[WriteLog] Back-up??

[M. Edward Wilborne III]

This is an interesting topic :)

I just do CTRL-S after every QSO... Enter CTRL S for each QSO is my current
procedure.  Perhaps that "F-Keys" application could be set up to send enter
and then ctrl-s???

I guess I wonder why WriteLog doesn't do a save on every QSO entry anyway?
Is there some kind of performance hit?  I haven't noticed any issues on the
laptop I use by following this procedure.

Assuming there is a "performance hit" or other issues where you shouldn't be
saving after every QSO why not model it like other applications that that
implement a "timed save" feature?  It seems to me that WriteLog could auto
CTRL-S after every 20 QSOs (as a user settable option, of course) or every
60 seconds, etc.

Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
To: "Writelog" <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:20 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Back-up??


> Hi all,
>
> Hhhmmm. After reading of Mark's (N7MQ) sad loss of data, I began wondering
> about the back-up facility in WL.
>
> I wonder if my assumption is correct: You get reminded very so often (20
Q's
> in my case) to save the log.
> This back-up takes the form of an ADIF file, and is held until you do the
> Ctrl-S bit, which then saves the data to the your .WL file.
> Now, if WL happens to crash for some reason, and the .WL file becomes
> corrupt, then there is a possibility that you won't have ANYTHING to show
> for it.
>
> I have checked the WL help files, but other than doing a periodic "save",
I
> can't find any other info on backing up your log.
>
> Now, I started wondering what may happen if you ignored the hint to save
the
> log, and let the backup.adi file just grow.
>
> Would it, as I think, (and no, I have not yet tried it) keep all the QSO
> data in it?
> If it does, then surely you would be able to use this file after starting
WL
> again, and setting up the contest from the beginning, and then doing an
> "import" ?? (That may mean you have to ignore the prompt you get when you
> re-start WL on the odd occasion when your PC does something funny, and you
> have to reboot).
>
> Ron/Wayne, is there any possibility at all of including a back-up on a
> seperate drive in a future release?
> Maybe it could just be an ADIF file, or something like that, but a
seperate
> backup does seem to be required.
>
> Alternatively, maybe someone has found a solution, or maybe I have missed
> something in the help file?
>
> Any thoughts would be most welcome.
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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