[RTTY] [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up

Fri Jul 9 16:47:15 PDT 2010

You guys must have some strange PCs :-). Of all the years I have used
Writelog/MMTTY  combo, I have never had errors using win2k, XP and Win7.
Murphy must keep clear of me.

John N1JM

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Nothing I have done has been able to get rid of the USERPARA.INI error on
> startup of the MMTTY when selected as TU in WriteLog.  I
> mentioned in my previous post that the error does not occur directly after
> a reboot.  But I've also found that directly after a
> reboot, the first time I run WriteLog, my soundcard is either "deaf" or
> "dead" - no audio apparently getting through it to show up
> in the MMTTY display.  Closing Rttyrite and reopening Rttyrite (or
> WriteLog) causes the soundboard to start working again.  This
> happens on both the internal sound card to the PC and the Codec soundcard
> in the IC-7600.
>
> I've decided not to spend any more time on it right now unless I can think
> of something different to do.  But complete full
> installations of WriteLog, MMTTY and the MMTTY plug-in didn't solve the
> problem.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:
> writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Hill AA5AU
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:38 AM
> To: 'Gary AL9A'; WriteLog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up
>
> Lo and Behold if I didn't start getting this error today while doing some
> unrelated testing of WriteLog.
>
> After screwing around thinking it was a USERPARA.INI file problem (now I'm
> convinced it's not), I did radical changes.
>
> I uninstalled EVERYTHING - MMTTY, MMTTY PLUG-IN FOR WRITELOG and WRITELOG
> and all 3rd party modules.
>
> I reinstalled MMTTY, reboot, WRITELOG FULL clean install of 10.77h, reboot,
> MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, reboot - getting same error.
> Funny thing is that error doesn't happen after a reboot but occurs after
> second, third, fourth, etc opening of WL.
>
> Uninstalled everything again.
>
> Reverted back to WL 10.76 full install - reinstalled other components -
> getting same error.
>
> It's got me stumped...
>
> Tonight I'm going to use CCLEAN to clean my registry with everything
> uninstalled and try again tomorrow.
>
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:
> writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:04 AM
> To: WriteLog at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up
>
> I also see this message intermittently from the MMTTY plug-in.  I'm running
> under Vista 32 bit and I just tried Don's suggestion
> about renaming the USERPARA.INI file, starting the full MMTTY program (mine
> is at C:\MMTTY\) and letting MMTTY create a new
> USERPARA.INI file.  Glad Don suggested I rename the original one
> USERPARA_old.INI first, because after MMTTY created a new parameter
> file RTTYRITE wouldn't run.  Every time I started it up I got the message
> '"RTTYRITE MFC Application has stopped working."  I
> deleted the new parameter file and renamed the "old" file back to its
> original name.
> When I restarted WL RTTYRITE the MMTTY parameter error message appeared
> again, but when I closed the error message box RTTYRITE
> started and ran normally.
>
> Not sure why this happened, but I did notice that the original USERPARA.INI
> file is 8 kB in size whereas the new one MMTTY created
> was only 3 kB in size.  I didn't change the parameter file for the plug in
> located in C:\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs (also 8 kB)
> so I'm wondering if there was some sort of problem between the two
> different parameter files being a different size?  The MMTTY path
> name in writelog.ini is correct - points to the USERPARA.INI file in the
> full MMTTY progarm location.
>
> Anyway, before I trash something up and can't get it working right again I
> think I'll beat a hasty retreat and suffer the
> intermittent error messages that pops up.  That will have to remain one of
> life's mysteries for now.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> To: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
> Sent: July 08, 2010 6:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up
>
>
> > This is an error that we've seen before.  I've even had it here for a
> > while but it went away and I don't' remember why it went away or what
> > I did to get it to go away.  It has something to do with the
> > USERPARA.INI file which MMTTY uses to set its parameters.  The error
> > seems harmless but it is a nuisance.
> >
> > I investigated this error a couple of times by doing a search of the
> > WriteLog reflector archives to see what others have done but could not
> > find a definitive fix.
> >
> > As Joe, W4TV, said it may be due to a missing or corrupted
> > USERPARA.INI file.  I tend to believe it's the latter because if I
> > remove USERPARA.INI and then try to open MMTTY within WriteLog I get a
> > different error that says "RTTYRITE MFC Application has encountered a
> > problem and needs to close).  When this happens, a new USERPARA.INI
> > file is created but it must be corrupted because I get the same error
> > when reopening WriteLog with MMTTY.
> >
> > When using the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, make sure it points to a
> > directory where there has been a full install of MMTTY (and not just
> > MMTTY.EXE by itself).  You can do this by opening writelog.ini and
> > looking in the [Rttyrite] section for a line that says:
> >
> > MMTTY_LOCATION=C:\Program Files\MMTTY (this assumes a full install has
> > been done at C:\Program Files\MMTTY)
> >
> > I suggest go into the MMTTY directory, find USERPARA.INI and rename it
> > to something else like USERPARA_old.INI.  Then open MMTTY stand-alone
> > (not WriteLog).  It will create a new USERPARA.INI file.  Then open
> > WriteLog and see if the error comes up again.
> > Please post your findings on the reflector.  I'd like to nail this one
> > down.
> >
> > Other options include uninstalling MMTTY and reinstalling (preferably
> > the latest version 1.66G) and uninstalling the MMTTY plug-in for
> > WriteLog and reinstalling but I don't know this is necessary.  It's a
> > good idea to reboot after reinstalling the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog
> > if you do so.
> >
> > 73, Don AA5AU
> > http://www.aa5au.com
> > http://www.rttycontesting.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Bergmark
> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:13 AM
> > To: WriteLog at contesting.com
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up
> >
> > Hi
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a strange message come up when I run Writelog 10.77 under WIN
> > 7, 64 bit.  I think it is coming up with the computer runs MMTTY.  I
> > am getting ready for the fall contest period and would like to see if
> > anybody else has this problem and if it will affect the logging for
> > the contests coming up.
> >
> >
> >
> > The error message is in a little box head the caption, "ERROR MSG" and
> > the following message "!UserPara. INI" followed by several funny
> > characters.  I think this is appearing when MMTTY is loading.
> >
> >
> >
> > Once I click OK in the error message, Writelog come up with MMTTY and
> > all seems ok.  I would like to get rid of the ERROR MSG but don't know
> > where to begin.  HELP!
> >
> >
> >
> > Don
> >
> > W9NGA
> >
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