[WriteLog] Can not switch TNC???

Wed Apr 3 00:15:13 EDT 2013

Jerry,

>From your note below  "...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..." I suspect you are doing the wrong thing.

If you have XMMT.ocx installed on your machine DO NOT open a MMTTY plug in 
window.  Instead open a RttyRite window and then click on "TU type".  In the 
list that opens DO NOT select MMTTY as this is the plug in.  Instead select 
the XMMT.ocx choice and then click on TNC setup at the top of the list.  Use 
the window that opens to select your configurations for MMTTY and 2Tone by 
checking the right boxes and using Browse to navigate to the correct 
location of MMTTY and 2Tone exe files.

73,
Gary AL9A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Pixton" <jpixton at shentel.net>
To: <w0yk at msn.com>
Cc: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: April 02, 2013 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Can not switch TNC???

> 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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