[WriteLog] CTY-1802 Contest Country Files - 18 March 2008 and VISTA

[Gary AL9A]

Success at last!  Thanks guys, I finally got it to work by doing the 
following:

1. At C:\Users\AL9A\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program 
Files\WriteLog\Programs I deleted both the wl_cty.dat file that I had copied 
there from the download AND the wl_cty.bin file.
2. At C:\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs I made sure the wl_cty.dat file was 
the latest 3/18/08 update.
3. Started the Convert CTY to WriteLog utility, clicked on the "Convert 
alternative prefix database..." button and pointed it to C:\Program 
Files\WriteLog\Programs\wl_cty.dat to make sure it was looking in the right 
folder.
4. Ran the Convert CTY to WriteLog utility.  When I checked at 
C:\Users\AL9A\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs a 
new wl_cty.bin file created today was now present.
5. Started WL and checked the calls that I had tried before.  They all 
worked correctly now.

I don't know why the convert utility didn't work right the first time, but 
I've figured it out now!  Apparently deleting the old file was the key. 
Thanks for the help.

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0BX" <k0bx at arrl.net>
To: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
Sent: March 22, 2008 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] CTY-1802 Contest Country Files - 18 March 2008 and 
VISTA


> Yes Gary, I am sorry that I did get it wrong.
>
> I did exactly what I said, but when I check it a day later, I got the same 
> wrong results that you did.
>
> But all I did was run the CTY to WL utility the proper way, that is, just 
> click on it and it ran and now 9M6/N1UR comes up in Spratly.
>
> I put the WL_CTY.dat  file at 
> C:\Users\k0bx\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program 
> Files\WriteLog\Programs\wl_cty.dat   3/18/2008  23:11
>
> and it created the
>
> C:\Users\k0bx\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program 
> Files\WriteLog\Programs\wl_cty.bin file  3/19/2008 23:36  The next day 
> after I reran it.
>
> Sorry for the wrong information.
>
> Joe K0BX
>
> Gary AL9A wrote:
>
>>Joe,
>>
>>I did as you suggested, but the Convert CTY to WL utility did not prompt 
>>me for the location of the wl_cty.dat file.  Instead I clicked on the 
>>Browse button and manually pointed it to ...VirtualStore\Program 
>>Files\WriteLog\Programs folder.  When I clicked on the wl_cty.dat file in 
>>that location the utility ran with it immediately.  After running I 
>>started WL and entered some calls from the latest 3/18/08 update wth the 
>>following results.
>>
>>9M6/N1UR Spratly, 1S comes up as East Malaysia
>>GB4MUU Wales, GW comes up as England
>>TO1C Martinique, FM comes up empty - no country at all!
>>
>>This leads me to believe that the wl_cty.dat file still did not update 
>>properly in WL.  I guess I'll wait a few days and try the web update from 
>>the WL web site.  Hopefully they will have it updated before the WPX 
>>contest next weekend.  Thanks for the reply.
>>
>>73,
>>Gary AL9A
>>
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