[WriteLog] Changing Default Folders

[Dick-w0raa]

You can set things up just about anyway you want.  I have my WriteLog files 
installed in my Program Files folder.  I had an earlier version in a Folder 
I called Ham_Radio, but when I upgraded to the new version, I wanted to 
maintain that setup until I was sure the new version was going to work OK. 
My layout tree looks like this:

Program Files
        +Writelog
              Contest
              DTA Files
            +Logs (In this folder I have several folders for different 
contests
                        such as ANARTS, ARRL, CQWW, etc)
             Programs
             Wave Files

I can then load the Macro setup files from previous contests without having
to go through the pain of making all the macros from start.  When I save a 
contest
I save it in a folder that is related to the contest I am in.  As an example 
I would save
my CQ_WW_CW logs in the CQ contests folder under another folder labeled
CW_WW_CW.  That way I can easily find a contest, easily save it and not have 
to
search and search, wondering where in the heck I save a particular contest.

I also use N1MM from time to time, but it doesn't allow me to follow the 
same plan.
There are times when I wish it did.  But I guess it's not a perfect world. 
I hope my
comments will offer some help.

See you in the next contest,  Ed.

73,

Dick
W0RAA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed" <k4sb at comcast.net>
To: "'Writelog at Contesting. Com'" <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Changing Default Folders


> hank k8dd wrote:
>
> It looks to me like the "Start in:" points to where the WriteL32.exe
> file is.
>
> When you open a new log and eventually save it, that would be the time
> to decide where you want to save it. Default seems to be in the
> My Documents\Writelog\ folder (directory for old timers!).  But you
> can change it. > And it remembers where you saved the .wl file the
> last time. At least that is what happens here!
> -------------
> Hank is right on the money with his statement. But one word of
> caution,
> If you choose a directory ( as I do to back up the file ), be sure you
> remember where, or you'll wind up with part of the log missing.
>
> 73
> Ed
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