[WriteLog] Back-up??

[Mike Brown]

In the WriteLog.ini file (in Windows) under [Configuration] add the line:

AutoSaveCount=1   (or another value)

Another good tip from the k9jy.com website.

73, Mike K9MI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. Edward Wilborne III" <wilborne at mew3.com>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Back-up??


> 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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