[TRLog] More Newbie questions

[George Fremin III - K5TR]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:18:37PM -0500, Tim Rust wrote:
> Background: 
> 
>  When I installed the program from disk in A:\  I did it by rebooting my computer into DOS mode, changed to the A:\ drive and ran Install.  The program initialized as expected and I installed it  in C:\ LOG directory. When it asked if I wanted to establish a path to \LOG in the autoexec.bat I answered yes. After all was complete I rebooted and returned to DOS. I then made a new directory as a sub to C:\LOG --ie. MD \LOG\10MARL01. I then change to the new sub directory C:\LOG\10MAR01 and entered TR expecting it to boot from this directory. It did not boot and gave me a "file not found" message. I then checked autoexec.bat by TYPE AUTOEXEC.BAT  and got the following : SETCLASS PATH=C:\PROGRAM FILES\PHOTODELUX2.0\ADOBECONNECTABLES.  There was no \LOG in the path in Autoexec.bat. I also attempted to edit the autoexec.bat using EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT  -- and add the path \LOG but that did not work either. Not knowing what to do I went ahead and ran the 10 mtr contest (after the fact) in the C:\LOG directory. This left a number of files -- 01ARRLL1.CFG ; DAT ; RST ; SUMMARY.DAT; PLOG000.BAK PLOG001 BAK in the C:\LOG directory as expected.  I understand that I need to us the command TR NEW to set up a new contest -- e.g. GENERAL QSO.  
> 

The path does not always get setup correctly on some windows machines
with the install program. 

You need to edit the file - Go to START and then RUN and 
run the command SYSEDIT

You can add the path statment there.   The SET CLASS above is NOT the path
statment you want to edit. 

> 
> 1 What should I do to save the existing \LOG directory and files into  a dedicated contest file e.g.. \LOG\10MTR01 FILE? 
> 

You can just move all the 10m contest files to that directory. 


> 2 How do I set up the path for \LOG so that TR will run from any subdirectory to C:\LOG I set up for other contests?
> 

Use the SYSEDIT command as above - you should have a line that looks like
this:

path=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\LOG


> 3. After closing the 10 meter contest logging do I need to go in and reset the original CONTROL J settings I used when I entered the contest after the fact.  I saved with CONTROL W?
> 

Not - those changes that you made were made to the .CFG file for 
the contest that you just ran.

> 4. Are there problems with running TR from within my Windows MSDOS window or do I have to reboot into DOS when I use TR?  I forget how to close down my computer when in DOS and not Windows (I thought this was impossible -- HI  -- but then I am now as young as I was then!)
> 

You should have no problems running TR-Log in a DOS window. Some setups 
do require some tweaking some dont. 


> On another issue, when I get updates via e-mail in MIME format what do I have to do to get them decoded, unzipped ( I use WinZip) and into the DOS  C:\LOG file.
> 

Most email programs understand MIME attachemnts and all you should
have to do is use WINZIP to unzip the zip file. 

You can unzip into the \LOG directory or into another directory - and
then copy all the files into the \LOG directory - overwriting the 
old files with the new ones.



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