[WriteLog] Can not switch TNC???

[Jerry Pixton]

ED, et al

Please notice that I did follow the advice being given and removed the 
[rttyrite...] sections in the writelog.ini in the virtual store 
location. That did not help. So then I removed the entire writelog.ini 
to let writelog rebuild. That did not work either!

This is a Windows 7 Pro platform.

In the two attempts I have made, I have restarted writelog many times 
and each time I open a mmtty-plug-in window and then try to either 
change the TNC settings from rttyrite or try to close the mmtty window 
by changing tnc to stereo soundboard AFSK rttyrite freezes requiring 
Task Manager to kill it. The mmtty window will then close ok.

So it is more than the first time writelog is started after an install. 
This was a full install (over writelog 11.08) as my key had expired. So 
I don't know what happens with just an upgrade.

One full install was to the ...Program Files... location and one was to 
my c:\HamPrograms directory.

What other tests can I do to help locate this issue?

In rereading our messages carefully, I do see a slight difference in 
what I did vs what you said. I believe I deleted the [rtty...] sections 
before starting writelog and rttyrite - not after the first freeze and 
kill process step.

I do not have multiple versions of writelog in different directories - I 
did uninstall when I want to put writelog back where I wanted in 
c:\HamPrograms.

Thanks to everyone who is trying to sort this out.

Jerry, W6IHG


On 4/2/2013 4:14 PM, Ed Muns wrote:
> Jerry W6IHG wrote:
>>   From the mail I think several of us are having the same
>> problem with 11.10.
>>
>> The basic problem is rttyrite freezes up when its tnc menu is touched.
>
> Yes, this has been reported by several people here on the reflector.  I also
> experience this once in a while when I'm stressing the software with my
> testing on various PCs.  THE SOLUTION THAT HAS ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME IS TO:
>
> 1.  CLOSE WRITELOG.
> 2.  OPEN WRITELOG.INI WITH A TEXT EDITOR.  (WRITELOG.INI IS IN THE WINDOWS
> DIRECTORY ON XP AND EARLIER.  ON VISTA AND LATER, USE THE LINK TO
> WRITELOG.INI ON THE WRITELOG MENU IN YOUR PROGRAMS MENU FROM THE WINDOWS
> START BUTTON.)
> 3.  FIND ALL [Rttyrite...] SECTIONS AND DELETE THEM  SAVE WRITELOG.INI AND
> EXIT THE TEXT EDITOR.
> 4.  OPEN WRITELOG AND SETUP YOUR RTTYRITE WINDOW(S) AGAIN.
>
> NOTE:  DON AND I SUSPECT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON TO VISTA/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
> SYSTEMS THAT USE THE VIRTUALSTORE.  IT WOULD HELP US TRACK DOWN THE PROBLEM
> IF THIS IS TRUE.  HAS ANYONE HAD THE FREEZE ISSUE ON WINDOWS XP (OR EARLIER
> OS)?
>
> I ALSO SUSPECT IT MAY ONLY HAPPEN WHEN YOU START WRITELOG THE FIRST TIME
> AFTER AN INSTALL OR UPGRADE.  PLEASE ALSO CONFIRM OR DENY THIS?
>
> Sorry for the caps.  I don't mean to shout, but several of us have posted
> this advice many times in the last four days and it doesn't seem to be
> noticed.   ;>)
>
>> I am just trying to get mmtty plug-in to work the same as it
>> has for me in 11.08.
>
> Upgrading to 11.10G should require nothing unless you incur the freezing
> problem.  MMTTY with the MMTTY Plug-In will continue to work without change.
> Make sure 'MMTTY' is checked on the Rttyrite TNC menu.  Do not use the
> XMMT.ocx menu choice if you want to use the MMTTY Plug-In.
>
>> This morning, I uninstalled 11.08 again (after making a
>> backup) because it went in the wrong directory yesterday.
>>
>> I then installed 11.10 in c:\HamPrograms\Writelog\ I deleted
>> the [rttyrite] and [rttyrite2] sections from the writelog.ini
>> in ...virtualStore... and saved it.
>>
>> I then started writelog and opened a rttyrite window. Then
>> selected mmtty. Had to point to the proper directory (I did
>> not reinstall mmtty).
>> The rtty control panel for mmtty opened.
>>
>> But as soon as I try to go to TNC Setup to adjust the mmtty
>> appearance, rttyrite freezes!
>>
>> When I also go to the Stereo Soundboard AFSK option, rttyrite
>> freezes (that was the original problem I had).
>>
>> And somewhere along the line I had to reinstall the mmtty
>> plugin because I was getting errors messages about "failed to
>> create custom ... tnc header"
>>
>> Also I have been unable to save the size and location of the
>> rttyrite window using the Save Configuration option.
>>
>> I deleted the writelog.ini in ...virtualStore... to let
>> writelog build a new one. But that did not solve the problem.
>>
>> So basically I can not get back to the configuration of mmtty
>> that I had with 11.08.
>>
>> Any ideas???? Meanwhile I have regressed back to writelog 11.08
>
> I assume your OS is Vista or later since you mention VirtualStore.  If I
> understand the description of your actions and problems, it sounds like you
> did not delete the [Rttyrite...] sections in writelog.ini after you got the
> freeze.  I understand you deleted the entire writelog.ini.  That's not the
> same thing, so please try the instructions above when you encounter the
> freeze.  Your goal, after a freeze, is to edit the working writelog.ini
> file, not delete it.  Deleting it probably means that WriteLog reverts to
> initializing with the default writelog.ini file stored in Windows in an
> earlier installation.
>
> I'm also a bit nervous about multiple installations of WriteLog in different
> directories.  I don't know how the Registry and VirtualStore behave in that
> case.  If it were me, I'd uninstall all of them and only have one on the
> computer at a time.
>
>> Someone commented re: cleaning the registry values. Is that necessary?
>
> I haven't heard this and I would relegate this to a last resort and only if
> you get clear instructions from someone really understands what to do.  For
> me, the only person I'd trust is W5XD.
>
> Ed W0YK
>
>

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