[WriteLog] Writelog Question: Red Outline On Call Field

[Jeff Maass]

G'day Ed:

I was reading that in the docs when your email arrived: thanks!

Any idea why it would work one way on one PC and differently on three
others? All are running the same version of Writelog (v10.85A). I've
compared the Writelog.ini files (which I captured from our six PCs in
December), and none of them include 'LiveCwDelayMs' in the INI file (under
'[Configuration]').


73,

Jeff Maass K8ND

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Muns [mailto:w0yk at msn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:36 AM
> To: jmaass at k8nd.com
> Cc: 'Writelog Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Writelog Question: Red Outline On Call Field
> 
> WriteLog calls this the "red box" and it indicates that you may still
> edit
> the call sign even though CW has begun.  You can read more about it in
> the
> Help file. e.g.,:
> 
> the letter "C"
> the contents of the "CALL" field in the entry window are sent. If the
> CALL
> field is blank, then the CALL from the previous QSO is sent.
> 
> Special case: If, when you press the function key corresponding to a
> memory
> with %C in it, you also have the cursor in the CALL field of the Entry
> window, then WriteLog switches to live CW transmission from the Entry
> window. Each key you type not only is recorded in the CALL field but is
> also
> transmitted as CW at the appropriate time. WriteLog shows you it has
> entered
> this mode by drawing a red rectangle around the CALL box. Typing
> BACKSPACE
> attempts to not send the last character. (Some CW keyer options (PK-232
> and
> W5XD keyer) do not support this option.) Any characters following the %C
> in
> the memory are held until you tab or space out of the CALL field, or
> until
> the message being sent catches up to your typing, or if you stop typing
> for
> more than 1 second. (You can extend or shorten the 1 second delay using
> the
> LiveCwDelayMs entry in the [configuration] section of WRITELOG.INI.)
> 
> 
> 
> Ed - W0YK
> 
> 
> Jeff, K8ND, wrote:
> > I received an inquiry about Writelog behavior that I cannot
> > answer. Google and searching the reflector archives has not
> > found an answer.
> >
> >   "During the few seconds that the callsign is being
> >    entered, a red box appears around that callsign
> >    field, then disappears. Three PCs here are doing
> >    that, one is not."
> >
> > I believe that the red outline is displayed during dupe check
> > on the callsign entered. Why might it not appear on one PC
> > running Writelog?