WriteLog Revision History
12.01 January, 2016
Settings are in the registry and are to be edited only from the startup screen.
They can be copied to/from an INI file, and imported from version 11
writelog.ini
12.29 June, 2018
The following INI entries, as of WriteLog version 12.29, are detected in
this [configuration] section, removed, and placed in
[ENTRY] when WriteLog starts up.
AutoSaveCount now in [Entry]
QsoWarningCount now in [Entry]
InsertOverridesCall now in [Entry]
CwSendPartialCallCorrections now in [Entry]
UpDownCyclesThroughLog now in [Entry]
MoveNextOnEnter now in [Entry]
LiveCwDelayMs now in [Entry]
You can create a wl.ini file by importing registry settings into a text file
(see the WriteLog startup screen).
The settings in the text (.txt) file can then be edited using a text editor
like Notepad.
The edited wl.ini text file can then be exported to writelog.ini in the
registry (see the WritwLog startup screen).
Using regedit run as an Administrator to edit the registry is not a good idea.
73,
Marsh KA5M
-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Keith Beebe W3KB
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 3:58 PM
To: WriteLog Reflector <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: [WriteLog] FW: A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
There is Indeed an .ini file.
It is your Callsign. Ini
So in my case w3kb.ini
There are various Sections of the INI file such as [CONFIGURATION] or [ENTRY}
in that one file.
So in this particular case (as noted below) the AutoSaveCount=1 parameter went
in the [ENTRY] section of the overall w3kb.ini file
Keith W3KB
-----Original Message-----
From: WriteLog <writelog-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of robert beaudoin
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 4:24 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
Good Afternoon Keith and Jamie
I believe there is no more writelog.ini ?? so what file did you guys
put AutoSave in ?
73 BoB WA1FCN
On 8/14/2023 2:11 PM, Keith Beebe W3KB wrote:
> Jamie NS3T
>
> Highly appreciate that information.
>
> In looking into the current HELP section of Writelog: the AutoSaveCount
> parameter should now be in the [ENTRY] part of the .INI file and Not in the
> [CONFIGURATION] Section.
>
> I took your advice to look into it and ***There is indeed a note that
> as of Version 12.29 if such a parameter was in the [CONFIGURATION]
> Section it is removed and now placed in the [ENTRY] section***
>
> I am running the very latest Version 12.73F.
>
> Therefore I have simply added In the [ENTRY] section of the .ini file:
>
> [ENTRY]
> AutoSaveCount=1
>
> Let’s see how this works out.
>
> Thanks !
>
> Keith W3KB
>
>
> From: Jamie Dupree <jamie.dupree@verizon.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2023 10:01 AM
> To: Keith Beebe W3KB <keith@w3kb.net>; WriteLog Reflector
> <writelog@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] A Learning Experience in the WAE CW Contest
>
> Keith -
>
> You can set Writelog to save your log after every 'x' QSO, so you don't have
> to rely on the journal file. I have my log save after every QSO, just in
> case. It is done in the background, automatically, and does not cause any
> problems with my operating system.
>
> This is an old item that I saved on how to do it. You should check to
> see if this has changed over the years
>
> - Paste this line into the [Configuration] section of the writelog.ini:
>
> AutoSaveCount=1
>
> This ensures the log will be saved after every entry. If you don't want it to
> save that often, just increase the number.
>
> 73 Jamie NS3T
>
>
> On Monday, August 14, 2023 at 09:29:41 AM EDT, Keith Beebe W3KB
> <keith@w3kb.net<mailto:keith@w3kb.net>> wrote:
>
>
>
> I am a WriteLog contesting software user.
>
> I was operating in the weekend's Worked All Europe (WAE) CW contest and had
> 110 QSOs and 25 QTCs (Messages) as of early Saturday morning. I had planned
> to operate all weekend.
>
> All of a sudden there were multiple electrical power "Blips" (rapid On-Off)
> that happened. That "crashed" the computer logging the contest.
>
> When I got back in operation I noticed my 110 contacts were still in the log
> but my QTC's were not. What's going on?
>
> I had to drop out of the WAE CW contest because my QTC's were gone and the
> Writelog software now thought I was back to QTC #1. Could not realistically
> send another QTC because the content tracking of the specific messages and
> their composition plus the QTC numbers were gone.
>
> Writelog does indeed have a safety mechanism for such situations in that it
> has what they call a "journal" backup file in case things like power outages
> happen. It makes a journal of the log during a contest.
>
> However, here's the part of that operation that I missed. "These changes
> (QTCs) are Not written to the journal file and Cannot be recovered if you
> exit or crash without saving your log."
>
> For this specific contest Writelog does not automatically backup QTCs during
> the logging process. It recommends periodically Manually saving the log
> during the contest. Well, I didn't do that and of course along comes the
> power "blips".
>
> I should have looked closer to Writelog's setup instructions for this
> specific contest.
>
> At least I now know what happened and now know what to do in the future
> specifically for the WAE CW contest.
>
> Keith W3KB
>
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