Or, you could use the Launcher program by Fab to start Writelog, Sartek, and
whatever else you want opened like DX Telent and other, by double-clicking
on a single icon. See http://www.qsl.net/wa9als/launcher.htm It's just a
Windows program that will execute a given bat file, e.g. containing Bill's
suggestions below. It's useful for starting various combinations of your
favorite programs!
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] a little .bat file to load Sartek first
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> Because the Sartek rotator program code is not integral in Writelog, I
> kept forgetting to load the Sartek control program before starting WL.
> Hence I'd get an error message saying the item was not loaded and have
> to abort and start over.
> So...I wrote a little .bat file to start Sartek, and then start WL.
> Obviously you have to change the directories to suit your hard drives
> but here it is...
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> echo on
> chdir e:\Sartek
> E:\Sartek\SARtek.exe
> rem wait
> E:
> chdir e:\Writelog\programs
> e:\Writelog\programs\writel32.exe
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> In the Properties section of the Dos window for the bat file put a check
> in 'Close on exit'.
> That will close the bat file dos window so it's not in the background.
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> Bill H. in Chicagoland
> w9ol@billnjudy.com FireBrick@telocity.com w9ol@telocity.com
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