[WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip

[Gary AL9A]

Jerry,

In WL V11.32 you should no longer be downloading the wl_cty.zip file and 
trying to install it yourself with Convert CTY to WriteLog.  The new 
improved method is to simply open WriteLog, preferably with a contest module 
that has the Country field in the Entry window.  Then go to File/Web Update 
Country Files... and click on it.  The newer WL V11 releases will 
automatically download all the various .bin and .DAT files, including 
wl_cty.dat.  From the list that displays you can select which ones you want 
or just accept them all to be sure you are getting the latest updates.  Then 
click on the Apply Update button and they will be converted for you.  Now go 
to the Call field and type in VERSION and Space to the next field.  In the 
Country field it should now say PETER I Island, which is the current wl_cty 
file version.  Much easier and simpler than the old method, which doesn't 
work anymore!

However, the File/Update Data Files... option no longer works at all.  Wayne 
discontinued trying to support this activity so you must go to the SCP web 
site and download the various .DTA files manually and place them somewhere 
on your computer.  It doesn't matter where they reside, but you will have to 
go to Setup/Super Check Partial and Browse to the location where you placed 
the downloaded files and select the one you want to use.

73,
Gary AL9A

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jerry Pixton
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 11:38 AM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog 11.32 and wl_cty.zip

Writelog Help,

I have spent the better part of the afternoon trying to figure out why
WriteLog (v 11.32) fails when trying to download, unzip and install the
wl_cty files.

This is the same Win7 computer I have commented on in the past that the
only successful way was to log in as ADMIN and then run the Convert app
- otherwise it always failed to download the file. I thought I would
solve the problem but not so

My other Win7 computer, that I use to shadow my contest log and in case
the main radio computer fails, has no problem using either the newer
(v11.32) method or the older "convert" method.

Today, with my usual non=admin user, I can download the wl_cty.zip file
and I find it in c:\User\All Users\Writelog. But when I click on the
Apply Update button I get messages "Failed to unzip wl_cty.dat" and at
other times "Failed to unzip DXCCDOS.DAT".

It is like there was a "write" problem. The Writelog folder in marked
"read only" for its files. But so is the folder on the computer that
works. I can not seem to change the folder privilege even as Admin?

I manually unzip the files into the Writelog folder and see all the
files with a 2/21 date. But WriteLog still says it has the Cape Verde
version, not the Peter 1 Is version. Cape Verde is the last one I went
thru the Admin user to Convert.

Anyone have any ideas as to what to try. What step is not being done
when the files are just manually unzipped into the Writelog Application
Data folder? Where does the version name come from?

Really hate the kludge of restarting the computer to get to the Admin
User and using the old method of Convert for each new Country File

Jerry, W6IHG
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Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs
http://www.shentel.net/pixosdesigns/RadioTuner/
jpixton at shentel.net
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