the confusion. The answer is that there is
NO wl_cty.bin file created under recent WriteLog versions. BUT, WriteLog
definitely created a wl_cty.bin file in previous versions. I still have one
in C:\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs dated 10/22/2008. Until this thread
started I also had one in my Virtual Store\WriteLog\Programs that was dated
late 2009. That one is now in my Recycle Bin as I deleted it to see if the
latest wl_cty.dat file would function correctly without the bin file being
in the Virtual Store location. It works without the bin file which is what
was confusing me.
As for your steps a - d I am doing that, but under Vista, with UAC enabled.
the conversion doesn't work. To make the correct VERSION appear I must
first copy wl_cty.dat to Virtual Store\WriteLog\Programs. Then run Convert
CTY and use the "Convert alternative prefix database..." button to select
the wl_cty.dat file in the Virtual Store. When converted that way the
correct VERSION will be found from a WriteLog contest module.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Wright, W5XD" <w5xd@writelog.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: October 27, 2010 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] wl_cty.bin location
> OK, I see I only confused the matter. But I really don't have much to add
> over what is in the help file. Let me start with the simple thing and
> repeat the info in the latest help file: the only thing you have to know
> in version 10.78 and later is to
>
> a) run "Convert CTY to WL",
> b) click the "Download" button.
> c) Wait for the download to complete, and then click the "Convert
> WL_CTY.dat" button.
> d) Wait for the conversion to complete, and click the "Cancel" button
>
> You may check your work by bringing up WL, selecting a DX contest of some
> sort, and see what country is assigned to the call VERSION and see if it
> matches AD1C's documentation.
>
> All done. No emails to writelog@contest.com or support@writelog.com are
> necessary.
>
> The information I can add that is not in the help file is mostly to say
> what WL does not do:
>
> WriteLog never reads any file called wl_cty.bin and no version ever has
> read a file by that name.
>
> When run per the documentation, Convert CTY to WriteLog creates the set of
> files documented in the help file, none of which is called wl_cty.bin. I
> don't know of any way that WL creates a wl_cty.bin, but, since someone on
> the reflector reports finding one, I suppose it is possible (or was
> possible in some earlier version of WL that I have forgotten).
>
> All the files that Convert CTY to Writelog reads and all the files it
> writes are in one of two places:
>
> Version 10.76 and prior: in WriteLog's Programs folder
> --On Vista and Win7 there is a variant here due to user access control. If
> UAC is on, then running Convert CTY to WriteLog MIGHT place its output in
> the VirtualStore instead of WL's Program's folder. Or it might not,
> depending on how WL was installed in the first place--whether it was in
> the Windows \Program Files\ directory or not.
>
> Version 10.77 and later: in WriteLog's "application data" folder which is
> where the Microsoft OS says it belongs, and MS changed their mind in
> pretty much every OS since Win98.
>
> (Note, the mess with UAC required a lot more changes in WL than just
> moving the DXCC country database to the application data folder. I should
> have taken care of them much sooner than 10.76, but I didn't, so we get to
> still discuss the issues now.)
>
> Wayne
>
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