[WriteLog] obscure but useful feature

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

Wonder if that is related to the slow saves that a few people have
mentioned.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net>
To: "WriteLog" <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 17:34
Subject: [WriteLog] obscure but useful feature


> I stumbled across a rather obscure but useful feature in WL during CQWW
CW.
> At one point I decided that I didn't want to send partial callsigns after
a
> correction, so I opened Notepad in another window and modified the ini
> parameter to send the full call. I intended to exit and restart WL so it
> would re-read the ini file, but got involved in working stations for a
> while. The next thing I know, full calls are being sent when corrected! I
> changed the ini parameter back, but this time it didn't work. Then, a
little
> later, my change took effect.
>
> A little experimentation after the contest revealed that WL re-reads the
ini
> file whenever you save your log file. So, you can make changes to the ini
> file on the fly without you having to exit and restart the program -- just
> edit the file and save the log with CTL-S or the File-Save menu command.
>
> This could be particularly useful for multis since exit and restart
requires
> a couple of commands to relink to the network. It might be a worthwhile
step
> to try instead of exiting and restarting if something stops working in
WL --
> some functions may get reinitialized when the ini file is re-read.
>
> Maybe others knew about this, but I didn't!
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
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