THANK YOU Kostas!
That was exactly the answer. I greatly appreciate your help.
Just so everyone knows, even though this is a "Live CW delay" field, it works
for both SSB and CW, allowing you more time to quickly edit the call sign in
the entry window, after you hit the %C command.
73 Jamie NS3T
-----Original Message-----
From: kostas sv1dpi <sv1dpi@otenet.gr>
To: writelog <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Red box in Call entry field
Setup>Writelog Options>Entry windows options> and type a number on Live
CW delay. Mine is 850
73 Kostas SV1DPI
Στις 7/4/2019 19:19, ο Jamie Dupree via WriteLog έγραψε:
> For a number of years, I fell behind on upgrading Writelog because my
> computer had Windows 98, and so I used WL 10.82 for a long time. Recently, I
> put together a Windows 10 computer and upgraded to WL 12.36 (and I'm very
> happy that I did).
> I don't know if Wayne or anyone else can answer this question, but in the
> version 10's, when you utilized %C to send an exchange, a red box appeared
> around the call in the entry window. If you were quick enough with your
> typing skills, you could add or delete a letter or two at the end of the
> call, and Writelog would smoothly follow along.
> This worked both in CW and in SSB.
> But now I don't see that happening in 12.36. No red box, and no ability to
> change the call on the fly.
> On the Writelog "revision history" page there is a mention of the "red box"
> in 10.82 and 10.41. For example, on the changes in 10.82 it says, "Moving
> the keyboard focus while a message transmission is waiting for the CALL field
> to complete (with its red box) no longer aborts the remainder of the message."
> This was a great on-the-fly way to correct a call without having to hit the
> ESC button and start again.
> If anyone can shed any light on how to access the red box again, please send
> it along.
> Thanks.
>
> 73 Jamie NS3T
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