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Re: [WriteLog] Updating the CTY files in WL

To: "Ray Day" <rayday@cox.net>, <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Updating the CTY files in WL
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:25:18 -0800
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Ray,

I still think you're looking in all the wrong places!  There should be a 
path named C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  Forget about your long path name 
leading to a WL folder.  The wl_cty.dat update doesn't look there.  Just go 
to Start/All Programs/Writelog V10 or V11 and select Convert CTY to 
Writelog.  When the little window titled Read CTY V10 opens uncheck the 
Reduce to lowest runtime memory use box.  Then click on Download wl_cty.dat. 
Don't worry about where it goes, but it does go into the 
C:\ProgramData\WriteLog folder.  Once downloaded click on Convert wl_cty.dat 
and in an instant it's done.  Close the window and start any WL contest 
module that shows Country as a field.  In the Call field type VERSION and 
Space to the next field.  The Country field will show the country associated 
with this update.  If you get the right country, you're done!

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Day" <rayday@cox.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: July 22, 2012 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Updating the CTY files in WL


> Gary, Barry, et al,
>
> Thanks for the help -
>
> I have searched for and deleted existing  all wl_cty files, taken a 
> "fresh"
> (it works on Barry's WL setup) one and installed it in the proper MY CMPTR 
> /
> C: / DOCS-SETTINGS / ALL USERS / APP DATA / WL folder. There is no wl_cty
> file in the WL Programs folder. Ran the Convert function without 
> downloading
> the wl_cty from that screen. Hrmph - I still have VERSION returning Lord
> Howe! (WL 11.04A - Win XP)
>
> So I'll just keep staring at it and trying / retrying what I think I know
> about all this and see if something clicks....
>
> I'll post when I get it straight....
>
> Thanks again, guys,
> Ray N6HE
>
>
>
>
>
>   1. Re: Updating the CTY files in WL (Gary AL9A)
>
> Ray,
>
> Methinks you're looking in the wrong place for the latest wl_cty.dat file
> you downloaded.  Don't look in the WriteLog Programs folder, the latest
> download isn't there.  Instead look in C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  Way back
> when, about V10.79 I think, some significant changes were made to how the
> country file is downloaded and updated.
>
> If you go to All Programs and then WriteLog program group to start Convert
> CTY to WriteLog you will get the latest wl_cty.dat file downloaded to
> C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  When you then run the conversion program the 
> data
> in that file is extracted and merged into WriteLog - I don't how or where,
> but it works.  Now start a WL contest module that has a Country field in 
> the
> Entry window.  In the Call field type VERSION and then space to the next
> field.  The Country field should show the country name that was specified 
> in
> the release notes of the latest update.
>
> BTW, if you do the download from the WL web page you are likely to get a
> previous version instead of the most current version.  The web page 
> download
> may be several days behind the newest release.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Day" <rayday@cox.net>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: July 19, 2012 5:48 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Updating the CTY files in WL
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have WinXP, WL 11.04A
>>
>>
>>
>> I have the (latest) WL_CTY.DAT download in WL Programs folder. Just
>> downloaded today from country-files site. (note: when I use WL's 
>> "download
>> WL_CTY" the file shows as updated, but was not updated from a 2011 file,
>> so
>> I downloaded WL_CTY.DAT directly and put it in 
>> Programs/Writelog/Programs,
>> overwriting the older version.)
>>
>>
>>
>> I then ran WL's start/all programs/writelogV11/convert cty to WL/convert
>> wl_cty.dat - all the usual "data while converting" ran by in the window,
>> finishing with ALL DONE. So far so good, you'd think..
>>
>>
>>
>> BUT when I check GO0DEQ (a change Jim indicated was made in this update),
>> what shows in England, not Scotland, as I would think it should if all is
>> well. So it seems to me that the process didn't work.
>>
>>
>>
>> What am I missing? Something wonky going on here.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I've never really gotten the feeling that I know all I need to in this 
>> CTY
>> FILE UPDATE process, so don't assume I know anything here..
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, does typing VER in the call field of WL cause a country to show up
>> that
>> is a check that the latest version is OK? Or maybe VERSION? (this doesn't
>> produce anything)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm gonna hit the NAQP RTTY this
>> weekend pretty hard (yes, I can probably do fine without this being 
>> solved
>> right now, but you know how it is when something is "off" in the software
>> dept) .
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>>
>> Ray N6HE
>>
>>
>
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