Since I moved to Windows 7 I haven't been able to use ReadCTY or Writelog |
File | WebUpdateDataFiles. Both report inability to download a file. Is it
some kind of permissioning difference in Win 7?
/Rick N6XI
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Gary AL9A <al9a@mtaonline.net> wrote:
> 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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Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA
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