[WriteLog] Minnesota QSO Party

[Les, VA7LC]

The problem here is that no one is going to write a module for a program
that already has one.
Steve Woodruff, N9OH, http://home.xnet.com/~sjwoodr/ham/modules/ has written
lots of QSO Party modules, but how can he write one for Minnesota when it is
already in WriteLog (but unuseable).

Les, VA7LC


----- Original Message -----
From: "rojomn" <rojomn at charter.net>
To: "Les, VA7LC" <va7lc at shaw.ca>; "WriteLog Reflector"
<writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 5:38 PM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Minnesota QSO Party


> FIRST LET ME SAY that I am NOT attacking here, just wishing and dreaming!
>
> It is one of the problems that you have to live with using WriteLog. A
large
> number of the contest support modules are done by third parties and they
may
> or may not be up to date. I realize that the program author does not have
> sufficient time to do them all but that does not make it any easier.
Writing
> one of these modules is a VERY tough job unless you are a very experienced
> C++ AND Windows programmer since it uses COM and since the interface is
not
> that well documented. I have tried and am getting no place other than a
> basic start.
>
> I have said it before and will say it again, a table driven method to
define
> contest parameters would be highly appreciated. Even a command driven
> interface like TRLOG would be nice. Lacking that only the BIG contests are
> likely to be kept up to date. This is not an attack on the author and
> certainly not on the module writer, just some wishful thinking.
>
> I bet one of the highly skilled contest module writers out there could
> create a module that could read a file that defined contest parameters,
how
> about it? It would be worth payment to get this. Of course this would
assume
> that an unchangeable (at least backwards compatible) interface would be
> maintained by the WriteLog layer, don't know about that?
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Les, VA7LC
> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 3:43 PM
> > To: WriteLog Reflector
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Minnesota QSO Party
> >
> >
> > I have to say I'm a little disappointed.
> >
> > Feb 2002 I took part in the Minnesota QSO Party. At that time I
> > had to use a
> > logging program by WR0DK because the WriteLog contest module for
Minnesota
> > was not up-to-date with the rules then current. Well here we are one
year
> > later and nothing has changed. I cannot use WriteLog for this contest. I
> > will have to use the logging program supplied on the web site by
> > W0AA. As I
> > said, I'm disappointed.
> >
> > Les, VA7LC
> >
> >
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