[WriteLog] FW: Web Update Data Files

[Gary AL9A]

Chuck,

I think you are over thinking this thing.  By downloading the file and 
extracting it into the WriteLog folder, I assume the Programs folder, you 
are defeating the whole process.  What OS are you running?  If it is Vista, 
Win7, Win8, or Win 10 there should be a folder called 
C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  Your wl_cty.dat file will be here.  Please follow 
the KISS method and try the following.

With WriteLog closed, left click on the "Convert CTY to WriteLog" utility in 
the WriteLog V11 folder in All Programs.  There will be a small window that 
opens with ReadCTY V11 in the title bar.  Uncheck the box to "Reduce to 
lowest runtime memory use".  Now click on the "Download wl_cty.dat..." 
button.  A window will open that tells you the file is downloading. 
Sometimes this window appears to hang, so after a few seconds left click 
somewhere else on your Desktop.  A window will now tell you the file is 
downloaded.  Now click on the "Convert wl_cty.dat" button.  This will run 
almost instantly.  When done close the ReadCTY V11 utility window.  You 
should now have the latest wl_cty.dat file on your machine in 
C:\ProgramData\WriteLog.  Go there and open the file with a text editor and 
Find VERSION to confirm the correct file is now available.  Leave that file 
there - don't move it anywhere.  When you start WriteLog you will now have 
the correct file.

73,
Gary AL9A

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chuck Dietz
Sent: October 23, 2015 5:58 AM
To: Steve Woodruff
Cc: Alan Zack ; Writelog Reflector
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] FW: Web Update Data Files

None of this seems to work for me.  I run Writelog as an administrator, but
it won't download the update.  I try to run it from the start menu, as you
suggested, but that doesn't work either.  I download the file and extract
to the Writelog folder and run the "Convert CTY" and it seems to be
converting, but my Version is still not 5W.

Chuck W5PR

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Steve Woodruff <steve at n9oh.com> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> Just do
> 1) File -> Web update data files …
> 2) Click the download button
> 3) Leave all items highlighted and click OK
> 4) click OK to restart WriteLog
>
> You can also install the CTY files maintained by Jim AD1C:
> http://www.country-files.com/contest/writelog/
>
>
> Note that a CTY file update is not the same as a master file update.  For
> that you do:
> 1) Setup Menu -> Super Check Partial …
> 2) Point to the master.dta file you wish to use.  The one saved from the
> Web update data files is not the same one that is found in c:\program 
> files
> (x86)\writelog\programs.    The new one is saved in the
> C:\ProgramData\WriteLog directory and its called master.dta.  All your CTY
> files are found there also but they have .dat and/or .bin extensions.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Steve N9OH
>
> On October 22, 2015 at 4:05:18 PM, Alan Zack (k7acz at cox.net) wrote:
>
> I posted this last week but no response as yet. I would like to know if my
> CTY and MASTER files are up to date before the start of the CQWWDX this
> weekend.
>
> TIA & 73
> Alan, K7ACZ
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> Zack
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:01 PM
> To: 'Writelog Reflector'
> Subject: [WriteLog] Web Update Data Files
>
> I just upgraded from 11.27 to 11.30. I am setting up for next weekends
> CQWWDX SSB.
>
> I have never understood how the WEB UPDATE DATA FILES function works.
>
> After setting up WL for the CQWWDX SSB I went to FILE: WEB UPDATE DATE
> FILES. The update window opens. I click on DOWNLOAD and the file window is
> populated. I leave all the files highlighted. I click OK and WL opens and
> closes. This makes me feel that all my CTY and MASTER files are now 
> current
> and up to date.
>
> But when I go to C:\ProgramData\WriteLog there are no CTY files there.
> There
> is another zip file folder WlWebUpdate but it is dated 12/12/2014. I
> assume?
> I am supposed to click on this folder to open it then click on EXTRACT to
> open these files. When I do that all the CTY and MASTER files are dated in
> 2014. Does WL go to the data in C:\ProgramData\WriteLog\ WlWebUpdate to
> find
> the CTY and MASTER files? If I just did the download why are the files
> dated
> in 2014?
>
> I remember years ago you used to have to use Jim, AD1C CTY files and
> download them to WL but I had thought the WEB UPDATE DATA FILES function
> did
> this all automatically. The help files do not explain how all this works.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me please.
>
> TIA & 73
> Alan, K7ACZ
>
>
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