[WriteLog] Green-as-grass newby question

[Jim Rhodes]

Guess you don't want direct responses. You have to save both the log 
file and the configuration under "Setup" to save everything. Part is 
stored in each place.

At 07:48 PM 9/9/2006, K0HB wrote:
>I recently decided that I might to try to move my contesting 
>software from DOS to Windows, and have purchased a copy of Writelog.
>
>That was the easy part.  Now this old geezer is trying to learn to use it.
>
>Up until now, my contesting has been on CT (DOS) so I'm happy to see 
>a lot of the user interface supports my old CT habits.
>
>One of the things I can't figure out how to do is keep port 
>settings, etc., from session to session in the same contest.  For 
>example, I set the program up for a mock session of ARRL November 
>Sweepstakes CW.  I will be using a microHAM CW Keyer which runs off 
>a USB port which actually emulated two RS232 serial ports, one for 
>the embedded K1EL WinKeyer and the other for Icom rig control.  When 
>I set these ports up under the "Setup" menu in WriteLog they work as 
>expected, but if I exit the program and reenter loading the same 
>log, the port settings do not persist from the previous session and 
>must be setup again.  What am I missing here..... the help files 
>haven't revealed the method to make these settings "sticky" between sessions.
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>de Hans, K0HB
>
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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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