[WriteLog] Reusing old .wl files?

[Scot Herrick]

And in addition to recovering the messages, as described by Jon below, you
recover the Window layout - which for me varies from one type of contest to
another - by opening up WriteLog as a new contest, selecting the contest and
then going to the toolbar and clicking 'Tools' and then 'Recover Window
Layout.' This will give you a dialog box that will allow you to select last
year's contest.

So the ports information is saved for every contest when you do a 'Save
Configuration,' the messages are imported from your last year's contest,
using the browse function shown below, and the window layout is done from
last year's contest as well. Pretty good stuff.

CU...Scot, K9JY

K9JY's WriteLog User Support Site at:
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mailto:scot@k9jy.com

>
> Bill, the previous year's contest file doesn't save the port setup.
> Hardware configuration is saved separately and is contest
> independent.  I've
> used the Alt-PrintScreen facility to paste and via Paint or Word print out
> reminder copies of that as needed.
>
> But, since the .WL files contain the buffers as custom programmed for each
> contest, as well as the window positions,  I find them very useful.  For
> instance, this year in setting up a new file, 02WPX.WL after selecting WPX
> in the Contest selection dialog,  I then went to Setup > CW/RTTY/SSB
> Messages and using the Browse button, started from last year's file
> (01WPX.WL)  to retrieve the buffers and then tweak them as needed
> for better
> exchange flow.
>
> Doing this doesn't involve deleting contests or messing up the
> old file as a
> readable record.
>
> 73,     Jon     K1US
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Turner" <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 4:50 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Reusing old .wl files?
>
>
> > For next year's contest, is it possible to "reuse" the previous .wl file
> > after deleting the contacts?  I tried it to see what would happen and
> > got a couple of error messages.  Apparently WriteLog doesn't like you to
> > do that.
> >
> > Starting a new log means re-setting up the ports configuration again.
> >
> > Anyone know of an easier way?
> >
> > 73, Bill W7TI