[WriteLog] FRIENDS.INI

[Ron K5DJ]

That's because your have it in the wrong place. You need to put your
friends.ini 
file in C:\Ham\Programs... What it's using now is the one that comes
with WL. 
You will need to delete the the one already in WL and put yours in it's
place..

 73, de Ron K5DJ
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-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of WA9ALS - John
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 14:39
To: RPClifton@aol.com; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] FRIENDS.INI


> I just purchased WriteLog and have a question about FRIENDS.INI.   I
created
> a FRIENDS.INI file and put it in the same directory as my WRITELOG.INI
file.
> The format for each line was like W3YY=HI BOB.  I've noticed that
WriteLog
> only acknowledges some friends in the list, and when it does, only
sends
> their name, not the HI part.
>
> I'm using WriteLog Version 10.32E.
>
> Can anyone help me with this?  I'd like to get this feature working.

Hi Bob - The filename is friend.ini (without the "s").

WriteLog should send whatever's after the equal sign, up to a maximum
letter
count.  I can't remember what that is - something like 10 or 12
characters.
In your example, I don't see why it shouldn't send the HI part.  Those
that
use it usually make the macro something like "HI %H 599...." or "HELLO
%H
599..." etc.  That is, the word "HI" is not usually in the friend file
entry
itself, although I don't know why that should cause a problem.

The bigger problem is that your innocent post might start another thread
on
whether the friend file should be used at all!  HHIHIHI    This has been
discusse at length previously.  Purists leave it out to shorten
exchanges.
Beginners like it because it helps you get to know people's names.  I
started out using it, and have now "graduated" to not using it!  The
longer
you operate and the better your scores get, the more you start
shortening
your exchanges.  Use it if you like it!  As far as I've been able to
determine, noone "maintains" the friend file - You can add to it
yourself
with any text editor, and at times I've added "special" messages for
certain
friends I expected to encounter in the contest!  HI

It really is all about having fun - despite all the anger, cynicism, and
rudeness found on most ham reflectors.  73, and maybe I'll see my name
in
lights next time we work!






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