[WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Nothing I have done has been able to get rid of the USERPARA.INI error on startup of the MMTTY when selected as TU in WriteLog.  I
mentioned in my previous post that the error does not occur directly after a reboot.  But I've also found that directly after a
reboot, the first time I run WriteLog, my soundcard is either "deaf" or "dead" - no audio apparently getting through it to show up
in the MMTTY display.  Closing Rttyrite and reopening Rttyrite (or WriteLog) causes the soundboard to start working again.  This
happens on both the internal sound card to the PC and the Codec soundcard in the IC-7600.

I've decided not to spend any more time on it right now unless I can think of something different to do.  But complete full
installations of WriteLog, MMTTY and the MMTTY plug-in didn't solve the problem.

73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Hill AA5AU
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:38 AM
To: 'Gary AL9A'; WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up

Lo and Behold if I didn't start getting this error today while doing some unrelated testing of WriteLog.

After screwing around thinking it was a USERPARA.INI file problem (now I'm convinced it's not), I did radical changes.

I uninstalled EVERYTHING - MMTTY, MMTTY PLUG-IN FOR WRITELOG and WRITELOG and all 3rd party modules.

I reinstalled MMTTY, reboot, WRITELOG FULL clean install of 10.77h, reboot, MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, reboot - getting same error.
Funny thing is that error doesn't happen after a reboot but occurs after second, third, fourth, etc opening of WL.

Uninstalled everything again.

Reverted back to WL 10.76 full install - reinstalled other components - getting same error.

It's got me stumped...

Tonight I'm going to use CCLEAN to clean my registry with everything uninstalled and try again tomorrow.


73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:04 AM
To: WriteLog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up

I also see this message intermittently from the MMTTY plug-in.  I'm running under Vista 32 bit and I just tried Don's suggestion
about renaming the USERPARA.INI file, starting the full MMTTY program (mine is at C:\MMTTY\) and letting MMTTY create a new
USERPARA.INI file.  Glad Don suggested I rename the original one USERPARA_old.INI first, because after MMTTY created a new parameter
file RTTYRITE wouldn't run.  Every time I started it up I got the message '"RTTYRITE MFC Application has stopped working."  I
deleted the new parameter file and renamed the "old" file back to its original name. 
When I restarted WL RTTYRITE the MMTTY parameter error message appeared again, but when I closed the error message box RTTYRITE
started and ran normally.

Not sure why this happened, but I did notice that the original USERPARA.INI file is 8 kB in size whereas the new one MMTTY created
was only 3 kB in size.  I didn't change the parameter file for the plug in located in C:\Program Files\WriteLog\Programs (also 8 kB)
so I'm wondering if there was some sort of problem between the two different parameter files being a different size?  The MMTTY path
name in writelog.ini is correct - points to the USERPARA.INI file in the full MMTTY progarm location.

Anyway, before I trash something up and can't get it working right again I think I'll beat a hasty retreat and suffer the
intermittent error messages that pops up.  That will have to remain one of life's mysteries for now.

73,
Gary AL9A



----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
To: <WriteLog at contesting.com>
Sent: July 08, 2010 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up


> This is an error that we've seen before.  I've even had it here for a 
> while but it went away and I don't' remember why it went away or what 
> I did to get it to go away.  It has something to do with the 
> USERPARA.INI file which MMTTY uses to set its parameters.  The error 
> seems harmless but it is a nuisance.
>
> I investigated this error a couple of times by doing a search of the 
> WriteLog reflector archives to see what others have done but could not 
> find a definitive fix.
>
> As Joe, W4TV, said it may be due to a missing or corrupted 
> USERPARA.INI file.  I tend to believe it's the latter because if I 
> remove USERPARA.INI and then try to open MMTTY within WriteLog I get a 
> different error that says "RTTYRITE MFC Application has encountered a 
> problem and needs to close).  When this happens, a new USERPARA.INI 
> file is created but it must be corrupted because I get the same error 
> when reopening WriteLog with MMTTY.
>
> When using the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog, make sure it points to a 
> directory where there has been a full install of MMTTY (and not just 
> MMTTY.EXE by itself).  You can do this by opening writelog.ini and 
> looking in the [Rttyrite] section for a line that says:
>
> MMTTY_LOCATION=C:\Program Files\MMTTY (this assumes a full install has 
> been done at C:\Program Files\MMTTY)
>
> I suggest go into the MMTTY directory, find USERPARA.INI and rename it 
> to something else like USERPARA_old.INI.  Then open MMTTY stand-alone 
> (not WriteLog).  It will create a new USERPARA.INI file.  Then open 
> WriteLog and see if the error comes up again.
> Please post your findings on the reflector.  I'd like to nail this one 
> down.
>
> Other options include uninstalling MMTTY and reinstalling (preferably 
> the latest version 1.66G) and uninstalling the MMTTY plug-in for 
> WriteLog and reinstalling but I don't know this is necessary.  It's a 
> good idea to reboot after reinstalling the MMTTY plug-in for WriteLog 
> if you do so.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Bergmark
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:13 AM
> To: WriteLog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Error Message when Writelog 10.77H is started up
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I have a strange message come up when I run Writelog 10.77 under WIN 
> 7, 64 bit.  I think it is coming up with the computer runs MMTTY.  I 
> am getting ready for the fall contest period and would like to see if 
> anybody else has this problem and if it will affect the logging for 
> the contests coming up.
>
>
>
> The error message is in a little box head the caption, "ERROR MSG" and 
> the following message "!UserPara. INI" followed by several funny 
> characters.  I think this is appearing when MMTTY is loading.
>
>
>
> Once I click OK in the error message, Writelog come up with MMTTY and 
> all seems ok.  I would like to get rid of the ERROR MSG but don't know 
> where to begin.  HELP!
>
>
>
> Don
>
> W9NGA
>
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